w2k looks and feels real stable but games dont run on it
So far i have got darkreign 2 to go and i beleive FPshooters work ok but nothing else will run. Office apps go fine. I have installed the Via Agp bus fix nad am about to install service pack 1. Help someone! I would like to use w2k instaead of 98

Most people choose dual boot because of this. If you want to play games, restart and boot into win98. Yes w2k is more stable, but that's the catch and you can do nothing about. However my friend was able to install like all his games (his a strategy game freak, so expect lower system requirements compared to fps etc), no problem whatsosever. I don't play games ( ?) because I find learning to be more interesting (like browsing through this forum reading everyone's post). At least it serves me something useful too .


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Goto www.ntcompatible.com to check which can play on WIN2K.

I play Quake 3, UT, Diablo II, Age of empires 1 and 2, Starcraft and some Chinese RPG game , all of them go well with Win2K...May be I am Lucky?

Hey,

So far my install of Win2k Prof, on my Athlon has provided me with enough to run games. There are a few that take a little effort to run but everything runs.

Timothy Stankus
One of the First AMD Athlon Users =)

I've just got rid of 98 and gone to 2000. Decided I would just complete all the ones which weren't 2000 friendly. A few games such as GTA2 have updates on their websites which allow it to run on 2000. All games which I have tried since 2000 was released run fine on it apart from rollcage stage 2.

what sort of efforts have u gone to make games run

believe it or not I mainly play stategy games but it bugs me that w2k is so fickle about games when it is supposed to replace 98
I too believe in learnig but occasionaly it is good to immerse one in a fantasy game

I have a friend who plays only stategy games and all of them worked. Maybe it is becuse of your incompatible system config with w2k?


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I have Windows 2000 SP1 running at home on this system:
Athlon 750 w/ 256MB (Asus A7V w/ Latest VIA & Promise drives)
Asus Geforce2 v7700 (latest Asus drivers w/ DX8)
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer (SP1 WDM drivers)

I have absolutely no troubles running ANY of my games. You should think of SP1 as a requirement if you want to run games on 2K.

Bryan

P.S. All of my games and apps run wickedly fast on 2K, even compared to Win9x

Yes ! Games run faster on Win2K except 3D Games, my Age of Empires, Rises of Rome, Age of Empires II, the conquerors, Starcraft all run better on Win2K. Q3, UT and Diablo II would be a bit slower on Win2K. But most important is they never crash. Starcraft on Win98 would crash to desktop when i have 1 human and 7 computer players.

The only bad thing about Win2k is ... they are really RAM Monster, the more RAM you put in the happier they are. For heavy gamer i really recomend 256 Meg min , for 128 Meg Ram some game run very slow. Have fun with WIN2K and you will find that it is a more enjoyable OS

Hey,

My system is just about the same and I have no problems either. It would seem that Athlons fair better on Win2k, along with the hardware that comes with it.

Timothy Stankus
One of the First AMD Athlon Users =)

Even though Microsoft again and again told people that the w2k platform is for business only, I never like comments like this. They are telling us not to try their super products. That's why I fret about my friends who called me stupid running on w2k because they believe ME is more for them. HA. The only catch for w2k is the hardware compatibility and the price. Even hardware compatibility is minor since most well-known hardwares are compatible with w2k.

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I run Win2k for a year now and I only have had problems with "older" games. games like NFS porsche,UT,Quake II&III SoF and so on run like a charm on win2k
what for Graphic card do you have?

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You aren't trying very hard if you can't get games to run (or are running OLD games.) There are a few programs that I've tested that will not work at all:
Ultima9 in D3D mode (aparently Glide/3DFX does work)
Bleem (protection scheme prevents software from even loading)
Virtual Game Station (Only works in 9x)
All DOS games that use anything higher than VGA will not work
All DOS games that have sound will not have sound (unless you have SOUNDFX sound card emulator)
All DOS games that use their own memory management routines will die a horrible death (Allegro-DOS, ultima 7-8, Wing Commander 2+)
(side note, there is a U7 engine for Windows/Linux called Exult)

Make sure you install SP1 and the compatiblity fixes.

Also, make sure you have installed working video card drivers, this is VERY important because ALL Windows 2000 display drivers are stripped down versions. (FF8 wouldn't even work untill I installed the beta video drivers from ATI.)
If your video card is too old and doesn't have win2K drivers from it's vendor, you are out of luck, get a new card or computer.

--Kisai
"Hmm, I wonder how many pieces this will end up as when it hits the ground?"

Hey...you say that NFS Porsche runs fine? How??? I used to run Win2k server, and it did run after insytalling it under 98. Since then there has been many installs, and new hardware, but in any case, NFS Porsche will not run under Win2k!!! All it does is constantly load until it fills all the memory and swap file and crashes. Please help!!! This is the only thing keeping me from doing away with the crappy 9x windows...

Thanx,
Jazzman

That burning rubber smell means that it's working.

im using win2k for 9 months now...and so far every game worked except SOF (i killed it without trying anything cause the game sux anyway)
its true that 128megs of ram are not enough...
UT had very long loading times and was swaping around in first 5mins of a new level (funny when u can hardly move till the game is nearly over)
diablo 2 was kinda unplayable...like about 5FPS, the hd did not stop for a sec
with 255 (-1 thx 2 memory hole) everything seems to work fine on my system:

NMC 7VAX (VIA KX133)
Athlon 750 + GFD @ 900MHz
Elsa Erazor X² (GForce 32mb DDR)
128MB/6ns Mitsubishi
128MB/6ns Hitachi
ram @133MHz,4way int.,CL3 (the hitachi doesnt take CL2)
IBM DTLA 307030
Quantum Fireball P LM 20.5
44X CD Rom
3.5" FDD
3Com 3C905C
AVM FRITZ! Card (ISDN)
Creative SB Live Value
Pinnacle Studio PCTV Pro
Adaptec AHA-1502 scsi(for scanner)
+ a few fans on a 235W PS...i would try a 300W if i had any problems )

i would recomend win2k before all other ms OSes
the one thing i hate about it is LAN compatibility to win9X/ME computers...
it takes longer to search network...cant select protocol to use (like standard protokoll in win9X) explorer goes crazy when a mapped net drive goes off and a few other things make me think there are still a few SPs to come *gg*

(i think MS should bundle win2k with a few 100megs of ram )