I dont know about defragmenting, but i do recomend you get the latest DirectX. version 9 (about 10mb) is currently the latest and can be obtained from the M$ website.

As for myself, i got a great boost of frames after upgrading from direct x 8 to 9.
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Anish,
Nepal

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the kid knows what he's talkin' about! My framerate has increased alot!!!!!!!!

Hey Nurseman:

It may be possible that it works best on XP, but my understanding of XP is that it's an OS that was built primarily for business purposes-not gaming. This holds true for Windows 2000 as well. I run it on 98 and my frames rates are just honky dory! I'm glad I didn't upgrade to XP because who in their right mind wants, and correct me if I'm wrong over 1/2 gig of patches? Certainly not this guy. XP is bloatware, and Microsoft does it to stroke the back of Intel. Microsoft claims it's because of features people wanted-sure, whatever. Maybe some people believe that, but this guy certainly doesn't! It's so people will go out there and buy Pentium's but most gamers know AMD's outperform Pentiums in gaming-it's in the benchmarks. Pentium, on the other hand, outperforms AMD in business applications. Again, benchmarks prove it. I emailed the marketing guy at Nvidia because on their first page they had the same rhetoric as Microsoft-GeForce 4 optimized for Pentium! I told this guy in my email that I wouldn't put all of my eggs into one basket-that it was just a stupid business practice. I also told him that most gamers know AMD's outperform Pentiums and told him that the benchmarks prove it.  I then asked him what would happen when the rest of the world finally realizes this? Nvidia took this rhetoric off their page! I may not have an MBA, but I know a bunch of crap when I see it.

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Well, I've had a few! Pretty rare, though. XP is still the most stable OS I've used.

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I can honestly say I haven't had one since I installed it over 6 moths ago. However there's nothing perfect and I'm not suggesting XP is. I've no doubt been lucky, but it is, without a doubt, the most stable issue of Windows to date.

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Well, differences of opinion are what make us different people .

However, I'm still puzzled as to why you wouldn't use it for gaming. Whatever your beliefs about it's primary role as a business OS, I for one can say that it runs games (and not just FS2002) perfectly well. Some of the outdated stuff requires the compatibility feature but that's about it.

When I first got XP, I had dual installations of several games on Win98Se and XP Pro to see how they compared. Performance wise, the only game that ever ran better on Win98 (out of the 3 dozen or so I have) was Need For Speed 5, and that was later resolved by updating my graphics drivers.

Allowing for the fact that hardware and software setups produce differing results for different people, my own experience is that you get the same performance with increased stability. I now only use Win98 purely for DOS.

Hey Tipster:

I know some of the games really do run fine on XP.
As you mentioned, difference of opinion makes us different people. I don't really have any outdated stuff, except for some of the games that I run. It's probably the main reason why I don't go with XP, but certainly not the only reason. Did you go to Steve Gibson's page and download that app I mentioned? You really should. To my surprise, the UPNP was activated on the XP machine at work. It isn't anymore. It's a serious vulnerability, and you really should go to www.grc.com and download Steve's Unplug N Pray app.

Tipster, I thank you for your suggestions and info about your experience with XP. It's clear to me that you are a man, not a child. For if you were a child, you would be, well, not so gracious-for the younger crowd this isn't meant as a demeaning comment.  It is appreciated and refreshing. Cheers, Tipster, have a good one, and if you do get that app I mentioned, please post here if your UPNP was activated. If you have an updated firewall, in all likelihood, it is deactivated. Best to you, Tipster.