FS2004 Anybody played it?

[Guest THEGENERAL22]

Ok then i'll get XP. If i didn't have such a rubbish graphics card eating up RAM i would be left with 256MB.

[Guest THEGENERAL22]

My P.C. does have an AGP i thinks it's x4 but my graphics card (SiS 630/730) only has basic 3D performance. The P.C. was relatively cheap and brand new at

[Guest THEGENERAL22]

Well, you may laugh but the games are Flight Unlimited 2, Battle of Britain and Theme Hospital. FU2 i'm not bothered about but Battle of Britain and Theme Hospital i am. They both say compatible with windows 98 and ME but no mention of XP but does this matter.

[Guest LLgaz]

Good decision to get XP. Windows ME was a huge disaster.I'm sure that most of your other software would be compatible. If they aren't, windows XP has this feature where you run the game in a Win9X environment.....basically tricks the game into believing that you are running a Win9x OS. So should be ok.Also, if you have the money, get XP Professional. If you'd rather plunk down the money on a Graphics card instead, then get the OEM version of XP Home Edition which is between $80 and $90 here in the US.

[Guest p_r_johnson]

...probably only because neither Win2k or XPp were out when those games were released.. but XP home is where you ought to be heading. It's also a newer version of the base-NT OS line with all of the Win2000 patches and Service Packs built in; has many newer technical features which are more geared to the home-user; a more user-friendly interface; it is the first os from Microsoft that could be considered anything like "reliable". .. and yes - I'm running an AMXD +3000 with a gig of ram and a 128MB ATI 9000 (not the best, I admit) - but I have to tweak an' play an' tweak again to get anywhere near a constant 20 fps. regards,pj