Windows 2000 and games

[Johnpk]

I swear my games actually run BETTER in Win2k. Can this be or am I high on somthing???

 

[nemouk]

yes if u have good driver support and setup games should run alot smoother in 2k, and online games get better ping cos of TCP/IP stack or something.

 

[devine952]

a good friend of mine is convinced that games don't work under W2K or at least a great majority of them don't work...

Can you give me some examples of games that work on W2K, so that I can shut him up...

thanks

 

[IamDavid]

My games work the best under Win2K.. Baldursgate2, Diablo2, Icewinddale, Deux Ex just to name a few.

 

[devine952]

thanks IamDavid


his favorite game is flight sim, any experience with that-

 

[Johnpk]

So far I've run EverQuest,Baulders Gate II, Theif II, and Unreal Tournament. EverQuest had the biggest improvment for me. No studdering at all, very smooth. I was shocked by UT. I've heard so much about it not running in 2k. Runs great so far.

 

[Yoshi]

The majority of games run fine out of the box in Win2K.

I personally play:

Age of Empires II
MS Flight Simulator 2000
Deus Ex
Half Life/Counter Strike
Unreal Tournament
Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed
EA Sports NHL 2001
EA Sports NFL 2001
Quake III Arena

 

[Davegod75]

all my games run great in w2k......although i mainly just paly cstrike

 

[abracadabra1]

i guess i'm the only one that can complain about games in win2k. ut and q3a just don't run as well in win2k.
i'm sure once i get everything setup well it'll run better, but out of box it's just plain terrible!

 

[Shudder]

It's usually easier to list games that DON'T work. And even then, you can usually install them in 98 and still run 'em in 2000.

 

[javathehut]

I kinda have sound problems runnning Tony Hawk 2 on Win2K, but everything else is fine. NBA live 2k also is buggy also. Quake and Unreal run better, but sometimes my quad speaker support fails.

 

[IamDavid]

I also heard alot of people say EA Sports games don't work for them although I've had no problems with mine.

 

[abracadabra1]

CS and Q3A crash on my win2k machine. they're the only games i have installed.
why...i don't know

anyone else have similar problems?

 

[froyo]

Will a game as old as Grim Fandango work on win2k? I'm thinking of picking up a cheapie version for like $10 and don't want to be disappointed.

 

[G14]

I use strickly WIN2K for gaming. The for me to gaming in WIN2K was to have at least 256mb of ram and a 32mb video card or if it's a glide based game at least a Voodoo3. Also I'd recommend getting TweakUI and unchecking all the visual effects under the "general tab"

 

[Shudder]

Unfortunately, Grim Fandango does NOT work with Windows 2000. What's odd is it starts up and you can play for ~5 minutes but it will always crash back to the desktop. Does not make any sense to me.

 

[josphstalinator]

somebody about a week ago provided a link that showed the compadible/non compadible games under win2k. i cant remember the link but you im sure you could find it if you search. i was actually surprised at the number of games that dont work under win2k, fortunetly i dont play any of those.

 

[GT1999]

What I've found with Win2000:

Half Life/Counterstrike runs great, if not better.
Quake III Arena runs ~5% slower and has brightness/gamma problems, even with latest Det3 drivers.
UT runs fine.
WinAmp will sometimes jitter, usually when there's heavy CPU/HDD utilization.

This is with 256MB of RAM and a Celeron 400, Yamaha sound - latest drivers for all. My home computer had the same problem with Win2k (where the gaming info comes from). I use Win2000 at work primary and Win98SE at home for gaming - I've switched between the two too many times to count.

G|T

 

[ChrisIsBored]

josphstalinator I think you're refering to this site ?

 

[cool]

Q3A in W2K (DX7):
demo001: 46.7
demo002: 46.9

in W98 (DX8):
demo001: 44.6
demo002: 44.8

version 1.17, all settings to max. in 1024x768

p3-650E
160MB-RAM
GF2MX
W2K only (don't need W98 anymore!)

 

[josphstalinator]

chrisisbored
ya thats it