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To: buckeye3d who wrote (10125)	1/14/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: Michael Linov	Read Replies (1) of 16960

Ok, I use NT for games exclusively. Here's the summary: DOS Games at 320x200 (VGA) will all work under NT, less sound. ALL 2D Games w/DirectX3 OR DirectX5 support will run under NT 4.0. DirectX3 3D games will run under NT without hardware accelaration. All Windows Glide Games will run on NT w/3dfx card. OpenGL games will run under NT. DOS Glide Games (ie: TR1) will NOT work on NT 4.0 DirectX5/6 3D games (which have no glide version) won't run on NT, though SOME may run in software emulation mode (ie: Die by the sword, Return to Krondor, etc.) Performance is excellent, and no slower than win95/dos. Video driver support for NT is excellent. Scannner support is great if you have a SCSI scanner, non-existant otherwise. Printers are well supported. Video Input/Capture support for NT 4.0 is virtually non-existant. Networking/internet support is superb. Hope my little summary helps you make a decision. Some plusses I find indispensable under NT: Multiprocessor support (lets your system run at full speed no matter how many things you're doing). Stripe sets/software raid lets you create HUGE volumes with multiple drives, and they run faster too. Disk IO is MUCH faster (if you use SCSI). Good luck :)

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