windows 2000 vs XP

[Clay]

Originally posted by darktip
problem I have is xp is faster in booting up compare to 2000. but 2000 fast once you are inside OS and that is were xp starts slow down.. so habe some issues with picking one or the other

Out of the box XP "should" be faster than W2K on all fronts and not require tweaking...course this isn't a perfect world so if you haven't already check out these sites with tips and tweak guides. Some are kinda goofy looking but they all have good info:

http://www.winguides.com/ (great all-around site, registry, etc)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/winxp.htm (awesome site)

http://www.tweakxp.com/

http://www.dougknox.com/

http://www.theeldergeek.com/

[schuey74]

XP supports Hyperthreading and 2K does not.

[RobHague]

Originally posted by schuey74
XP supports Hyperthreading and 2K does not.

Yes it does, except XP knows that they are logical, 2k see's them as pysical processors... but it works all the same.

[SuLinUX]

Originally posted by Gator
I've experienced no slow downs using XP vs 2K... maybe there is something else at work that's giving you the slow downs.

Personally, I like XP better. Sure it's a prettier version of 2K, but if all the games are intended for XP than wouldn't it make sense to have XP . Furthermore, I've actually read of a few games like NBA 2004, which donot run well or at all on Win2k, and they don't plan to make patches for it because they consider Win2k a "business operating system."

On a side note, I also think XP handles USB devices better, at least it did for me when I switched.

Another vote for XP

XP is nothing more than a skinned version of Win2k and it's a myth it being faster, I remember getting way more 3dmarks in Win2k. I noticed GTA Vice city runs better in Win2k and it just seems alot less bloated.

[Heavyd]

I say this all the time..... Open GL games... then Windows 2000.... Direct X games.... XP... or if ur like me.. do a duel boot

[pureflow]

I'm running w2k. I'm not very sure about XP security systems but it seems that it's less headache to confirm w2k security shared folders for PC/MAC.

plus point for XP is that sharing folder for MAC is easy. declaring security rights per user is a big headache over w2k.

I am thinking of making the switch.. but my server is already W2k Adv Svr.

but thinking of XP being able to play porsche unleashed kinda make me wanna change. but my real use for the PC is photoshop. where a JPEG file is around 10-20mb(JPEG)/ 100-300Mb (tiff). I wonder if XP would have better memory management/caching system.

[saturnotaku]

Originally Posted by pureflow

I wonder if XP would have better memory management/caching system.

That hasn't changed over Windows 2000 (thankfully). When you close programs in XP, they relinquish memory back to the OS unlike Windows 9x.

[Clay]

Originally Posted by saturnotaku

That hasn't changed over Windows 2000 (thankfully). When you close programs in XP, they relinquish memory back to the OS unlike Windows 9x.

Yeah, but a few tweaks can help even more, this one in particular:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer.
Create a new sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

[dns]

Agreed, XP is far better for gaming than 2000. Although I do like 2000's interface much better than XP, this can be changed anyway in Control Panel . If XP boots slower than 2000, it's just because your startup folder has too much running in it. try deleting some things that you don't need to use on startup. You can find this at Start > Programs > Startup

[Riptide]

I kinda wish MS had pulled the plug on 98 support like they were going to. Maybe it's just me, but 9x is the most unstable POS ever. As soon as 2000 came out, I loaded it up and never looked back. Even with beta nvidia drivers the thing was more stable than 9x on my old pentium 3 machine. I could write a book about the trials and tribulations I went through with 9x - it's a frickin pile. The sooner people move on, the better.

[SuLinUX]

Has anyone got any REAL proof that XP is faster because it's myth as far as I'm conserned, i'm sure if MS fixed the memory leaks it would help alot.