Windows XP is very stable when it comes for gaming. However, for the 3D rendering, I would say Mac. Btw, will Windows Longhorn be a better software for gaminf than XP? Well...I hope so....

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I doubt it, Longhorn is supposed to replace the server platform for windows, it may be better for hosting games off of but any OS is good for that, you dont need anything special.

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Longhorn requires you to have the latest computer technology, therefore, you must buy a new computer. Plus, they must be TCPA compatible or else Longhorn cannot run.

xboxrulz

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Right now it would have to be Windows XP. This is easily chosen because almost all of the games that we play today can function only on Windows platforms. Later on there might be newer and better games that also function on Linux, Unix, and others.

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There are. Nvidia driver have some performance better on linux for eg. OK, some things are better done on win.

I have played Soldier Of Fortunee written for linux, and it works fine. I have Rune for, but didn't installed it. I played Warcraft 3, Counter Strike, Half Life, Heroes, Need For Speed Underground . . . on linux

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OpenGL software is much better rendered and smoother than DirectX software. Plus the X server on Linux has a better framebuffer. Up to 10x faster than the WIN32 API framebuffer!

xboxrulz

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i think widnows 2000 is best
windows xp need More Ram and cpu for run games
i hate playing games
so i dont know many information about that

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Until every game package has both the ability to be run on Linux and Windows with little to no fiddling, will be the day I use primarily Linux. But, there are too few games that support linux (kudos to the bioware crew for making NWN linux-compatible, though).

Add to the fact that ATi make terrible drivers for Linux (I was running a game that required 3D rendering and it ran extremely choppy).

Heh, I saw some laughable comments previously to the tune of, "Windows is suckful 'cause it has viruses taking memory, and crashes...etc, etc..."

ANY OS will suck if you don't know what processes you have running in the background.

And alexia's to comment, it doesn't matter what operating system you use, the same program will generally, if not always has the same memory and cpu requirements. Though, XP -does- have a bigger footprint than other OS's, it is not a bad OS for running games (best one I've ever used for gaming, if you ask me).

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

 

 

 

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I voted for Windows XP because I really don't know which is better exactly, but I love windows XP's interface it is very easy to use, but i would have to say that windows 2000 is more tweakable (is that even a word? lol) So I dunno? "The world may never know."

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My vote goes to Windows XP only because it is the most compatible with different games... It is more compatible with the higher level graphics cards and gaming essentials. That's just my personal opinion. I use Windows XP right now, but only because all the software and hardware I use aren't compatible with Linux.

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