vista-which version for gaming

KELTICKNIGHT · 3 Jan 2007 at 23:24

there few versions out there i guess for gaming,which is best for gaming setup

sativa · 4 Jan 2007 at 00:30

Vista is the way forward for gaming particularly with DX10. Today, as we speak, nvidia does not have any decent drivers and the currenct ati flock are not the best optimised. Therefore, for the moment Vista is not the best upgrade, indeed, at the moment you will actually see a slight disadvantage with games running on vista, as opposed to xp. I deliberately say 'slight' i.e. not enough to upset you!

Vista is the way forward. DX10 is one but reason.

By all accounts Home premium will provide all your needs but it is suggested that ultimate has, additionally, been tweaked to allowed enthusiasts (such as gamers) to download extra upgrades for Windows tweaks. What these exact tweak will entail nobody knows.. but what is clear they will not be available to non-ultimate users... Gamers are apparently destiend to benefit from 'ultimate downloads'.

I am purchasing ultimate retail because I look at it as a small investment for a "5-year game" with at least 5, 8-years worth of patches and support.

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 00:41

do you have to do full format to go to 64 vista if on xp 32 and
is there a retail version with 64 vista upgrade only

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 00:45

is the a vista 64 bit upgrade retail version only

sativa · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:04

retail option provides both 32 and 64 bit versions i.e. during the install you are asked whether you want to install the 32 or 64 bit version.

If you are unhappy with your install, you can reinstall with the opposite choice.

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:13

cheers
guess will get ulimate version retail upgrade when out

Clarkey · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:26

vista was awful for gaming when i tried it. Admittedly the only game I play is LFS, which runs at a solid 90fps in XP, it was unplayable in Vista, incredibly jumpy.

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:37

proply wait awhile to see how other user get on,not all manfacturers will be updating current hardware and items like printers and scanners

Clarkey · 4 Jan 2007 at 02:21

for a start thats a competitor link, and secondly what does it have to do with gaming in vista?

DazzXP · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:15

Whats the diffrence from the Retail version and the OEM PK version and the Upgrade version it's all so confusing.

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:33

Clarkey said:
for a start thats a competitor link, and secondly what does it have to do with gaming in vista?

Whats acompetitor link?

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:37

DazzXP said:
Whats the diffrence from the Retail version and the OEM PK version and the Upgrade version it's all so confusing.

from what i read the retail allows you to update your hardware as much as you like without registering every time,not 100% on than/where oem is oppsite and you can get either the 32 bit or 64 bit version seperate,where retail has both

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:40

Clarkey said:
for a start thats a competitor link, and secondly what does it have to do with gaming in vista?

if i did link to competitor,wasnt ment
what ever you asking about i dont know as was on link deleted

DazzXP · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:44

KELTICKNIGHT said:
from what i read the retail allows you to update your hardware as much as you like without registering every time,not 100% on than/where oem is oppsite and you can get either the 32 bit or 64 bit version seperate,where retail has both

Cool i upgrade my system a lot so i now know which one to get thanks. I was wondering as it a lot more expensive.

ScoobyDoo · 4 Jan 2007 at 09:50

Id wait a while until either nvidia or ATI release some decent drivers.
Gaming on vista at the moment takes not a slight but huge performance hit compared to XP.
Ive been gaming on vista since it was released on msdn.
In source games, css, day of defeat source, with the same settings i was getting between 60-130 fps on XP, in vista its between 20-50fps which is a huge loss.
Other games have seen similar performance drops.
Its all down to drivers, ok Vista hasnt been released to the general public yet and nivida/ati havent released a 'decent' driver, but it seems to me as though they might be having some slight problems getting a decent performance driver workin.

KELTICKNIGHT · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:06

DazzXP said:
Cool i upgrade my system a lot so i now know which one to get thanks. I was wondering as it a lot more expensive.

would agree with scoobydoo on that
at moment ,dx10 will be in games maybe in summer
that only reason i would upgrade to vista,not mad on idea of getting vista ulmate version ,put will be best option for me,will wait couple of months after several updates to fix things and then get it

hardc0re_tid · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:28

if i was to have vista installed, with a DX9 card (7900GTO) and i bought a DX10 game. would i be able to play it even though i had a DX9 card.

more to the point, would the game be DX9/backward compatable?

NathanE · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:28

Clarkey said:
vista was awful for gaming when i tried it. Admittedly the only game I play is LFS, which runs at a solid 90fps in XP, it was unplayable in Vista, incredibly jumpy.

Give it a month or two and you'll be getting a higher FPS than with XP.

TVR_Fan · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:33

hardc0re_tid said:
if i was to have vista installed, with a DX9 card (7900GTO) and i bought a DX10 game. would i be able to play it even though i had a DX9 card.

more to the point, would the game be DX9/backward compatable?

I think there may be Direct X settings for games made mainly for DirectX 10.

DazzXP · 4 Jan 2007 at 11:09

hardc0re_tid said:
if i was to have vista installed, with a DX9 card (7900GTO) and i bought a DX10 game. would i be able to play it even though i had a DX9 card.

more to the point, would the game be DX9/backward compatable?

Yes you will still beable to play games but won't be able to use all most of the DX10 features.