_I am Reptar Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 well my main OS is SuSE 9.1,but i have a Windows partition just for gaming,can anyone give me a guide or some tut on how to strip down,and i mean STRIP down windows to just a gaming os,and which windows would be the best?thnx a bunch in advace --StealthX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 i'd go with 2000, its fast, stable and not bloated :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 XP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 XP... xp is too bloated,i was wondering if there is a way to strip down xp or some other windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 xp is too bloated,i was wondering if there is a way to strip down xp or some other windows Disable some services? BlackViper has a nice guide for XP and 2000 services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 i knew that site already,but still,xp seems to slow for me,i have 2000 around here somewhere,i'll try that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 2000 is better than XP. im a competitive gamer and many factors come into mind why windows 2000 is a better OS for gaming. your in game sensitivity is the same in ALL games in windows 2000 whereas in xp it differs. when you have windows xp you also need to use a mouse accel registery fix. games run more stable on windows 2000 than windows xp. going from win2k to xp pro takes time to get accustomed to everything. edit the only reason why i moved to xp pro was because all the tournament machines are now ran on windows xp home or pro. long live the 4 years i used win2k. you wont be forgotten.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 get XP and use XPLite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 i have xp,lol,thats the prob,i guess 2000 then,thnx alot guys (Y),dont know where i'd be without you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedorpheux Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 xp is too bloated,i was wondering if there is a way to strip down xp or some other windows i'm getting a new computer soon and i'm going to make it basically just for gaming and i've been thinking about whether to go with 2000 or XP. currently, i'm leaning towards XP and just thinning it down a little, turning off some useless stuff and such. it's not too hard. plus, if you computer is good enough to run relatively recent games, it should be plenty good to run xp, even if it is a little bloated... but 2000 is always good. whatever suits you best :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 get XP and use XPLite meh, but that costs more money. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tran Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Just use XP and tweak it (disable some services) and it'll less bloated. Works fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 tried already,lol,well,i'm going to give 2000 a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringo Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 the best windows for gaming is 98.... it has no anoying services!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmo Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Can't believe all the silly recommendtions here... Windows XP. That is the best windows desktop platform, period. Guess what? windows 2000 has services too, and you have to tweak 2k just as much as xp to get that LITTLE extra %out of it. "Bloated" is all in your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 5, 2004 Author Share Posted July 5, 2004 nope,just installed 2000 and its WAY faster than xp,and dont say because i formated,because my XP was just formated too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 XP hands down, unless you're from 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 5, 2004 Author Share Posted July 5, 2004 well,xp used WAY more memory,and on 2000 pro i got 433mb out of 512 free,on xp i have like 380mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringo Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 1. windows 98 takes less than 10 seconds to boot 2. all the new viruses don't work with win98 (most of them) 3. takes less than 300mb in your hard disk :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 XP Pro.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 5, 2004 Author Share Posted July 5, 2004 i'm sticking to 2000,fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semaja2.net Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 use 2003 but use the stnd edition more in it it rocks just try the trial *cough cracks* or just keep reintalling the trial it runs fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvbfan Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 I like XP,Turn all but necessary services off and it runs like butter on my system. Unless I'm playing MLB,then I have to keep sweeping broken glass off of my desktop. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xta Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 I vote for w98, cuz is the fastest for a gamer, plus on moderns PCs its really very fast, and once on thomshardware made a review on wich was the fatest win for a gamer and guess who got the highest score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 i would go with a custom made windows xp embedded gaming edition made by me, increases performace in games by at least 25-150% depending on which game your running, some quick numbers on my pc in 3dmark03 i got a good 3383 on normal clean xp, and on clean formated installed windows xp embedded gaming edition (custom made by me for my system) i got 4628, i donno what % that is, but thats an amazing improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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