PLAYING GAMES ON WINDOWS NT 4.0?
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A PROBLEM?
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Geoffrey D Koplas
: I WOULD LIKE TO START GAMING BUT MY COMPUTER ONLY RUNS NT 4.0. WILL THIS BE
: A PROBLEM?
Windows NT only supports up to about DirectX 4 or so, IIRC. Many of the
newer games utilize DirectX 6 or 7. Make sure, if you're going to try to
play a game on an NT system, you check what version of DirectX it requires.
In this age of CD burners, a store won't let you return a game for anything
other than a copy of the same game, and if you get a game that requires
DirectX 7 and try to run it on an NT machine, you're screwed.
Why not set up a partition (or get another hard drive) and install Windows
98 on it? That way, you can buy games more confidently.
-Geoff
Gavin Edwards
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> Windows NT only supports up to about DirectX 4 or so, IIRC.
DirectX 3 to be precise. I don't think version 4 was ever released to the
public.
Many of the
> newer games utilize DirectX 6 or 7. Make sure, if you're going to try to
> play a game on an NT system, you check what version of DirectX it
requires.
This isn't quite the case. Whilst any new game that REQUIRES DirectX will
certainly not run on NT4, games that use OpenGL will run fine (someone tells
me it actually runs better than on 98 but I couldn't comment on that) and
also if you have a 3DFX card games that use Glide will be fine as well.
> In this age of CD burners, a store won't let you return a game for
anything
> other than a copy of the same game, and if you get a game that requires
> DirectX 7 and try to run it on an NT machine, you're screwed.
That's what I thought. But during a recent visit to some PC game selling
store (can't remember which one) I found that their exchange policy now
means you can return a game for another game within 2 weeks or something
like that.
> Why not set up a partition (or get another hard drive) and install Windows
> 98 on it? That way, you can buy games more confidently.
Or better yet (in my opinion) toast NT altogether and just run 98.
Gavin
Neil Williams
> store (can't remember which one) I found that their exchange policy now
> means you can return a game for another game within 2 weeks or something
> like that.
Whoa! Let me know if you can remember the name of this store, and
if there's any online stores that have this policy. I've wasted money
recently on a couple of highly respected games that I hated
(System Shock 2, Alpha Centauri). I'd pay a few extra bucks
just to be able to have an exchange/credit option.
Thanks,
--Neil
Gavin Edwards
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> Whoa! Let me know if you can remember the name of this store, and
bucks
> just to be able to have an exchange/credit option.
It was some mainstream shop - Electronics Boutique or HMV possibly. Other
than that I really can't remember. Just takes a stroll down your high
street and have a look-see.
Gavin