VistaX64 Ultimate /SP2 being slow, compared to XP Professional/SP3

[Peter Tsang]

For some reasons, I happened to have a copy of XP SP3, so I went back to XP. To my greatest amazement, I feel XP fast. What I mean is that when you double click on My Computer, the window pops up just like that, my naked eyes don't see any waiting in the background. When I double click on Windows\Systems32 folder, all the icons display and you don't feel like it being sticky.

The same I do to Vista64 with SP2 installed, there is a kind of laggyness. Most of the unused services are shutdown.

I have 4GB of RAM, even though the P5Q Deluxe motherboard is taking away 700MB of RAM, XP still runs faster than Vista.

Is that a problem with the amount of RAM, or is it a problem with my Q6600 CPU?

 

[horseunderwater]

Vista

Vista was not the best operating system MS ever produced

 

[chaparral]

For some reasons, I happened to have a copy of XP SP3, so I went back to XP. To my greatest amazement, I feel XP fast.

XP came out about 10 years ago so was designed to run on much lower spec systems then vista

Recommended requirements for Windows XP
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
1.5 GB of available hard disk space *
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
Sound card and speakers
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device


Windows Vista system requirements
1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic)
40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic)
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic)
DVD-ROM drive
Audio Output
Internet access (fees may apply)

It Be the same as if you installed any games from 2001 they would run very fast (very high FPS) compared to today games