If you are buying the PC just for Fractint, I would recommend just using DOS. If you are just running Fractint, why do you need a GUI? I tried Fractint on 2 or 3 XP machines but could never get it to run completely. I think it only worked with 360x400 video mode. Other people have reported that they got it to work with XP. I suppose it depends on your video card. DOSBox worked fine however, but it was slow. I am now running Windows 7 and DOSBox works fine although it is slow. If you want a GUI, install DOSBox and see if the speed is acceptable to you. Nick On 1/30/2015 2:32 PM, Knute Myhrvold wrote:
I haven't been able to use Fractint since back when I had Win98 & NT; it won't run on my WinXP-MediaEd now (Intel machine), though I understand XP may work with Fractint on an AMD machine.
My question is this: Which OS does Fractint "like" the best... Which OS will it run the best on??? [Unless Fractint runs much, much better on DOS (MS-DOS, FreeDOS, etc.), I would really prefer an OS with a GUI... for my sake.]
So, what do you think?: Win98; Win98SE; ME; NT3-4; 2000(NT5.0); WinXP-Media-Pro-SP3; 7... ? 32-bit?
I've just ordered an old AMD PC just for Fractint (Dell OptiPlex 740 Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz 1GB 80GB CDRW/DVD XP Professional Desktop) ... I don't know the Video card yet. There's a chance Fractint may work on this AMD with WinXP Pro, but what do you think would be the best OS for Fractint on this machine?
Thanks much for your suggestions!! ...Knute