Best os for ofpr?

[PitViper 0]

Just curious if anyone has installed OFP in 98, 2000, and XP? I am about to reinstall my OS and want a clue as to which I should install. 98 is typically the fastest but the improved memory management and up to date support in the later OS's perhaps provide a little benefit. Anyone?

[theavonlady 2]

I have been a 98 and XP user and I'm very happy to have kissed 98 goodbye, whether talking about OFP or anything else.

[iNeo 0]

XP

[ralphwiggum 6]

I used to run OFP from 98SE. it was ok, with no problem. Then I upgraded to 2000 and had no trouble. but i think upgrading the OS caused a bit of difference in game running to certain extent. after upgrading to 2000 OFP seemed a bit more choppy. but i don't feel that much difference now, so must be my anxiety.

[Placebo 29]

Win 3.11

Or perhaps XP

[edc 0]

I've got XP and it works pretty good w/ most things , but (while this isn't related to ofp) I really wish they would have spent a little more of their ever so precious time to make it compatible/more compatible w/ older stuff(ie: Fleet Command, gameport joysticks,etc).  

[toadlife 3]

I've never bothered running OFP in win9x (95/98/ME). From experience, as a general rule, Windows 2000/XP runs everything better than Win9x.

After a year or so of OFP and win2k, I switched to WindowsXP. The performance difference between win2k and winXP is neglegable - both are 100x more stable than Win9x and will give better performance, so either one will do you good as long as your hardware is compatible.

If planning on switching to 2000/XP make sure your hardware is compatible with it. ONe old ATI vid card I know of works with 9x, but WILL NOT work with 2000/XP!

After running XP for awhile, I have now switched back to Windows 2000. With XP I would have to alt-tab back to the desktop to get the mouse cursor to behave properly, unless the games resulution was set to a different resoulution than the desktop. With 2000, I don't have this problem.

Under the hood, there really isn't a massive difference between 2000 and XP, except for some Kernel enhancement, and some eye candy upgrades.

Either one will do you better than Windows 9x.

[Mister Frag 0]

I ran OFP (but not Resistance) under 2000 Professional for quite a while, with no problems. For the last year, I've been on XP Professional, again without problems.

Both operating systems have been rock-solid, and are much better at handling memory or a network than 98 or ME.

[pang 0]

i was running it on win98 too, before i switched to win2kpro.

i´m pretty happy with it now.

only thinkg that some people experience is crashes to desktop when playing ofp and beeing inside ts2rc2 in combination with win2k/xp ....

[EBass 0]

I found Windows 2k gave me better network performace while Windows XP gave me better processer and graphics card performance, take your pic.

[Skul 0]

Reccomended system requirements: A good one

[MarcusJClifford 1]

Just to mention, not that it will be of much use to anyone, but OFP:R 1.91 Runs great on Windows Server 2003. - Windows needs configuring to switch on DirectX and sound hardware acceleration etc, but it does work with no noticable performance loss over XP

Not much use, as it costs so much but may be of use for Dedicated Server usage.

[Milkman 1]

Good os for OF?

Not 98

[toadlife 3]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sgt. Milkman @ 30 April 2003,19:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Good os for OF?

Not 98<span id='postcolor'>

LOL.

eg.- any real 32bit Windows OS, except for NT4

[MP Studio 0]

I use XP and i think its best

[HellToupee 0]

i would say linux mandrake 9.1 but no linux port so im just going to say there is no best os for ofpr theres only the worst.

[NKVD 0]

my comp

Athlon xp 2100, GF-3 64mb, 760MB ddr RAM, 100GB ATA100

HD.

Ive been playing on Win98SE and XP.

Trust me - you wanna play OFP in WIN XP!!! XP rulez!

Here is one thing - WIn98 does not support memory above 512MB (although it will work with games, win system does not work properly with memory, will cause you some more resources and lower performance). With my system described above I used to have pretty crappy performance in OFP. However, when I installed Windows XP (XP does support 100-ATA drives!!!! - everything runs so fast, I decided to not upgrade my comp for a while (bought my card, extra memory and fast drive - only because of OFP )

[Winters 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ 27 April 2003,17:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Win 3.11  <span id='postcolor'>

Your like, old or something dood  

I'm still using Win 98SE until i can get a free copy of XP

[Lobanak 0]

I say Windows 2000, cause windows xp doing some crap shi* with the cd drives when getting too much crc errors. Also some other things bad. Don't like it.

Hope OFP2 is coming on linux also. Then I can kick my windows away.

Greets

[CiA]Lobanak

[VXR 9]

im using XP because thats the only way for me to make my Edimensional glasses work

[Greg 0]

About the only thing Win9x used to have over Win2k/XP is that Applications could run at protection levels that allowed some things to bypass the OS rather than always go through it (or be judged by it) But... With WinXP driver model, memory management, thread management, networking, CPU code optimisation, pretty much any speed you might have had with Win9x is not appreciated due to these newer and better systems that 2k/XP present. That's just talking about straight speed, not to mention things like driver quality and support, stability, security etc. So in conclusion, you'd only ever prefer gaming on Win9x for speed, but you'd be challenged to find a majority of apps that actually run faster under it.

Mindless Rant: That Win9x code is approaching 10 years of age and the sooner we see the back of it the better. Now, if we could only afford to upgrade windows.... Retail price of WinXp Pro where I live: $650, that's more than a brand new (budget) computer!

[Mr B 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Retail price of WinXp Pro where I live: $650, that's more than a brand new (budget) computer!<span id='postcolor'>

Sounds familiar. Although I have heard many stories about superior WinXP performance, I'm gonna stick with my Win98SE for now. Runs Resistance fine, no CTDs / BSODs.

WinXP seems like too much eyecandy to me. 98SE is pretty stable (if managed correctly), and best of all, it's cheap and runs on my 500mhz system.

Basically, the best OS for OFPR is whatever OS runs fastest and safest on your system. For me, that's 98SE.

Cheers

Mr B

[GoOB 0]

I would prefer 2000pro since it doesn't use up all that much RAM XP does. But do not go with ME that is the worst OS i have tried (stuck with it at current) It's got good memory allocation properties but it lacks something i cant put my finger on.... but i guess you are best off with XP but in my experience you need atleast 512 MB's of RAM to run games good with XP. Preferrably a gig

[toadlife 3]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Greg @ 03 May 2003,02:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Retail price of WinXp Pro where I live: $650, that's more than a brand new (budget) computer!<span id='postcolor'>

Prices from Amazon.com:

Windows XP Home upgrade $99.00

Windows XP Home Full $199.00 new / $105.00+ used

Windows XP Pro upgrade $189.99

Windows XP Pro full $292.99 new/ $149.00 used

Win2k Pro upgrade $200.00 new/$180.00+ used

Win2k Pro Full - $266.99 new/$135.00+ used

(Unfortunately, there is no Win2k "home" edition)

[toadlife 3]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mr B @ 03 May 2003,07:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">WinXP seems like too much eyecandy to me. 98SE is pretty stable (if managed correctly), and best of all, it's cheap and runs on my 500mhz system.<span id='postcolor'>

For a 500mhz system, you wouldnt want to run winxp, but Win2k pro would run quite well.