Is Vista worth it yet? -

I guess you could wait, but its up to you.

Personally, I'd wait, and get it with your next rig.

Though i must say, I'm running it now and i love it, the speed has really improved over the release.

if you have it great keep it i got it with my PC and its great so many features which are benficial which arent in XP and of course DX10, if your gonna buy a new pc or something in the next year then wait till then, or if you dont really mind sticking to DX9 then stay with XP

the benefits of vista are some nice added extras and DX10 it also looks great but its up to you if that makes it worth it

Should I make the switch?Domobomb

Yes for DirectX10.

Ya, you have to decide if you even need it first.

I used to be a Vista hater, but it seems to have gotten a lot better. My grandpa bought his mother a new machine that had vista on it, and it was great. Now its just office 2007 that I don't like.

I have the same soundcard as you and never had a problem. I can't recall ever having a problem with it. Deihmos

Ditto; I just got the card a few days ago and it sounds great. I can't get ALchemy to run, but the drivers themselves work fine.

Does Creative still have issues with Vista? I know they really had problems. I love my sound.Domobomb

Vista itself is great, but Creative still seems to have issues with it. My X-Fi Extreme Music occasionally stutters badly under Vista. Sometimes it'll even drop out completely, forcing me to reboot if I want sound. I have both XP and Vista installed; under XP the thing works like a charm.

I'm thinking of grabbing an Asus Xonar.

[QUOTE="Deihmos"]I have the same soundcard as you and never had a problem. I can't recall ever having a problem with it. DGFreak

Ditto; I just got the card a few days ago and it sounds great. I can't get ALchemy to run, but the drivers themselves work fine.

I never bothered with Alchemy. It causes too many problems and I can't tell the difference. I just use discrete 5.1 or one of the other hardware sound options.

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]Does Creative still have issues with Vista? I know they really had problems. I love my sound.My_name_a_Borat

Vista itself is great, but Creative still seems to have issues with it. My X-Fi Extreme Music occasionally stutters badly under Vista. Sometimes it'll even drop out completely, forcing me to reboot if I want sound. I have both XP and Vista installed; under XP the thing works like a charm.

I'm thinking of grabbing an Asus Xonar.

well my x-fi gamer is fine, but the forget about the creative control panel or eax

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[QUOTE="Domobomb"]Does Creative still have issues with Vista? I know they really had problems. I love my sound.imprezawrx500

Vista itself is great, but Creative still seems to have issues with it. My X-Fi Extreme Music occasionally stutters badly under Vista. Sometimes it'll even drop out completely, forcing me to reboot if I want sound. I have both XP and Vista installed; under XP the thing works like a charm.

I'm thinking of grabbing an Asus Xonar.

well my x-fi gamer is fine, but the forget about the creative control panel or eax

What about CMSS-3D, does that work? It's very important.

[QUOTE="imprezawrx500"][QUOTE="My_name_a_Borat"]

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]Does Creative still have issues with Vista? I know they really had problems. I love my sound.Domobomb

Vista itself is great, but Creative still seems to have issues with it. My X-Fi Extreme Music occasionally stutters badly under Vista. Sometimes it'll even drop out completely, forcing me to reboot if I want sound. I have both XP and Vista installed; under XP the thing works like a charm.

I'm thinking of grabbing an Asus Xonar.

well my x-fi gamer is fine, but the forget about the creative control panel or eax

What about CMSS-3D, does that work? It's very important.

CMSS works and so does EAX as long as the game is based on OpenAL. The games that used direct sound 3D will need Alchemy to produce EAX but it's not worth it.

My grandpa bought his mother a new machine that had vista on it, and it was great.

jed-at-war

It's good to see that all generations can get into vista, would it be ok to ask how old your grandpa's mother is that she is using computers?