Install Win XP again? or keep vista?...

[FrannoBaz]

Hey, ive had Vista x64 Installed for a while now... havnt got many programs on here... its just that im not sure that going back to XP will fully please me... my specs are:

8800GTX
E6600
P5N32-E
4GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400C4

what are the vista drivers like for the 8800GTX? Do you think the performance increase will be noticable if i move to XP (i havnt tried my 8800GTX in XP yet)

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

what are the vista drivers like for the 8800GTX?

Bad

Do you think the performance increase will be noticable if i move to XP (i havnt tried my 8800GTX in XP yet)

Yes it will be noticable.

 

[Will_3rd]

XP won't see all your RAM for starters

as for drivers I am unsure.

 

[FrannoBaz]

My ram is in 4x1GB modules... so ill just use 2GB in XP... only got 4GB cause vista is ram hungry... hehe


Edit: Typo

 

[Jonny L]

Stick with vista the drivers are always improving anyway.

 

[semi-pro waster]

If you leave in all your Ram then you will probably see somewhere around 3.5gb in XP, I'd just leave the Ram in as I don't think it can do any harm.

 

[FrannoBaz]

Yeah, another bad point about vista is the well known 4GB + P5N32-E + Vista compatability issue... Unbelievably unstable - So much so that im now running only 2GB in Vista over fear of constant BSODs

 

[Allen]

Id stick with vista its only going to get better!!!!!

 

[stockhausen]

XP won't see all your RAM for starters.

XP seems to use all 4Gb if you use the 64-bit version, but then you may be back to the "drivers" problem. To be honest, I can't say that I have seen any great performance differences between XP & Vista RC1.

If you already have a 32-bit copy of XP, it might make sense to revert to that for 3 to 6 months until drivers have surfaced for Vista.

Just curious, but why did you ever choose Vista anyhow, or did it come with the system?

 

[Will_3rd]

XP seems to use all 4Gb if you use the 64-bit version, but then you may be back to the "drivers" problem.

I believe the OP was talking about 32-bit XP, so your point is irrelevant

 

[Gamblers Luck]

I remember how bad XP was when it first came out back in the day
, and it got better as time went on too. Stick with vista mate, and pray they sort out there drivers imho.

 

[stockhausen]

I believe the OP was talking about 32-bit XP, so your point is irrelevant

Right, I hadn't realized that, it isn't immediately obvious from his post. The point still stands - Windows XP x64 allows access to 4Gb or more.

. . .and pray they sort out there drivers imho.

You couldn't make it up - "Pray and Gamble, you might get lucky"

 

[Marky]

XP 100%!
That's all I have to say

 

[*Chris]

XP for the win at the mo.

 

[Participant]

Stick with Vista. It's better and the NVidia drivers aren't as bad as some of these doomsayers are making out.

 

[Dingleberry88]

XP - No contest.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Well gents, I'm glad we have consensus on this issue, what with about half saying stick with Vista and half going for roll back to XP.

For what it is worth, because of the original posters system both OSes have drawbacks but I think at present XP probably offers the more stable of the options.

 

[sidefxv1]

Chalk up another one for XP here.

 

[melbourne720]

Dual boot? XP for games, Vista for everything else?

 

[Dingleberry88]

Dual boot? XP for games, Vista for everything else?

Vista for DX10 games, XP for everything else.