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Digital_Vixen 11-29-2001 08:38 PM

XP pro's and cons
 
What does everyone think of Windows XP in general (be it home or office)? :D Any Pro's or Con's about it?

Omega 11-29-2001 10:35 PM

Re: XP pro's and cons
 
I like XP Pro overall.  Unfortunately, the bad driver support for my old graphics card (3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP) makes gaming infeasable.  I like the majority of the new features implimented.  The stability and basic driver support is quite good in XP.  Whether to upgrade from Win2k or not is debatable, but I'd definately recommend it from 98 or ME.

kfan 11-29-2001 11:18 PM

Re: XP pro's and cons
 
I like XP Pro as well.  It has been very stable for me and the only real problem I had was with CD Creator and I had to upgrade it to work with XP.  It seems that networking is stronger in Pro and if you are hooked up to a LAN Pro is much better.  
Hey Omega, I'm not a heavy game player but the drivers on on this site VooDoofiles.com work well with my VooDoo 5.

Omega 11-30-2001 12:18 AM

Re: XP pro's and cons
 
Well, at risk of getting way off topic, I'll reply to the last post anyway.

I actually have the latest driver from VoodooFiles, and despite the problems with the installer (yes, I know a new patch just came out for the installer) I got it installed.  I was able to get perfromance within 2 fps of Windows 2000, but whenever I quit the the game (Quake 3) I would get freezes, as well as other lockups due to the drivers.  The (3rd party) drivers are quite buggy, but for performance they're the best ones out, IMO.


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