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| Thread ID: 28965 | 2003-01-06 09:00:00 | ATi Radeon 9000 video, would I be able to get the best out of it? | Jase1 (459) | Press F1 |
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| 111434 | 2003-01-06 21:32:00 | >2K, and XP are both known to not give off as much performance in gaming than 98 is. In my personal experience XP provides a far more enjoyable and stable gaming enviroment with no noticable downturn in performance. Almost no crashes or lockups. These stats should back my claims quite well: www.pcmag.com |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 111435 | 2003-01-06 21:43:00 | Stability - Yes Performance - I dont believe so. I am looking for a comparison between XP and 98 on the same system, running benchamaking! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 111436 | 2003-01-07 00:30:00 | >Stability - Yes Performance - I dont believe so. There is little difference between XP and 98 performance in games. Another link: www.tomshardware.com A quote from the website says: "The tests show that there's no reason today to use Windows 98/ME in a new system. In many of the benchmarks, XP and 2000 are ahead - albeit only by a small margin. The biggest advantage of 2000 and XP, however, is in the more modern architecture, which, thanks to the increased stability and safety from crashes, allows for a much more relaxed work environment - and, of course, increased demands on the hardware as well." |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 111437 | 2003-01-07 00:49:00 | Alright, That was interesting... The OS used was ME and remember that this is not 98. I think that its origional intentions were to make it into a Media-Friendly PC. I personally use Win2K at the moment for stability on my PC (Athlon XP 1700+, 512MB RAM and GF4 MX 440 64MB!) and that runs nicely. I still hold firm to my belief's about it, as this was not 98, although from the posting of another Pf1'er, I could be wrong and am willing to accept that. I would still like to see one done with 98, not ME. The difference was about 1FPS difference with XP using the ATI Raedon (Which is what the post is about), however, with the Ti 4600, it came out on top a few times itself. Im gonna have a wee look to see if I can find a benchmark myself, in the mean time: If you would like to spend another $3-400 on upgrading to XP to squeeze out an extra 1-2FPS, then that's you're choice, but I believe the money would be better spent elsewhere. Then again, that is personal opinion and others might do otherwise! :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 111438 | 2003-01-07 02:32:00 | Where abouts are you? QMB has a shop just in Auckland . Visit http://www . qmb . co . nz for their location details . They sell stuff quite cheaply too . That graphic card, I believe, would be sufficient for your type of use . |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 111439 | 2003-01-07 06:25:00 | Hi Thank you all very much for your help, so I guess I'm going stay with Win98Se and get ATi Radeon9000. Thank you all again for your suggestions and ideas :) Thanks alot :D by the way, why do I keep getting this message when I post a post "You're about to reply to a post which is more than a month old. You might not get a response to your...etc" I mean even when I'm posting this forum right now I'm getting this message on my text box. Is it a bug? I'm using IE 5 right now. Well, thanks again for all you guys help :D Jase Sen |
Jase1 (459) | ||
| 111440 | 2003-01-07 06:28:00 | To- ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ Yeah, I been to QMB store up in Auckland, just wondering if there's any place else like QMB. Cheap prices yet quality parts. Jase Sen |
Jase1 (459) | ||
| 111441 | 2003-01-07 08:21:00 | 'd have to say they're proly the best. Otherwise there is: http://www.etccomputers.co.nz BTW - We all get that message. The programmers are getting abck next week (That's what the CIO told me) and will look into it then :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 111442 | 2003-01-07 08:32:00 | Thanks alot Chilling_Silence, I thought I was the only one. Thanks Jase Sen Sorry to be a bother :( but is there any other places, other than ETC computer and QMB? Thanks |
Jase1 (459) | ||
| 111443 | 2003-01-07 08:39:00 | Well, try http://www.pricespy.co.nz and have a loosie there... Personally, I built myself a nice PC from parts from QMB for $800 - Check the Pf1 Archives and you'll find my thread asking about the parts and stuff! They are good, quick delivery, fast replies to email, and support Direct bank Deposit! I would recommend them 100%! |
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