First post, by athlon-power
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I've used Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE on my Slot 1 builds for years- largely because I used to like the ability to run DOS games alongside Windows games on it. While Windows 98 has its charms, I've grown sick of it. I've spent years staring at the Windows 98 setup screen, and I'd like to start using that time to be seeing at least a desktop, let alone games at this point.
Currently, I'm looking into Windows 2000, but I have a few fears surrounding it, mainly concerning drivers. For the TNT2 32MB I have (non M64, the real deal), I've always used Detonator 2.08, but I don't think there's a Detonator 2.08 for Windows 2000- the drivers themselves came out before the OS itself, and I don't know what version would give me the best performance on Windows 2000. As far as other areas are concerned, I think my SB Live! drivers should work fine and it should come with the drivers for my NIC. I know certain games need to be patched to work on Windows 2000 but they do run fairly well after that point.
After seeing Kugee's video pitting Windows 98 against XP on a Pentium II, I really would rather not use XP. That leaves ME and potentially NT4, and I figured I'd try and get some outside perspective before I made any real changes.
Specs:
Gateway Tabor III Motherboard (440BX)
Pentium III Katmai 500MHz
128MB PC133 RAM (May upgrade to 256 depending on what's said here)
TNT2 32MB
SB Live!
Compaq NC3121 (10/100 Intel NIC)
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 20GB (ST320011A)
LG CRD-8400B (40x IDE)
Where am I?