DavidNewbould

this could be because of many things.. [/obvious] one thing that stands out at me is the difference in resolutions. if you have a digital monitor, chances are it'll remember settings for many resolutions. try running half life in 1024x768, if that doesnt work, then go into advanced options in display properties (windows) and you should have some gamma options. [This message has been edited by DavidNewbould (edited 06 February 2001).] [This message has been edited by DavidNewbould (edited 06 February 2001).]

...he says with 725 posts...

well... i have the following: AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450Mhz ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus (Ali Chipset) nVIdia riva TNT2 M64 128Mib PC100 RAM Ensoniq PCI Audio IBM Maxtor 4Gig HD Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice Intellimouse Explorer 48X CyberDrive CDROM Motorola SurfBoard 1300 Cable Modem This may seem like, and indeed is, a pretty **** rig, but i discovered that oh, hmm, wait a minute, YOU DONT NEED A 4Ghz CPU TO PLAY GAMES FAST. If you Lamers who cant tune a system feel the need to spend £20000 on a Ninja Spec PC then go ahead. With my moderate spec i manage to get 40-60 fps in TFC, and 30-55 fps in CS. i know of people with Athlon 800's + GeForceMX's that dont get that. And before you say "oh my games look sooooo good", well my gaming res is 1024x768, with no programs to lower visual quality. and btw 0xide, why do you feel the need to brag about ure PC? Just be happy with it and let others be happy with theirs. Out. -David Newbould

a friend uses 6.47 and he seems to think theyre the best.

ive only installed it in win98SE, and it seems pretty much the same as b4.. not installed it in win2k cos i dont use win2k for games

ok in case you haven't heard: http://www.barrysworld.com/content/pr_ted.htm basically, BW has run out of money and are going into liquidation as of the 31st January. The reason for this post is to say that basically, something MUST be done to stop this happening. If anyone has ANY ideas/suggestions on how to raise some $$$ quick - post in here please. Thats all from me for now. -David Newbould AKA [PCF]DeStRoYeR

lol ffs "oh sorry did i forget to mention my specs: Cyrix MII 166 o/c to 4Ghz 32Mb RAM - soldered a few extra chips- now 128Mb TNT2 M64 o/c to 800Mhz core; 600Mhz Mem removed all fans (too noisey)" ive made my point. <scurries off back into corner>

Yeah!! and in referrence to ppl on this board not liking me - wtf? if i have offended/upset anyone then, erm, im sorry? i didnt realise...... (???) anyway, if anyone has contacts with big companies or anything, let us know

i installed SP1 a while back and upon rebooting, it would not get past "initiating networking protocols" or something. (cant remember the EXACT words) it just wouldnt go past it. So i tried booting in with safe mode but still to no avail, it would just sit at the login screen for hours and not actually boot into desktop environment. Im just wondering, that if i install SP1 again, will the same thing happen? Last time i had to format to get it back... sys specs btw: AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450Mhz ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus (Ali Chipset) nVIdia riva TNT2 M64 128Mib PC100 RAM Ensoniq PCI Audio IBM Maxtor 4Gig HD Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice Intellimouse Explorer 48X CyberDrive CDROM Motorola SurfBoard 1300 -Software Version: SB3100-3.2.6-SCM-NOSHELL Hardware Version: 2 MIB Version: II GUI Version: 1.0 VxWorks Version: 5.3 Heres my software setup: C: partition - "BOOT" - 200Mib - FAT D: partition - "Win98" - 1600Mib - FAT32 E: partition - "Win2k" - 2200Mib - NTFS c: is obviously the boot partition. D: has windows 98 SE installed, and is used primarily for games. E: has windows 2000 professional installed, and is used for web design, etc. Win98 setup: Gfx drivers - Detonator2 5.32 (6.xx made for GeForce's) AGP drivers version 1.69 Directx8 ver. 4.08.00.0400 Vsync is always off. Games resolution - 1024x768x16

well....thanks for your help but ive come up with new plan im getting a 40Gb hard drive on the 8th Feb (birthday) so im going to back up all my stuff.....then do what everyone wants to do but is afraid to... infect my computer with every offline virus possible and watch it crumble!!!! RAH! ill need to make sure i dont get one that overclocks my system and burns it all out...that would suck... anyway, thanks for your help -David Newbould

get NVMax from somewhere. dont ask i cant remember, but theres an option to "enable coolbits" which is the o/c tab in display properties.

no i dont have a link i was sent them by a m8 who was looking for a link to give me. icq me and ill send them to u. 86423724

get 6.66 work fine and FAST in win2k

/me hides 15" Analog monitor under blanket

helpp me my computer isnt working i have a pentium 166 and 8 megs of "ram". i have innstalled the windows 2000 professional second edition and it is slow and my games dont work and whats a kernel ? i was talkingg to bob and he said my proccessing isnt good enough whysthat? i installed quake 3 but ran out of disc space so i deleted the big pak file is that wrong? it wouldnt work so i took it back but the man said i couldnt get my money back was i screwed? whats the phone number for complaints and tech support and half life crashes my drivers are 4.3 and 0.3b but my monitor needs newer drivers i think can anyone tell me where to get coaxial cable from? please help me i want to run deus ex at 60frames a cycle again please my computer is a pentium.

lol i feel for all you people still stuck on windows 2000, at the weekend i finally decided i had had enough and formatted my Hard Drive. Installed win98SE and WOAH what a difference. Games ran faster, windows ran faster, no caching problems, no more physical memory dumps, ahh life is good now... I advise everyone of you to go back to win98 cos lets face it, you only want win2k is so mummy and daddy cant get in and find your [censored].

*slap*

ok, im back. arent u all glad. heres my current setup: AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450Mhz ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus (Ali Chipset) nVIdia riva TNT2 M64 128Mib PC100 RAM Ensoniq PCI Audio IBM Maxtor 4Gig HD Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice Intellimouse Explorer 48X CyberDrive CDROM Motorola SurfBoard 1300 -Software Version: SB3100-3.2.6-SCM-NOSHELL Hardware Version: 2 MIB Version: II GUI Version: 1.0 VxWorks Version: 5.3 Heres my software setup: C: partition - "BOOT" - 200Mib - FAT D: partition - "Win98" - 1600Mib - FAT32 E: partition - "Win2k" - 2200Mib - NTFS c: is obviously the boot partition. D: has windows 98 SE installed, and is used primarily for games. E: has windows 2000 professional installed, and is used for web design, etc. Win98 setup: Gfx drivers - Detonator2 5.32 (6.xx made for GeForce's) AGP drivers version 1.69 Directx8 ver. 4.08.00.0400 Vsync is always off. Games resolution - 1024x768x16 --------- now. i realise that win2k is very stable, which i havve always said, and now use it for serious work, web design, word processing etc. and have left the win98se partition free of most programs, bare minimum, so that the registry etc does not get clogged over time and it grinds to a halt after the 800th program has been installed and uninstalled. my conclusion: win2k - great for work, looks good, very stable, takes its time though. win98 - looks average, pretty unstable, fast for gaming on my setup. -David

*sigh* for those of you among us who didnt fully understand what i was trying to get across is that, yes, this was an attempt to bring humour to this board. so no, im not asking anything, im just.......oh forget it

ive had this problem also, its definetely down to the rip. i had mission2mars II on divx, and one played smoothly, while the other rip had this problem. get a new rip

the win2k memory management is pretty good, and it IS really smart looking, while alse being very stable. but on a lower end machine, it is slow. unless u got 128+Meg ram, dont bother. im a gamer, so i have win2k and win98SE running on a dual boot. i recommend this setup, as u can keep win98 uncluttered by only installing the basics, things esential for games, but still be able to work on ure pc, with win2k my specs are: AMD K6-2 450Mhz @ 450 128Mb PC100 RAM ASUS P5A-B mobo 100Mhz bus nVIdia riva TNT2 M64 Creative Ensoniq PCI Audio IBM Maxtor 4Gig HDD Intellimouse Explorer Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice i get about 50fps in half life, which i dont think is too bad, considering the spec. opinions ?

right, basically : games wont work in win2k, so i want to install win98 heres my setup a 3gig partition - c: NTFS a 1gig partition - d: FAT32 how do i install win98 note - im a tight fisted git, so unless u got a crack/serial, DONT MENTION PARTITIONMAGIC

I have thought a lot about the 3dfx vs nVidia war and have come up with this conclusion: 3dfx make absolutely excellent glide drivers and Glide is very nice indeed, with very few problems, BUT the sheer power and speed of nVidia make it top dog. I upgraded from my Voodoo Banshee to a TNT2 M64 and haven't regretted it. ------------------ Life is a [censored]ually Transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate.

Well, I have windows 2000 running on a 386 with 256Kb of RAM and i installed it with 624 floopies and it took 72 hours but its worth it cos now its even slower than it could be. oh and i quote: "it won't be as fast as running with 98" -remember mods its a quote not a statement of my opinion so dont ban me (again). [This message has been edited by DavidNewbould (edited 23 October 2000).]

Yesssssssssssssssss finally someone agrees with me that win2k sucks for games. NOTE TO ADMINS : please dont ban me (again) for posting this. Its just my opinion.