Vista or XP

[paddya]

Not sure if anyone can help here. I'm about to build my new system, Q6600/2gb DDR2 6400/8800GTS 640mb.

The system is mainly used to FSX and not sure whether to load on Vista to make use of the DX10 or XP.

Can anyone advise?

 

[neil_g]

should handle vista fine, really the only reason not to go vista is for older hardware and driver compatibility.

 

[Dingleberry88]

I vote XPizzle.

 

[paddya]

and the debate begins lol

 

[Admiral Huddy]

There is no reason I can think of why you need XP if you are building a new machine and need to buy a new licence.

 

[Fire Wizard]

Hello paddya, there is absolutely no reason not to get Windows Vista 64-bit if you are looking at purchasing a brand new system and are in need of a Operating System.

Why anyone would go for Windows XP at this stage to put on a brand new system is quite honestly beyond me.

 

[Cosimo]

FSX runs on Vista ok here. The DX10 offering is only available on FSX SP2 and is a watered down DX10 preview (much more was promised at launch time). It is available as one of the settings in the FSX control panel. If you don’t select the preview mode it will run under DX9 in Vista, the same as on XP.

Some people say that running it normally (DX9) in Vista gives better framer rates that when running under DX10 preview mode, others say the opposite. Running FSX in XP appears to give comparable frame rates to running it in Vista in DX9.

I believe that FSX is more hardware dependant the OS dependant, yours looks ok.

Given that the Nvidia Vista drivers are now mature and that Vista SP1 is nearly upon us I would stick with a Vista build.

 

[Kyle009]

New machine, new operating system is my theory.

Go Vista 64bit.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

New machine, new operating system is my theory.

Go Vista 64bit.

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Fast machine, fast operating system is my theory.

Go XP 64-bit.
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