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03-29-2004, 10:48 PM
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Slow performance with Win98SE but great performance with WinXP Home.
I just built:
2.8C GA-8IK1100 1gb OCZ PC4000 ASUS TI4200 @310/675 Antec Sonata 380w PS Maxtor 40gb HD Dual boot 98SE/XP Home Anyway the 3D Mark score in XP is 12666 but in 98 it’s only 8400. What’s up with that? When I play Battlefield it lags badly and sometimes locks up. TIA |
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03-29-2004, 11:03 PM
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Win98 tends to have issues with CPU's over 2.1 GHz, and more than 512MB of RAM.
I'd recommend getting rid of 98 and staying with XP. |
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03-30-2004, 12:13 AM
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windows 98 is too old, nothing is compatible anymore. I would switch
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03-30-2004, 12:27 AM
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XP will be able to take full advantage of the newer hardware as it supports HyperThreading as well as the 1gig of ram. I would move up to XP and leave 98 on the older boxes that don't have the speed for XP.
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03-30-2004, 07:25 AM
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even better go for XP pro much better than home edition.
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03-30-2004, 08:13 AM
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No performance benefit to be gained by going Pro.
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04-02-2004, 11:00 AM
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Win98 is only designed to take advantage of 384 Megs of RAM. Any more than that causes problems.
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04-02-2004, 01:33 PM
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Hi guys,
I agree with the general opinion here. Keep using XP home (or pro!). I use XP pro which is the business orientated version of XP on two PC's here. I wouldn't even go back to W2K now. I won't even begin to give out about Windows 98.....but given a choice between 98 and XP Home I'd choose XP......and I wouldn't need a millisecond to make that decision IMO XP in general is a very good OS.....if it works then use it. |
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