[Question] How are games on 2k/2k3?

[Mikep7779]

How are games on 2k/2k3? Im looking to get some more proformance from my cpu... i use an nlited windows xp now but if i can get more i want it.

[Dels]

do you ask performa games in 2k/2k3? they should fairy well on 2k but for 2k3 as it for server use you would need to disable some service and tweak a bit some component

[Mikep7779]

How are the games on 2k vs xp? I know 2k uses less mem and cpu to run and load, but is it worth the switch?

[nmX.Memnoch]

You won't notice any real-world difference in performance.

[Sonic]

I agree with nmX.Memnoch, 2k/XP/2k3 are the same for gaming perf. , it's impossible to detect what os running on 3 pc side by side on FEAR (for example).

[Aegis]

It would be much smarter to just upgrade your graphics card.

[murvun]

side by side you can't see a difference, but try dualboot: and notice more lags in windows xp. even with nearly all visible services disabled.

w2k running firewall, antivir, WLAN, firefox and vmware player: 290 threads, 30 processes

w2k out of the box: 172 threads, 16 processes (66MB)

(out of the box means: dx90c, ie6sp1, wm9, ... fully patched)

xp out of the box: 290 threads, 20 processes

(out of the box means: dx90c, ie6sp1, wm10, ... fully patched)

xp with nearly no services: still 210 threads, 15 processes (108MB)