Win XP Home or Win XP Pro?

[ChrisB8084]

Which one is better for gaming Win XP Home or Win XP Pro? I have a Visiontek Geforce 2 MX 400 w/64mb and a 750 mhz duron with 192 mb of ram (this is my second computer by the way) So which one would be better?

[monty]

For gaming, they are exactly the same. XP Professional offers these additions:

Remote desktop connection: administer another computer remotely

Sychronization: keeps offline documents on a network in syc

Encryption: prevents viewing of sensitive files on NTFS volumes

Local security policy: allows administrator to control users' access

Group accounts: allows users to belong to groups with different privileges

Advanced Installation Options: allows installation of XP across a network

Domain logons: allows connections to domain server

Unless you happen to have a domain server at home and have many computers, stick with XP Home.

Tip: get the OEM version of XP Home for around $109. You may have to buy a mouse or something with it, but with only a $10 difference in price, there's no need to buy the upgrade version.

[BoGGy]

XP PRO for gamming

Its Stable, cpu havent froze once (knock on wood)

[ChrisB8084]

what kind of games do you play on their Boggy? I just want to play tfc

[BoGGy]

TFC / CS / DOD

RTCW / Q3

[monty]

Except for the differences listed above, the two versions are identical. There will be no difference in performance for gaming.

BoGGy: I assume you work for Microsoft, or you know someone who does. Of course you wouldn't be using that warez version of XP Corporate that's floating around...

[jz]

Both should perform the same, but the Professional version might have more overhead by default. If that's the case, the Home Edition might do a little better.