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[wolfeking]

couple of things with your examples.

1. I can use any system that comes with XP drivers in 2000 just by modifying some system files with those that come from XP, so I can use all the way up to a GTX680 or HD7970 if I want. 2. DDR3 works fine with 2000. The RAM speed is done by the BIOS, not the OS.

and biodiesel runs out the same pump as petrol and B100 diesel. All that would be needed is the fuel to sell it.

Bad examples. We like the old stuff, you like the new. Now stop trying to convert us and argue.

 

[ayan]

couple of things with your examples.

1. I can use any system that comes with XP drivers in 2000 just by modifying some system files with those that come from XP, so I can use all the way up to a GTX680 or HD7970 if I want. 2. DDR3 works fine with 2000. The RAM speed is done by the BIOS, not the OS.

and biodiesel runs out the same pump as petrol and B100 diesel. All that would be needed is the fuel to sell it.

Bad examples. We like the old stuff, you like the new. Now stop trying to convert us and argue.

If you take the example literally yeah, than it doesn't fit perfectly, but i'm pretty sure you're not an idiot to do that, and you understood my point of view. It's not that i don't like the old as for beauty and efficiency, but it's still limited. Take some videocard testing program. Test your videocard, then find online tests done for the same videocard but on a newer OS, and if there's no difference, then i grant you the winning of this argument.

 

[wolfeking]

So basically, you want me to benchmark under 2000, then use the same card with drivers under a newer OS, say XP or Vista, and compare and contrast the drivers?

I can do that with my M90 in about 20 minutes. I have not worked with the 480 under 2000 yet, so not quite sure how I need to modify if at all. I should be able to get it to work within 2 days though.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

If anything, I would guess that W2K loses to Vista/newer in heavily threaded benchmarks since it was made back in the day where multiple CPUs were rare and it's entirely possible that the scheduler won't quite keep up in this day and age where 4 and even 8 hardware threads are common. Anything else... other than hardware devs dropping driver support, I don't see how the OS could significantly hold back the performance.

 

[wolfeking]

Server based can use 4 threads. The 2k pro is limited to 2 threads. It treads the cores as individual processors.

Otherwise, it is just fine. And for people that do not need 4 and 8 threads, it is just as good as any of the others. I personally don't need them all, but I have them.