[Chipp]

I have access to Server... I might have to try an install on the second hard drive and see what I can get out of it. XP for gaming, server for everything else?

Nice links Chosen.

 

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Originally Posted by Chosen I was lucky enough to get a copy from my schools computer admin for free Oh and server 2003 runs games very well. But if the game was made before 2001 it most likely wont work.

Won't be a problem for me, although I'm seeing on Nvidia's site only x64 drivers for Server 2003? Surley they support the x86 versions, to. I'll have to dig a little deeper.

 

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Originally Posted by Chosen Just checked on the drivers. Thats just an option for downloading server 2003 64bit(?) drivers. Just go with the xp/2000. They should work fine.

That's what I figured, I'm not using NVidia official anyway.

 

[Chipp]

I'm 100% server right now, I'm loving it. Incredibly quick.

 

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Originally Posted by Grim Bah. I agree. XP is crap. But I'll disagree with you here guys. XP has better gaming performance because it was created during the time period that Driver devopers were starting to uttilize DX 9. A lot of developers focused on Gaming, so the drivers were better streamlined for XP. AS you guys are fully aware of, Win2k3 Server is a networking variant of Windows and really, its optimized for networking, I doubt developers optimized their drivers for win2003 server. (I'm speculating based on what I've benchmarked with W2k too.) No doubt it manages resources better though. I'd really like to see some benchs comparing WinXP and Win2003 server (grahpics benchmarks that is).

Once I'm back on my main rig I'll happily supply some before/after info. I can say that my BitTorrent habbit is much better supported on Server, as it handles my dual NEC's and seems to make much more effective use of network load balncing. I'm assumings pings will be lower in games, as well.

 

[Chipp]

I've had np problems with drivers installing or running on Server, but again, I have not tried anything 3-d yet other than Test Drive Unlimited, which I have no "before" knowlage of how well it would run.

 

[Chipp]

BF2 nags me that it has only been tested on 32-bit XP, but it installs and runs fine.

I'll have a few hours of free time later today for some serious benchies, so we'll see how things turn out.

BTW, this thread has been stuck.

 

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Originally Posted by Chosen Did some hemming on post one. A bit easier to read now. Yay for nearly 2000 views!

And yay for the most stable install of anything I've ever used. I would have never though to try this before this thread, but man, has it worked out great!

BTW, would you mind if this was moved to the general OS forum for more traffic?

 

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Originally Posted by Chosen Well, it is a server OS but this thread is dedicated go get it working somewhat like xp (workstation wise) so I wouldn't see why not

Done.

 

[Chipp]

Funny that you picked today to bump this.

I mucked some things up trying to revert to "default" icons, and as a result had to run a repair install. Now that it's mostly fresh again, I've fallen in love with the seed all over again.

 

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Originally Posted by jrs I was just wondering what you guys do for anti-virus w/server 2003. I have been running it for over a year. I used to have avg free, but now avg will not install because it doesn't like the fact that I have server 2003......same story with avast. I tried running both of them in compatibility mode for xp also...... ~jrs

To be perfectly honest, I don't use any anti virus. If you are a safe internet user and know what you are doing (all the common-sensey stuff), I've found it's pretty hard to just pick up a virus randomly. I just don't like the extra background services and wasted memory for a program that I've shown myself I don't need.

***Braces for arguments why I'm wrong and will soon be infected...***

 

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Originally Posted by LiNERROR actually, i use if for gaming too... most games/programs will install just fine... the others require a little work...

Yeah.

I've been using it as my only OS for almost 6 months now, I love it for gaming.

I had some issues with DirectX and BF:1942, but running the installer for 9.0c (with all the files from 9.0b) seemed to fix it.

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Originally Posted by reberto 1. The majority of drivers from XP work with 2K3, since 2K3 is based off XP. 2. They do infact work, I have seen them work myself 3. Like I said, most XP drivers work with 2K3

Yep, I've never had any issues getting drivers to work.