Gaming OS

Fir3fly · 10 Mar 2006 at 01:27

Hi guys,

Havent been around the PC market for a while so im a bit out of it

Just wondering which is the best OS to have as a gamer, i.e. stability speed etc.

Are there any linux operating systems that rungames comfortably yet? and if so, is it recommended? Just on the verge of a format and just would like to know what u guys think is best.

NathanE · 10 Mar 2006 at 01:28

Windows XP.

Linux? Hah!

Fir3fly · 10 Mar 2006 at 06:45

how bout xp 64 is that worth it? system is as follows :

MSI K8T Neo 2 Fir Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
2 x 512MB OCZ 3500 DDR

R@tman · 10 Mar 2006 at 07:53

Hello there i wouldnt use win xp64 As some games do support it like Hl2 but wont run on it .

some have problems running on it although i know bf2 works on it

you will find lack of driver support for XP 64 as my brother did

hes now gone back to XP 32.

for gaming your looking at XP Home or XP Pro.

dirtydog · 10 Mar 2006 at 07:57

NathanE said:
Windows XP.

Linux? Hah!

Basically

bledd · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:05

xp home cut down via nlite

Al Vallario · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:11

bledd. said:
xp home cut down via nlite

This mean speaketh the truth. Some people who aren't too keen on the Windows XP eye candy use Windows 2000, but XP is just fine for gaming. XP 64bit will only run games at 32bit speeds unless they are specifically coded for a 64bit operating system (as far as I know, atleast), and you're going to be looking at a lot of driver headaches if you opt for that.

You can run a few games on linux using WINE or Cedega, but it's bound to involve quite a bit of effort and it won't be the most stable experience.

Digital Punk · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:22

An OEM copy of XP Home would be the best bang for the buck option.

.SJ · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:33

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 20:42

bledd. said:
xp home cut down via nlite

what's nlite?

Messiah Khan · 10 Mar 2006 at 20:47

Jamie1984 said:
what's nlite?

Its a program that allows you to tweak what gets installed with windows, basically allows you to remove all the bloatware, games, visual themes and loads of services. It also allows you to slipstream Service packs and updates into the install.

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 21:22

ah so a marked improvement with games or booting up speed?

Messiah Khan · 10 Mar 2006 at 23:31

Booting up, yes. Im not a huge games player, so I can't really comment on that. Ive used Nlite to totally strip XP down so I could get it running nicely on a celeron 800 with 256 mb ram.

bledd · 11 Mar 2006 at 01:36

Al Vallario said:
This mean speaketh the truth. Some people who aren't too keen on the Windows XP eye candy use Windows 2000, but XP is just fine for gaming. XP 64bit will only run games at 32bit speeds unless they are specifically coded for a 64bit operating system (as far as I know, atleast), and you're going to be looking at a lot of driver headaches if you opt for that.

You can run a few games on linux using WINE or Cedega, but it's bound to involve quite a bit of effort and it won't be the most stable experience.

ok, i'm drunk, all i read was 2000

win2k is really bad comparedcx to xp on memory management

Otacon · 11 Mar 2006 at 02:15

bledd. said:
win2k is really bad comparedcx to xp on memory management

I wouldn't go that far. XP has some nice optimisations, but there's abolutely nothing wrong with the way 2K handles memory.

Whitewater · 11 Mar 2006 at 03:28

messiah khan said:
Booting up, yes. Im not a huge games player, so I can't really comment on that. Ive used Nlite to totally strip XP down so I could get it running nicely on a celeron 800 with 256 mb ram.

My girlfriend has it running nicely on a Celeron 333 and 256MB RAM with no Nlite at all

dirtydog · 11 Mar 2006 at 09:00

Jamie1984 said:
ah so a marked improvement with games or booting up speed?

The difference with games will be negligible IMO.