Vista VS Xp
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From everything I have seen, you will get slightly higher fps with XP dx9 than in Vista with DX10. You could always put both on and dual boot until you have a preference. you will need plenty of RAM if you have Vista, my rig uses 700Mb just for the OS..
Its a personal preference thing, they both work well..
Its a personal preference thing, they both work well..
that only becasue vista is designed to use as much ram as is available all the time to speed things up, when you start gaming for example, it won't still be using 700mb just on the desktop doing nothing.
Vista64, it doesn't use huge amounts of ram, it's got a new memory handler/. Unused ram is wasted ram. But when you load up a game it releases than ram for the game. the fps difference between xp and vista is unoticable now.
Vista64 shows all 4GB and has dx10. So it's the wise move.
Vista64 shows all 4GB and has dx10. So it's the wise move.
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Hello Jamemoff, if anyone is building a new system and also needs a Operating System, then their is no reason not to go with Microsoft Windows Vista at this point in time. 
When Windows Vista was first released sure their were a few problems with compatibility, however, this has now changed and the support for Windows Vista is now excellent. The majority of the manufacturers out their have now released 64-bit drivers for their hardware and as regards to software, once again, the majority of software now work perfectly fine under Windows Vista. Their have also been a few problems within Windows Vista but the majority of these are now fixed thanks to the Performance and Reliability packs that Microsoft have been releasing along with other updates. Now their are still a few problems around for example, slow transfer rates across networks, from one folder to another but this seems to be only affecting a few people and not the whole user base that is using Windows Vista. Though I believe this is set to be fully fixed in Service Pack 1 (Fiji) which is due out in the first quarter of next year. This certainly isn't affecting me and I think the same goes for a lot of people as well.
Now as far as game performance goes, in my opinion, it is now exactly the same as Windows XP, I notice no slowdowns what so ever. Now I understand that some people are still having a few problems but I believe these are very far and few between these days and I feel that some people tend to over exaggerate things a tad.
Since there are a number of different versions of Windows Vista, you may not be completely sure on which one to purchase if you are looking to by Vista. Here is a great graph that compares all of the editions of Windows Vista with one another. The two you are most likely looking at are Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. I have used both Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate and in my opinion, Ultimate is not worth the extra £50 over Home Premium.
Now you may also be debating over either purchasing the 32-bit or the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. If you have a processor that is capable of handling 64-bit instructions then their is no reason to go for the 32-bit edition. You won't see a massive performance increase going from a 32-bit to a 64-bit operating system as of yet since many programs have been written for 32-bit architectures. However this will be changing in the future because with 64bit being more recognized, more and more programs will be written under 64-bit architectures. When programs are released that are written specifically for 64-bit, you will then start to see a performance increase from 32-bit programs.
Many people think that the only advantage to a 64-bit Operating System at the moment is so that you can access more than 4GB of memory, this isn't entirely true and if you want to know more about this, then this article is fantastic and well worth reading.
When Windows Vista was first released sure their were a few problems with compatibility, however, this has now changed and the support for Windows Vista is now excellent. The majority of the manufacturers out their have now released 64-bit drivers for their hardware and as regards to software, once again, the majority of software now work perfectly fine under Windows Vista. Their have also been a few problems within Windows Vista but the majority of these are now fixed thanks to the Performance and Reliability packs that Microsoft have been releasing along with other updates. Now their are still a few problems around for example, slow transfer rates across networks, from one folder to another but this seems to be only affecting a few people and not the whole user base that is using Windows Vista. Though I believe this is set to be fully fixed in Service Pack 1 (Fiji) which is due out in the first quarter of next year. This certainly isn't affecting me and I think the same goes for a lot of people as well.
Now as far as game performance goes, in my opinion, it is now exactly the same as Windows XP, I notice no slowdowns what so ever. Now I understand that some people are still having a few problems but I believe these are very far and few between these days and I feel that some people tend to over exaggerate things a tad.
Since there are a number of different versions of Windows Vista, you may not be completely sure on which one to purchase if you are looking to by Vista. Here is a great graph that compares all of the editions of Windows Vista with one another. The two you are most likely looking at are Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. I have used both Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate and in my opinion, Ultimate is not worth the extra £50 over Home Premium.
Now you may also be debating over either purchasing the 32-bit or the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. If you have a processor that is capable of handling 64-bit instructions then their is no reason to go for the 32-bit edition. You won't see a massive performance increase going from a 32-bit to a 64-bit operating system as of yet since many programs have been written for 32-bit architectures. However this will be changing in the future because with 64bit being more recognized, more and more programs will be written under 64-bit architectures. When programs are released that are written specifically for 64-bit, you will then start to see a performance increase from 32-bit programs.
Many people think that the only advantage to a 64-bit Operating System at the moment is so that you can access more than 4GB of memory, this isn't entirely true and if you want to know more about this, then this article is fantastic and well worth reading.
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I went with xp on my recent build and glad I did ,no problems ,no hazzles .
Vista seems to need more memory for gaming with little in the way of gain and unless you go for vista 64 bit you will find soon your memory limit won't be high enough !
Vista seems to need more memory for gaming with little in the way of gain and unless you go for vista 64 bit you will find soon your memory limit won't be high enough !
I went with Vista x64 for gaming(over 40 games installed and working great) in Jan,all I can say its awesome compared to my backup XP PC which is now only used for updates,sad thing is a lot of XP users spread FUD about Vista,some people can be frighten of change.
Hello Jamemoff, if anyone is building a new system and also needs a Operating System, then their is no reason not to go with Microsoft Windows Vista at this point in time.
When Windows Vista was first released sure their were a few problems with compatibility, however, this has now changed and the support for Windows Vista is now excellent. The majority of the manufacturers out their have now released 64-bit drivers for their hardware and as regards to software, once again, the majority of software now work perfectly fine under Windows Vista. Their have also been a few problems within Windows Vista but the majority of these are now fixed thanks to the Performance and Reliability packs that Microsoft have been releasing along with other updates. Now their are still a few problems around for example, slow transfer rates across networks, from one folder to another but this seems to be only affecting a few people and not the whole user base that is using Windows Vista. Though I believe this is set to be fully fixed in Service Pack 1 (Fiji) which is due out in the first quarter of next year. This certainly isn't affecting me and I think the same goes for a lot of people as well.
Now as far as game performance goes, in my opinion, it is now exactly the same as Windows XP, I notice no slowdowns what so ever. Now I understand that some people are still having a few problems but I believe these are very far and few between these days and I feel that some people tend to over exaggerate things a tad.
Since there are a number of different versions of Windows Vista, you may not be completely sure on which one to purchase if you are looking to by Vista. Here is a great graph that compares all of the editions of Windows Vista with one another. The two you are most likely looking at are Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. I have used both Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate and in my opinion, Ultimate is not worth the extra £50 over Home Premium.
Now you may also be debating over either purchasing the 32-bit or the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. If you have a processor that is capable of handling 64-bit instructions then their is no reason to go for the 32-bit edition. You won't see a massive performance increase going from a 32-bit to a 64-bit operating system as of yet since many programs have been written for 32-bit architectures. However this will be changing in the future because with 64bit being more recognized, more and more programs will be written under 64-bit architectures. When programs are released that are written specifically for 64-bit, you will then start to see a performance increase from 32-bit programs.
Many people think that the only advantage to a 64-bit Operating System at the moment is so that you can access more than 4GB of memory, this isn't entirely true and if you want to know more about this, then this article is fantastic and well worth reading.
The processor i am geting is intel Core 2 Duo E2180 so shall i got for the 64 bit?
yep
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If its a new build and you dont already have an operating system then get VISTA as everyone will be on this eventually. No point buying an OS and then buying another one in a years time.
FPS arent noticable now and soon will be a forgotten problem like most new OS after they first come out.
Plus you get the benefits of DX10 if your card supports. And despite what people say I think the added effects are great. Especially the water in Crysis.
FPS arent noticable now and soon will be a forgotten problem like most new OS after they first come out.
Plus you get the benefits of DX10 if your card supports. And despite what people say I think the added effects are great. Especially the water in Crysis.