Daster 0 Posted June 25, 2000 Hi! I've just installed Win2000 on my P3-850, 128 MB Ram, TNT2 and now im testing few games. All games are running great but only Halflife makes me worry. When i enter Halflife Win2000 starts swapping and after few seconds it takes more than 90 MB of my ram! It needs a very long time to start playing but then it runs fine... Under Win98 it didn't need so much ram...;( Is that normal or could a reinstall of Halflife solve this problem? Thx, Daster Share this post Link to post
MarksmanX 0 Posted June 25, 2000 What is you AGP aperture set at? Did you defrag you drive in Windows 2000? Did you install Half-Life in Windows 2000? Are you using the newest drivers? I have no problem at all in Half-Life Counter Strike. Runs better in Windows 2000 than it did in Windows 98SE ------------------ Supermicro P6DBE Rev 3.0 Motherboard Dual Intel Pentium III 850 512 MEGS of ECC RAM Sound Blaster Live! Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card GeForce 2 GTS 64MB IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive Western Digital 20.5GB Hard Drive Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB) Roland Sound Canvis SC-55 3COM 3CR990-TX-97 with 3XP Processor 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32 Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM Sony GDM-F500R Monitor Share this post Link to post
JediBaron 0 Posted June 26, 2000 I'm also running 128 megs with a TNT2 and have no problems with slow loading. There is a little sidenote to memory on Win2k, though. According to many sites the memory usage in Win2k, while MUCH more efficient than 98, deals with games in a much more direct manner. This means that when a game wants to make a 32meg precalculated table, Win2k tends to give it the 32megs. Win98 would only give it what it could spare. Therefor, many sites have recommended running with at least 192 megs for games. I personally plan on going to 256 shortly, although I really haven't had any problems with 128. (MORE IS BETTER - hehe) Share this post Link to post
civicsidude 0 Posted July 21, 2000 i have not had that problem my games run faster on win2k the only problem i have is the one in HL when you hit esc it goes to a black screen ,,"iknow the menu is still there" but has anyone seen a fix yet Share this post Link to post
Johnny 0 Posted July 30, 2000 I have always had tons of disk paging with 128Mb of Ram under Win2k, even running OpenGL with my TNT2 PRO. Direct3D helped me with some games, but I still the paging. As soon as I went to even 192Mb majority of my problems went away. And now 256 is just Godlike. I would never go back to just 128Mb. Share this post Link to post
DeadCats 0 Posted July 30, 2000 I'll second what Johnny said. The move from 128 to 192Mb RAM made a huge difference. ------------------ "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" -Adolph Hitler, 1935 Share this post Link to post
Thrawn 0 Posted August 1, 2000 Quote: Originally posted by Johnny:And now 256 is just Godlike. I would never go back to just 128Mb. I never thought I'd see the day. My first computer had 8 KB of memory, and now we are complaining about 128 MB not baing enough. Don't get me wrong, I have 192 MB. :-) [This message has been edited by Thrawn (edited 01 August 2000).] [This message has been edited by Thrawn (edited 01 August 2000).] Share this post Link to post
zzottt 0 Posted August 4, 2000 i go from clicking on the game in gamespy to choosing my team in about 30-45 seconds on my win2000pro machine and i only have a p3-550e 256mb ram one of those kick ass ibm 72000 drives and a geforce2 ------------------ Share this post Link to post
NormanSmiley 0 Posted August 4, 2000 I am not having problems in CS either (p3 700, 128mb ram, geforce). Here is a little tip that I was given a few weeks ago. Decide for yourself as to whether it helps or not: For any of your games, create a .bat file. Add the following lines to this .bat file echo off Start /high hl.exe (this was for half life). You can add these following lines right after the hl.exe if you want: -console -game cstrike -numericping -nojoy -fps_max 100 -noipx ------------------ NormanSmiley http://zuzumonk.20m.com Share this post Link to post
INFERNO2000 0 Posted August 6, 2000 CS is still running flawlessly for me After you get past the 200 mark, you don't really see a difference. I went from 160 to 384, and saw nothing. ------------------ OBSIDIAN (Win2k System) ---Custom Built--- AMD Athlon 750(model 2) retail (Slot A) Asus K7V Mobo BIOS revision 1007-02c(beta) PNY 288(295 listed)MB PC100 SDRAM (2x128 & 1x32) A-Top 901 Case & 300W Athlon Approved Power Supply 3 Internal 80mm fans CL SB Live! X-Gamer Liveware 3 Drivers-only CL GB Annhilator Pro Windows 2000 Advanced Server (SP1) Logitech Itouch Pro Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Everglide (HL Giganta) Logitech Quickcam Home(listed as WEB) Logitech Soundman G1 Speakers D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet Adapter Hauppauge! WinTV GO INFERNO (Win9x(ME) and Linux System) ---Compaq Presario 5600i--- PIII 500(498 listed) (Pre CuMine) Compaq 128(131 listed)MB RAM Seagate 1GB and either a 3.2GB or 4GB Hdd ATI Xpert 98 video card Sonic Impact S90 Intel Onboard and (Unknown) ISA Ethernet cards Mandrake 7.1 PC Concepts AT-to-Ps2 Keyboard Logitech First Wheel Mouse Compaq JBL Speakers Share this post Link to post
