Gaming on Windows Server 2003?

Cyber-Mav · 23 Jun 2008 at 13:55

anyone know if these games will work on windows server 2003 x64 edition? server at work has gone redundant so they gave it to me dispose of. may as well use it for something:

games im hoping that run on the os:

GRID
Battlefield 2
GRAW
Gears of War

cheers for any info.

Tute · 23 Jun 2008 at 13:58

If XP x64 is anything to go by (I think it's just Windows Server 2003 with all the server type stuff removed) then they should work fine.

MotherMayI · 23 Jun 2008 at 14:13

Why not install a new OS on it?

Cyber-Mav · 23 Jun 2008 at 14:19

MotherMayI said:
Why not install a new OS on it?

lol too lazy, i just wanted to install the games on it and be on my way no ned to install drivers etc.
but i guess its probably best i spend a few hours at night to setup it up with xp.

FrenchTart · 23 Jun 2008 at 14:21

I presume it won't have a graphics card of any decent level (what with being a server) so you'll have to fiddle with it anyhow.

Blackhawk47 · 23 Jun 2008 at 14:24

if you can , just go ahead and dual boot. just to make sure, as im not sure about compatability issues with windows server and windows xp when it comes to games.

Cyber-Mav · 23 Jun 2008 at 14:25

i slapped a spare 8600gt into it. its a single core opteron cpu in it. had 2gb ram and a 73gb hard drive in it.

shoudl be good enough for battlefield 2 gaming i guess.

stealthgeek · 23 Jun 2008 at 15:43

Id defo whack xp or vista onto it, as long as it has compatible drivers for its hardware - server OS is geared towards allocating memory/cpu cycles to services rather than processes, plus it has a slew of unneeded services/processes running (IIS, DHCP server, AD etc etc) that will hog system resources and detract from the game you are playing

kola · 23 Jun 2008 at 21:37

Cyber-Mav said:
anyone know if these games will work on windows server 2003 x64 edition? server at work has gone redundant so they gave it to me dispose of. may as well use it for something:

games im hoping that run on the os:

GRID
Battlefield 2
GRAW
Gears of War

cheers for any info.

I run 2003 server if you follow this guide you'll be fine ;-)

HangTime · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:54

I gamed on server 2003 (x86) a while back and didn't really encounter any issues. It felt marginally snappier compared to xp for general desktop usage too, although to be fair without doing a direct comparison it's hard to judge.

Personally I'd go with Vista64