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Anyone know where to get a legit copy of this as OCUK don't have it listed anymore and not throwing away money on Vista64. :confused:
Cheaper the better obviously. :)
 
Pretty sure anywhere suggested would be a competitor mate.

Any particular reason you don't want to use Vista?
 
As far as I'm aware the driver support is still awful for XP64, probably more so than vista because thats what all the manufacturers are concerntrating on.
 
Im dual booting xp64 and xp32. The only problem is that xp64 cant run BF2's cd checker, but it would be the same with vista Im sure.

I recommended to my Dad that he picked a £130 cheaper laptop which had 20Gb less hard drive and xp professional instead of vista. ;)
 
I think if you want 64bit Windows, then Vista is the way to go. XP64 was a half-assed attempt at a 64bit operating system, where as Vista 64bit only has a handful of issues added on top of the issues the 32bit version has. All in all, I'd say your less likely to encounter problems with Vista 64 than XP 64.
 
Vista will be slower than XP, because all of the DRM checks are real time and your pc is doing more work.

The OP already stated "I am not throwing money at Vista". ;)
 
I bought it when it first came out, thought it was going to spectacular... until I tried to install any drivers for any of my pherials. My keyboard and printer were useless, and my adsl modem, and later my ethernet card had no drivers for x64bit. Thus making it completely useless to me, and the worst £90 I've ever spent. It's now sitting above my on the shelf, as the next time I pick it up will probably be to throw in the bin
 
megatron said:
Vista will be slower than XP, because all of the DRM checks are real time and your pc is doing more work.
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What utter FUD rubbish.

If anything, on decent hardware with a >1Gb RAM, Vista will outperform XP.
 
megatron said:
Vista will be slower than XP, because all of the DRM checks are real time and your pc is doing more work.

The OP already stated "I am not throwing money at Vista". ;)
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As already stated - absolute garbage. Although I'm running 32-bit Vista, it's faster than XP and I have a stone age PC.
 
Psyk said:
I think if you want 64bit Windows, then Vista is the way to go. XP64 was a half-assed attempt at a 64bit operating system.
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Utter rubbish.

XP x64 is a very good solid OS based on the Windows 2003 kernel.

The only thing half assed was driver support, which has gotten better over time.
 
I tried XP64 around 12 months ago, and initially was dissapointed due to lack of driver support. I have recently installed it again after MS released SP2 for it, and have to say it is prob the best OS i have ever used. Lack of driver support is a thing of the past, and my system now runs like a dream.

As for Vista - well i cant even get the x64 version to install due to the installer not being able to find the correct drivers for my CD/DVD drive... Whats that all about!! Have since tried the 32 bit version, and dont like it anyway. Far to intrusive for my liking.

In short nothing wrong with XP64, fantastic O/S that was only originally let down due to poor driver support. This has now all changed. Cant comment on Vista 64 as i cant even install it......
 
Agreed with the previous 2 posts.

I've been using xp64 for about a year now and its been rock solid and haven't experience any issues. Driver support was initially quite poor but that was hardly microsofts fault. And with the release of SP2 its clear MS will continue to support it for a good while.
 
My mate got XP64 about a year ago and gave you due to poor driver support, he recently reinstalled it on his second pc and now has drivers for all his hardware, says its good for gaming too, esp Farcry and Halflife 2, his rig has 3Gb of Ram and a 1900XT, and thats his backup pc !!!! :rolleyes:
 
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NathanE said:
Oh maybe so... It's fast catching up though. And sooner or later it will overtake XP in gaming performance :cool:
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Did u know that Vista polls all its drivers constantly to check that they havent been modified? Didnt think so...

In contrast XP checks drivers on install, and tries to replace it if its not recognised. It does it once.

The DRM has a performance overhead with all the encryption going on in the background.

The OS does not have a lot of features that make it stand out as a worthy purchase. I run a completely bare looking OS GUI and have done always with my PCs. Im not impressed with a new graphical interface.

Dont even get me started on dx10 being integreted into the kernal of vista. Thats just a method of getting people to upgrade who would otherwise been unimpressed ( or worse with the perfomance penatly of DRM which doesnt benifit the end user but he pays for it ).

Lets hope more games adopt opengl as its not tied to a crappy OS.


Xp-64bit is a 64-bit OS and as I said the only problem Ive had is that it wont load BF2's CD check, which I assume is the same for vista.
 
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megatron

what you on about saying it wont the bf2's cd check?

You mean you cant play bf2 on xp 64bit?

Guess i must have been imaging the last 2 years then :confused:

wake me up someone i think i may be in a coma. :D
 
Digital Punk said:
Utter rubbish.

XP x64 is a very good solid OS based on the Windows 2003 kernel.

The only thing half assed was driver support, which has gotten better over time.
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Fair enough. I've never used it, I was just going by other's perceptions of it. I suppose it was all down to driver support. But my point still stands that Vista is the better option since for a vista driver to be WHQL signed it has to have a 64bit version, meaning driver support will generally be better.

The DRM has a performance overhead with all the encryption going on in the background.
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What are you on about? That will only happen if you are playing DRM protected media. It's not going to affect overall performance. And anyway, if it didn't support DRM protected stuff, it simply wouldn't play them.
 
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