See if your computer can play top pc games
New Genoa
16-08-2004, 05:46
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx
this'll tell you where your computer is on the scale from (below) required specs to recommended and above.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx
this'll tell you where your computer is on the scale from (below) required specs to recommended and above.
IE = Crap.
Bodies Without Organs
16-08-2004, 05:57
Strangely there doesn't seem to be an option for Macs...
Derkites
16-08-2004, 06:04
Whats so strange? Title of thread: See if your computer can play top PC games
New Genoa
16-08-2004, 18:16
IE = Crap.
well, duh, but if they released it to just work on firefox or whatever, most users would be in the dark.
Bodies Without Organs
16-08-2004, 18:20
Whats so strange? Title of thread: See if your computer can play top PC games
PC = Personal Computer.
Georgeton
16-08-2004, 18:41
The fact my comp stops downloading it after 40% is probs a sign mine is crap
New Genoa
16-08-2004, 20:18
Strangely there doesn't seem to be an option for Macs...
It's made by Microsoft. ;)
Nimzonia
16-08-2004, 20:36
PC = Personal Computer.
Well, yes, but that's not the whole definition. PC generally refers to an IBM system, and is a separate classification to Mac.
Although, I suspect you knew that anyway, and are just being deliberately obtuse.
Bodies Without Organs
16-08-2004, 20:44
Although, I suspect you knew that anyway, and are just being deliberately obtuse.
It wouldn't be unlike me. Heck, I'm not even running a Mac, I'm still using Win98 for my sins.
Nimzonia
16-08-2004, 21:05
I'm still using Win98 for my sins.
You're not the only one. I intend to continue using Win98 until they bring out something better than XP, which is one of the worst operating systems ever written.
Kwaswhakistan
16-08-2004, 21:11
Strangely there doesn't seem to be an option for Macs...
cos mac is teh suxx0rs
Kwaswhakistan
16-08-2004, 21:12
The fact my comp stops downloading it after 40% is probs a sign mine is crap
bah mine stopped at 40 as well, and my computer is teh r0xx0rs at gaming, guess it just hates me.
Conceptualists
16-08-2004, 21:16
You're not the only one. I intend to continue using Win98 until they bring out something better than XP, which is one of the worst operating systems ever written.
Well at least you had a choice, I got stuck with XP.
New Foxxinnia
16-08-2004, 23:48
I can barely run Doom 3.
New Genoa
17-08-2004, 01:29
I can't run it at all. 1.53 GHz. It requires 1.7 ghz.
You're not the only one. I intend to continue using Win98 until they bring out something better than XP, which is one of the worst operating systems ever written.
No, ME was the worst operating system ever written by windows. XP isn't half bad.
East Coast Federation
17-08-2004, 01:40
You're not the only one. I intend to continue using Win98 until they bring out something better than XP, which is one of the worst operating systems ever written.
BS. XP is faster than 98 is alot more stable. More compatible and can fully take advantage of new machines!
Red Hate does that too but hey it can't run games!
Ah The wonders of a dual boot system!
Gigatron
17-08-2004, 01:47
If it stops at 40%, you need to wait a bit untilit is done loading the plugin from Futuremark. The security query will come after 1-4 minutes, depending on your download speed.
Bodies Without Organs
17-08-2004, 02:20
No, ME was the worst operating system ever written by windows.
Blurring the distinction between GUIs and OSs for the moment I beg to differ: have you ever had the 'pleasure' of using Windows 1.00 or Windows 2.03?
Blurring the distinction between GUIs and OSs for the moment I beg to differ: have you ever had the 'pleasure' of using Windows 1.00 or Windows 2.03?
No, only 3.1
Bodies Without Organs
17-08-2004, 02:28
No, only 3.1
They are worth investigating if you have an old machine lying around and a masochist streak running through you. I still have something of a soft spot for 3.11 - maybe computers were just new to me then and so I was more easily impressed, but it was a fairly stable platform and the dreaded MS bloat had not completely set in by then. Of course it was still very much just DOS with a graphic overlay and some memory management tricks, but it remains usable to this day - especially when you replace the default shell with something a bit more thought out like Calmira II.
Tuesday Heights
17-08-2004, 02:36
Well, since I don't have Internet Explorer, I can't tell you what my results would be... :rolleyes:
Nimzonia
17-08-2004, 02:38
BS. XP is faster than 98 is alot more stable. More compatible and can fully take advantage of new machines!
Red Hate does that too but hey it can't run games!
Ah The wonders of a dual boot system!
The sheer instability of XP (or XPoo, as I like to call it) is the reason I stick with 98 in the first place. It crashes constantly, for utterly inane reasons.