Should I get Vista?

Zambini · April 8th, 2008

Yea yea, I know its a dumb question. I've been looking at it and since I have an 8800 and 3gb of ram I think Vista might be good for my games.

For those who have Vista do you notice a difference when playing games in Vista vs XP? (both visually and performance-ly)

And how is the new Service Pack?

I was thinking if Vista really improves on gaming, I would buy Vista and install only games on it, and keep my XP as a compatible workspace (photoshop, tablet work, audio/video editing, TV recording, etc)

What are your thoughts ppl with Vista?

polobunny · April 8th, 2008

Vista does not improve in gaming. I get more performance out of XP.
Actually, my Vista 64bit install is completely broken at the moment. My F@H SMP won't make anymore WU's for some reason. It takes 2 minutes to boot, it's crappy really. I'm just going to re-install it soon.
There's a few cool things in Vista, and once you get used to the layout it's pretty nice. It's somewhat slow though, to be honest when moving from XP.
There's always DirectX 10 being a Vista only features and some games being only Vista compatible (Halo 2). On the downside, some old games are incompatible. The sole reason I had it was because I needed it to fully use my 4GB. I'm currently under XP so only 3.25Gb is usable but dang this thing is fast...

Captain Crunch · April 8th, 2008

I have a 8800 and am trying to wait for windows 7.........hopefully it will come sooner than later.........crossing fingers.

Dread · April 8th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Crunch

I have a 8800 and am trying to wait for windows 7.........hopefully it will come sooner than later.........crossing fingers.

You're kidding right? That was sarcasm?

Vista is a tad slower than a comparable install of XP.
But really not enough to shy away from it IF there is something
it offers that XP doesn't that you MUST have.
Me personally? I'm sticking with XP for the foreseeable future.

**simple_inhibition** · April 8th, 2008

ive been running vista 32bit for the last 5 months without issue. my games look and run great. still havent tried crysis yet in dx10. however i did notice a big improvement in CoH OP, especially with the mud and the lighting

MontanaFX · April 8th, 2008

I have been running Vista 64 for 8-9 months now. When 1st running it b4 Microsoft started to heavily improve it via updates/SP1, there were many issues/glitches/bugs, but recently, I have only been effected by 2 or three minor issues, two effecting display and 1 effecting default programs. Start up could be quicker, but after installing my Q6600 G0 things have improved some what.

I love the visual effects Vista produces, especially having translucent edges on dialog boxes ect. Vista is the way forward and is constantly improving. Vista is also future proof, unlike XP. Microsoft will stop supporting XP in years to come, leaving you in the larch.

azianai · April 8th, 2008

been using vista ultimate on my laptop for close to 9 months now with no issues. Recently moved my desktop to mainly Vista Ultimate. Vista's boot is slightly longer (the little green bar goes longer than the XP Pro's blue bar), but i haven't had the lockups or slowdowns on my desktop. Granted its a fresh install thats a week old. My laptop takes a good 4 mins to load all programs, but thats me loading it up with stuff just because =)

screwballl · April 8th, 2008

When you run a direct comparison of XP and Vista:

XP is much faster, less driver problems, MUCH faster gaming performance, most of the bugs have already been worked out. Downside is no DX10 in games, but even today there are still so very few games where DX10 is really needed or used, and fewer of those games are actually worth playing.

Vista is slower, take much longer to boot, much longer to shut down, slower in gaming performance, still has driver issues with some internal or external hardware, plenty of bugs still in the OS even after SP1. Upside is it has DX10, looks nice once you get the hang of everything being in different places.

I myself am still a supporter of the suggestion that unless you have a specific need to play DX10 games or something else that is Vista only, stay with XP, especially for gaming. On non-DX10 games, you will see a noticeable decrease in performance going from XP to Vista.

azianai · April 8th, 2008

screwball, just come out and say everyone should run linux!
btw i love Yellow Dog on my PS3 lol, Gives me a HTPC on our 52" LCD without having to build another computer down there

screwballl · April 8th, 2008

Yes but I know the world is not ready for linux and linux is not ready for the world. Thats ok the time traveler from 2036 (John Titor) says that linux/unix will be the only option in the future due to its open source nature. Of course he had to get a linux based computer to fix the 2038 bug since current setups only see years as 1939-2038 and their systems do not have the source code available since they were stored on the servers that were destroyed in the war.

April 8th, 2008	#1
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,919 Blog Entries: 1	Should I get Vista? Yea yea, I know its a dumb question. I've been looking at it and since I have an 8800 and 3gb of ram I think Vista might be good for my games. For those who have Vista do you notice a difference when playing games in Vista vs XP? (both visually and performance-ly) And how is the new Service Pack? I was thinking if Vista really improves on gaming, I would buy Vista and install only games on it, and keep my XP as a compatible workspace (photoshop, tablet work, audio/video editing, TV recording, etc) What are your thoughts ppl with Vista?

April 8th, 2008	#2
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,573 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Should I get Vista? Vista does not improve in gaming. I get more performance out of XP. Actually, my Vista 64bit install is completely broken at the moment. My F@H SMP won't make anymore WU's for some reason. It takes 2 minutes to boot, it's crappy really. I'm just going to re-install it soon. There's a few cool things in Vista, and once you get used to the layout it's pretty nice. It's somewhat slow though, to be honest when moving from XP. There's always DirectX 10 being a Vista only features and some games being only Vista compatible (Halo 2). On the downside, some old games are incompatible. The sole reason I had it was because I needed it to fully use my 4GB. I'm currently under XP so only 3.25Gb is usable but dang this thing is fast...

April 8th, 2008	#3
Captain Crunch Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Right side of middle Earth Posts: 658	Re: Should I get Vista? I have a 8800 and am trying to wait for windows 7.........hopefully it will come sooner than later.........crossing fingers.

April 8th, 2008	#5
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,435 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Should I get Vista? ive been running vista 32bit for the last 5 months without issue. my games look and run great. still havent tried crysis yet in dx10. however i did notice a big improvement in CoH OP, especially with the mud and the lighting Q6600 @ 3.6ghz (400x9 @ 1.408v) Gigabyte X38-DQ6 2x2GB G-Skill DDR2 1000 @ DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1v Visiontek HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache HDD Razer Barracuda AC1 Silverstone DA750 Samsung Dual Layer DVD Burner Lian Li G70WB Thermochill PA120.3\|Swiftech Storm Rev.2\|Swiftech MCP 655

April 8th, 2008	#6
MontanaFX Sent from the skies. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London England UK/GB Europe Earth Universe Posts: 140	Re: Should I get Vista? I have been running Vista 64 for 8-9 months now. When 1st running it b4 Microsoft started to heavily improve it via updates/SP1, there were many issues/glitches/bugs, but recently, I have only been effected by 2 or three minor issues, two effecting display and 1 effecting default programs. Start up could be quicker, but after installing my Q6600 G0 things have improved some what. I love the visual effects Vista produces, especially having translucent edges on dialog boxes ect. Vista is the way forward and is constantly improving. Vista is also future proof, unlike XP. Microsoft will stop supporting XP in years to come, leaving you in the larch. Q6600 G0 - Intel DP965LT MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) - Big Typ VX Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz/PC2-6400 Non-ecc CL5 NEC Optiarc 18xDVD±RW DL Corsair TX750 - Danger Den Water Box Plus Panasonic 32" LCD - Vista 64 Premium

April 8th, 2008	#7
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,346	Re: Should I get Vista? been using vista ultimate on my laptop for close to 9 months now with no issues. Recently moved my desktop to mainly Vista Ultimate. Vista's boot is slightly longer (the little green bar goes longer than the XP Pro's blue bar), but i haven't had the lockups or slowdowns on my desktop. Granted its a fresh install thats a week old. My laptop takes a good 4 mins to load all programs, but thats me loading it up with stuff just because =) (thanks blake!)

April 8th, 2008	#8
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,281 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Should I get Vista? When you run a direct comparison of XP and Vista: XP is much faster, less driver problems, MUCH faster gaming performance, most of the bugs have already been worked out. Downside is no DX10 in games, but even today there are still so very few games where DX10 is really needed or used, and fewer of those games are actually worth playing. Vista is slower, take much longer to boot, much longer to shut down, slower in gaming performance, still has driver issues with some internal or external hardware, plenty of bugs still in the OS even after SP1. Upside is it has DX10, looks nice once you get the hang of everything being in different places. I myself am still a supporter of the suggestion that unless you have a specific need to play DX10 games or something else that is Vista only, stay with XP, especially for gaming. On non-DX10 games, you will see a noticeable decrease in performance going from XP to Vista. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

April 8th, 2008	#9
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,346	Re: Should I get Vista? screwball, just come out and say everyone should run linux! btw i love Yellow Dog on my PS3 lol, Gives me a HTPC on our 52" LCD without having to build another computer down there (thanks blake!)

April 8th, 2008	#10
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,281 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Should I get Vista? Yes but I know the world is not ready for linux and linux is not ready for the world. Thats ok the time traveler from 2036 (John Titor) says that linux/unix will be the only option in the future due to its open source nature. Of course he had to get a linux based computer to fix the 2038 bug since current setups only see years as 1939-2038 and their systems do not have the source code available since they were stored on the servers that were destroyed in the war. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.