Vista ultimate 64 game performance boost question

agnes · 26 Aug 2008 at 20:57

im thinking about jumping up to a 780i, quad core and getting 4gig of ram (my sig is incorrect, need to update it)

first question, what quad core as my budget is pretty tight. the second question, will i notice much performance increase? and what type of increase? as in quicker loading times? less stuttery in game...

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Montegue · 26 Aug 2008 at 21:05

I've just gone to x64 from x86 vista ultimate and apart from ataining the full 4GB of memory (pre 3.25) I can see no difference at all. This is the first time I have used a x64 OS and many apps even though they say they are 64 compliant have created a "C:\Program Files (x86)" profile.... Which has puzzled me lol

No issue's as yet tho which is a good thing. (touches wood)

Sleepery · 27 Aug 2008 at 09:10

Get a good dual core, you'll notice next to no difference in almost all your games with a quad because most of them aren't even optimised to use two cores fully. People will tell you that games will start to support multiple cores more and more, but I don't really see it happening, and dual cores have been around for a few years now.

FrenchTart · 27 Aug 2008 at 09:40

What is your actual current system?

If it's even close to what's in your sig I can't imagine 'upgrading' to 780i+quad core will yield any tangible improvement in performance.

Robert · 27 Aug 2008 at 09:56

Aekeron said:
What is your actual current system?

If it's even close to what's in your sig I can't imagine 'upgrading' to 780i+quad core will yield any tangible improvement in performance.

my sig is incorrect, need to update it

Not sure if what's there is his updated sig. I'm guessing not though

Adsta · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:04

quad core might become more useful as time goes on, If you have the cash why not buy one now ?

My sig is correct. Its the first time ive ever used a 64bit OS. To me it seems to run loads quicker than when i had XP 32 pro on the system but then i have got 8gig of RAM

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:11

Won't be faster in games, in fact the other way round.

Sleepery · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:16

badbob said:
Won't be faster in games, in fact the other way round.

Right....Vista64 will actually make proper use of a multicore, 64bit cpu, and will also use the full 4GB of memory, but it'll be slower because Vista is evil. Some stranger on the internet told me so.

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:19

Post pics where all games show performance increase over XP please.

Tefal · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:44

vista x64 with 8gb of ram makes supcom awesome

Sleepery · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:53

badbob said:
Post pics where all games show performance increase over XP please.

You do it, you're the one making unsubstantiated blanket claims!

Classic troll behaviour :

1. Make a wild claim without giving any reasons or data to back it up.
2. Wait for someone to object.
3. Tell them to prove you wrong, still without giving any backup to your claims.

Dyson · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:55

badbob said:
Won't be faster in games, in fact the other way round.

badbob said:
Post pics where all games show performance increase over XP please.

You're the one making the statement, back it up

Thought this argument went away ages ago, tbh. If there is a difference its a small percentage, not worth people getting excited about.

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:04

Sleepery said:
You do it, you're the one making unsubstantiated blanket claims!

Classic troll behaviour :

1. Make a wild claim without giving any reasons or data to back it up.
2. Wait for someone to object.
3. Tell them to prove you wrong, still without giving any backup to your claims.

It's well known that Vista has slower performance in games. Just because the OS is 64 bit and you have 4GB doesn't mean gaming will be faster.

Dyson · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:08

badbob said:
It's well known that Vista has slower performance in games. Just because the OS is 64 bit and you have 4GB doesn't mean gaming will be faster.

And also just because it isn't XP doesn't mean it'll be slower either. Old, boring argument.

Adsta · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:16

Id love to know where its well known that vista is slower :confused:

My Vista 64 been runnin fine and quick. I think some people are just plain stubbon

1337z0r · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:28

Vista x64 is fast, I've not played any games on it though as I'm not really into gaming that much any more but a lot of people on the net say it is pretty good for games. Although I find XP a bit faster for games like Counter Strike Source, I have switched from Vista 64 to XP 64 as I'm still too used to XP plus the games I do play run faster in XP64 but this is probably because my system is a little bit dated.

allday247 · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:31

badbob spreading FUD. He's a victim mind. he doesn't know any better.

Snakedoctor · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:37

Vista may be slow and buggy but the new Moave( whatever they called it) is so much better. Nicer GUI than XP and very fast and easy to use. Oh wait...

Jumping · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:41

Hey I remember when Win95 came and everything was so much faster in DOS.. I think badbob need to get DOS installed to make his games FLY! I mean just imagine how much faster it must be compared to XP....

Robert · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:47

Snakedoctor said:
Vista may be slow and buggy but the new Moave( whatever they called it) is so much better. Nicer GUI than XP and very fast and easy to use. Oh wait...

Mojave?

Vista feels quite smooth for me. Games have also caught up now...maybe even faster.

Although I like XP for some reason...