WIN2K Help !!!

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old.mzungo

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HI !! does anyone know a good site where i can get tips on running halflife on WIN2K it keeps crashing on my sys..thx fragers
 
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MYstIC G

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Before we go on link Mania make sure you've installed the latest version of Direct X along with Service Pack 2
 
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old.mzungo

Guest
Hi thx 4 reply...
I have installed service pack 2 and DirectX 8a plus latest drivers for herculles gf2 mx. but frame rate is really poor (35 ish against 70 in Win ME)and the game crashes cauing a gpf type error.
 
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Ch3tan

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Rollback to some stable drivers.

Use the latest official dert drivers or the 6.50's (whcih seem teh most stable recently that i have seen).

EDIT > oh eyah forgot, are u using teh hercules drivers or teh standard nvidia ones?
 
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old.Signum

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i am on win2k with NO service pack n have no problems with crashing, could be heat from CPU (if u have newish one) or just a driver prob, dont no if that helped
 
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old.mzungo

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Hi ..
System is dual boot and been running ME for long time no crashes.
yes iam using standard Herculles drivers (where do i find diferent ?)
could it be opengl problem ?
halfe life was installed on the Win2k partition and the files from ME partition were copied over.

still cant sort it ;-(
 
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old.Spellbinder

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2 cent

Wanted to put in my 2 cents in the well.
Only thing win2k is a NT platform and as NT it swollows memory and overall making your comp act like it has taking a bath in suryp.

Spellbinder.
 
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old.Signum

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i will have to dis-agree, ME n 98 Takes up shit loads more memorey than win2k (any SP). and its so much better for playing and running any 3D game, (if setup correctly)
 
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Ch3tan

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Bollox w2k is a excellent OS, best thing MS ever did.

ANyway mzungo go to www.nvidia.co.uk and get the latest official detonator drivers.

THere is a secret to installing them properly, its > MAKE SURE U UNINSTALL YOUR EXISTING DRIVERS FIRST.

Oh yeah and dont get the self installing version, use the zipped version instead.
 
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old.mzungo

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Hmm agreed W2k should be beter because of superior memory handlig and running apps in own space means less servear crashes... i got 256meg on the sys and Athlon 8oo so should have enough pony power to run HL ill wip over and try those drivers thx fer tip
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Embattle

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While W2K does eat a fair amount of memory it actually gives it back unlike W9X which just eats and eats and eats until the system falls over with a BSOD.
 
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~Lazarus~

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There was an application on Microsoft's web site which allowed you to free up memory in Windows 95/98/me and 2000.

Cant remember the link, but if you want it let me know through PM and I can dig it out
 
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old.Spellbinder

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I give

Yeah its a program called freemem that does that just search google i think you can get some hits.

Well i have to take back what i said since there where so many protest against it.
But to explain my self.
Im of the old school of computer user and have been working with NT from 4.0 - 5.0 (5.0 they say its same as Windows2000 NT) and for thoose OS i KNOW they are slower the suryp.
I installed 2000 and run it for like 2-3 weeks and had the same experience not as slow as the previos versions but still to slow for me.
Now maybe they have fixed things and maybe the service pack 2 have done something to help it a bit i dont know but if so i withdraw my statement about it being slow.
The verry best thing bout NT (IMO) is that it is stabil and i really would recomend it if you running a server on the net (xept for the security part that is) couse it rearly goes down.
But then again if i run a server i would rather go with Linux.

Spellbinder.
 
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old.mzungo

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t ok thx ch3tan and all.. New nvida drivers have sorted original problem ...wait 4 it !! but now tribes 2 wont run lmao...:puke:
 
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Ch3tan

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Okay then u need to unistall the latest nvidia drivers (12.41) and get the last officail ones 6.50

You can get them here >

http://www.tweakersasylum.com/nvdrivers/win-2k-650.zip

The 6.50's are the ones that are meant to be "guaranteed" to work with tribes 2. Not as good performance wise as teh latest drivers though.

Try these first if they dont work out try the 7.52's/ 7.58's.
 
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Embattle

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Yeah 6.50 were the offical ones before they released 12.41 but the 6.50 were fairly solid, I've not personally had trouble with the 12.41.
 
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old.mzungo

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Ok thx the 6.50 seams to do the trick ...
BUT how about the old cl_flushentitypacket iam geting this alot on Win2k compared to Win Me..is there a setting anywhere i can tweak???
 
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]SK[

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i had one prob with win2k and tat was screen refresh went to 60Hz.
I found a patch for this!
ME lasted 2 days on my computer and crashed after the first hour.

WIN2000 i soooo stable, not one crash yet!
I find it faster for browsing too.

I used to play one game of HL and my mem usage was like 98% with erm... 98 since 2k its always on about 30% after about 4 days and many games of HL!
 
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]SK[

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win2k eats a bit more than ME so upgrade or chnage your resolution to something lower!
 

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