> Windows XP was
*even* slower, of the order of about 2750 on Identical
> hardware. That’s 32fps as opposed to 75fps in normal
gaming.
Does this not point to very immature XP video
drivers
Ian. What’s the card?
> Basically, Windows XP is pretty, and
ncie to use, but it is *terrible*
> for any application you actually want to perform worth a
damn.
Hmmmmmm...bit
of a sweeping generalization there
:-)
An in-depth benchmark report I read last week put XP slightly ahead
on
speed on almost everything when compared to Win2K (a large selection of
office
and gaming benchmarks). I was
also MUCH
faster at running games than WinME (which I have
never liked).
I never play games on my machines these days – but I would
stick to
Win98SE if I was. I now have XP
Pro
on two of my home machines and I have (so far) found them fast and
stable. This machine is only a P2-450 (with
512meg
RAM) and it runs beautifully.
Ian.