XP verus VISTA for a hardcore gaming PC

[demon8991]

Sarcasm

 

[DrBombcrater]

xp32 is a pretty stable os and works just fine with just about everything......why fix what is not broken.

With that mindset we'd still be running MS-DOS. XP 32-bit isn't so much broken as just plain old now. It's more a pile of patches than a coherent OS and there's just no headroom left in it.

 

[Greebo]

With that mindset we'd still be running MS-DOS. XP 32-bit isn't so much broken as just plain old now. It's more a pile of patches than a coherent OS and there's just no headroom left in it.

But for pure gaming it still gives a higher 3dmark06 and crysis score in dx9 between the two (well it does on mine)

 

[C64]

We have Vista 64 and we have xp 32 bit and we have 4+ gig of ram but we stay on xp 32 bit for gaming this is not because we don't like vista or fanboy stuff or anything like that.

 

[Amnesia]

Sarcasm

he tried it but i think he missed what i was replying to and the fact that i already suggested vista 64 myself(unless for gaming).

With that mindset we'd still be running MS-DOS. XP 32-bit isn't so much broken as just plain old now. It's more a pile of patches than a coherent OS and there's just no headroom left in it.

pc's dont come shipped with ms dos as their main os...atleast not anymore.
i think most home users use what comes shipped with their computer.....xp has been like i said very reliable and works with pretty much everything.
why would the average pc user go out of their way and buy then install or get someone to install a different OS when it all works fine.


u said

TBH I don't know why anyone with reasonably modern hardware runs anything but Vista x64. After a ropey start it's developed into a very solid OS.

thats what it was in reply to

 

[zykan]

vista 64 ***.

 

[pjansell]

Out of the two - it's got to be xp surely?