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Postby Dan » Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:08 am

Hi guys, I have had an offer from a friend of a free copy of Windows XP!  8) All I wan't to know is will it help my fs2k2 / ave. performance on a PIII 500Mhz NVidia TNT2 card?
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Jared » Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:13 am

How much memory do you have, what kind of video card? Pro/home version of XP? Copyrighted or illegal version of XP? Will you be able to use it after 30 days are up???
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby congo » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:35 am

You might see a very slight improvement. WinXP uses about twice the Ram though. So it depends if you have enough Ram.
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Delta_ » Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:39 pm

Your RAM is key here, i would recommend atleast 256MB.

I am also going upto XP soon, i found a cheap way of doing it legally.
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Jared » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:09 pm

yeah I got an OEM version from the school for $10...Professional version of course...:-)
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Jared » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:17 pm

I also got office 2002 from the school for $20USD...

However I just recently upgraded to 2003 since a friends computer would not run it smoothly enough for him...:-)

Hey, I'll take it..:-)
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Dan » Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:59 am

Err...  :-[ 128mb RAM. Useless. New computer time i think.
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Dan » Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:01 am

Oh BTW it is totally legal!
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby congo » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:18 am

It will still run it, you can turn off a lot of stuff in XP, but more ram would help.

I wish people wouldn't randomly and publicly call into question our members' legal status, it degrades the forum.   >:(
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:16 pm

XP (With a decent amount of RAM i.e. 512MB+) trounces '98 in every respect (or about 30% under 3D Mark 2001 for example) that said, I'm using a machine 2,100mhz quicker than yours Dan.....


I'd swap the tnt2 for something like an MX440 (anything more powerful is pointless, the CPU won't be able to drive it properly)

You've said it yourself, time for a new 'un.  ::)
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Jared » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:04 am

Oh BTW it is totally legal!
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Just checkign becuase I had a friend who got it basically as a freebie at some expo show, turns uut is was just a demo...after 30 days of use his computer locked up and told him that he had to purchase the full version to continue accessing his files...:-)
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Fozzer » Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:56 pm

Oh BTW it is totally legal!
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Hi Dan...!
I would go for the cheaper OEM version of Windows XP, (
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Delta_ » Thu Feb 19, 2004 6:02 pm

Just tell them your are upgrading they have no prob with that.
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby MichaelH » Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:18 pm

I would go for the cheaper OEM version of Windows XP

I'm with Fozzer and the rest.
I have built half a dozen or so computers in the last year and bought OEM versions of XP for all of them.
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Re: Win 98 > XP

Postby Delta_ » Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:14 pm

OEM is the way to go! ;D
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