sliceanddice Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 I just bought Doom 3 today. My question is "Is windows ME the same as 2000"? If not, can I install 2000 on my ME?It says in the minimum req. that you need Windows 2000 for it to install. Besides that, I have a 128MB Nvidia Graphics MX 4000, and I have everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPero Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 Windows ME is not the same as Windows 2000, anyway Windows 2000 is not very good with games. I recommend you Windows XP. If you cannot get it, install Windows 2000. I dont know if Windows 2000 can upgrade a Windows ME system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul3vanz Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 if you've already bought it, why don't you just try it out? just check you have updated graphics drivers and directx then it should run fine.tis a good game, i bought it a couple of weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 I just bought Doom 3 today. My question is "Is windows ME the same as 2000"? If not, can I install 2000 on my ME?It says in the minimum req. that you need Windows 2000 for it to install. Besides that, I have a 128MB Nvidia Graphics MX 4000, and I have everything else.According tot he Website Doom3 requires Directx 9b which is not supported on 95/98/me systems...However if you goto The directX website diectx 9c is avaiable for ME.....I have never tryied to install Doom 3 on Me, but i think it should work fine as long as you have the harware requirments, along witht the most recent drivers and DirectX|Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 How dare you talk about Windows ME!! That OS should have its source code BURNED!! If you have Windows 2000 on a CD, format and install it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGutts Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Agreed.. ME is the worst O/S ever been written... I would rather go back to DOS 5 than install ME ! Tis true that XP is better for games, but if u have 2000, there is nothing wrong with it - i use 2000 for network gaming and find it better than XP... Dunno why, it just seems faster, and the game doesn't "jadder" so much.... Can't wait to play Doom 3 tho... Didn't know it was out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul3vanz Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 i always thought Windows ME sounded like a disease, strangely ME is a disease where people get all lethargic, kinda like the way the operating system acts!I'd sooner use Windows 2000 for a game than ME. What's you hardware specs, I'm sure you'll be able to run 2000 fine.P.S. I don't mean any disrespect to anyone with the disease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfrog Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Windows 2000 is not very good with games.I have to strongly disagree. Windows 2000 is just as capable a gaming OS as Windows XP is. Some say even better because it does not eat up as many resources as XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okih-imus Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I have a Nvidia Geforce2 MX/MX 400 graphics card and Doom3 runs on my pc at the lowest quality settings. It runs decent too.Here is how to get Doom3 working for Win98se:1: Make a backup of your Doom3.exe (As usual)2: Open up Doom3.exe with a hex editor (I used Microsoft Visual C++)3: Do a search for GlobalMemoryStatusEx4: Replace the E with '00' and the X with '00'. What I mean is this. E is '45' and X is '78', change the 45 to '00' and the '78' to '00'5: That's it. Save it and run it on Win98se. It works great!I'm not sure if this fix will work for your OS but heck, why not give it a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 How dare you talk about Windows ME!! That OS should have its source code BURNED!! If you have Windows 2000 on a CD, format and install it! yes it's horrible...continuous blue screens, os hangouts....and with games is not the best OS available....think about an upgrade of your OS i forgot...DOOM3 ruleZ B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliceanddice Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 I tried hexxing it. No good. lol I found out that it req. a p4 processor. I'm "f"ed cuz I got a dang P3. i guess there isn't away to get around that lol. Thx for the help anywayPS anyone know how to get a p4 dirt cheap? (Besides ebay I got screwed once for computer stuff there!)If anything I'll ask my Auncle for one but w/e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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