Building a PC for windows 2000

The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

hofuldig

The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

hofuldig

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The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

UltimateGamer95

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The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

adamosmaki

Dude, check a yard sale or goodwill. If you're just going to be running old games in Win 2000 I wouldn't spend more than $15-20.

Dude, check a yard sale or goodwill. If you're just going to be running old games in Win 2000 I wouldn't spend more than $15-20.

AFraud

I usually gut them for parts or give them away. I haven't found too many old games that can't be run using compatiblity mode. You could also set your PC up to dual boot.

What old games are you trying to run anyway?

I usually gut them for parts or give them away. I haven't found too many old games that can't be run using compatiblity mode. You could also set your PC up to dual boot.

What old games are you trying to run anyway?

AFraud

If it works in Windows 2000, it should work in XP. Just use compatiblity mode if you have to, but really the two operating systems are almost identical.

If it works in Windows 2000, it should work in XP. Just use compatiblity mode if you have to, but really the two operating systems are almost identical.

AFraud

The reason for this is becaus Neither Windows Vista NOR windows XP will run my old games

Specs Amd Athlon XP 2600+

atleast 256MB Ram

20 Gig HDD

and i cant decide on either a Nvidia G Force MX 440 AGP 64MB or a Nvidia G Force FX 5200 128 MB PCI

thoughs?

hofuldig

I agree with above - its rather unusual for a game to work in 2000 and not XP, the two are very closely related. Of the two cards, I'd probably go with the FX5200, just because it is the (slightly) superior card. In most of those games, though, I doubt it matters THAT much.

nivida 5200 series is slightly better though both are tbh trashy even back then. so theres my opinion for you.

why not dual boot instead of building again?I know you said you have the parts,but dual boot would be much easierdarx55

perhaps due to say a core 2 quad or i7 + hardware over an hd 4670 which regretablly lacks windows 98/2000 drivers.