Someone ran one of these polls a week or 2 ago and the final results were surprisingly pretty even. Most posters made a comment that they're dualbooting XP and Vista. That's likely the route I'll take once I finally upgrade as I don't want to sacrifice XP's gaming performance and workspace efficiency. Just use Vista when a game requires it.
Vista 64-bit. not a single problem so far. all the DX9/32-bit programs are working well too. i don't have DX10 card either just yet, and i have XP installed on another partition just in case, but there's been no use for it so far. i don't understand people having so much problems with this.
the only reason i really got it was for dx10, but i think it was little too early, because wow, i can play lost plant dx10, and its like NO difference. anyways a whole bunch of my older games dont run, and some run poorly.
also i tried GRAW2 and it just got ****ed up. as in the game. it just went all weird and like you couldnt see anything except a lot of yellow. anyways, the 8800gtx performs REALLY well on games that actually support it and vista.
I got Vista. I recently upgraded some stuff and I figured I would get Vista while I was there. It hates EA games. Go figureBirdofP
Or maybe it's the EA Games that hates Vista? Hmmm...
I use XP Home. I will undoubtedly upgrade to Windows Vista IF future game titles start coming out in the far future that are ONLY for Vista. Oh, and also if the bugs are all worked out of it. But yeah...the only real reason I would upgrade to Vista is if the games that started coming out were only available to Vista.
[QUOTE="BirdofP"]I got Vista. I recently upgraded some stuff and I figured I would get Vista while I was there. It hates EA games. Go figureSkullheart
Or maybe it's the EA Games that hates Vista? Hmmm..
Eh doesn't matter either way I blame EA for sucking at life. Vista isn't bad it runs real well with the exception of EA games. Hell I can evenplay Starcraft. Of course you probably won't need it for a few more years I just got it at the store because I needed a new OS and figured I would save some money by skipping XP altogether
Vista no likey starforce (newer starforce probably works ok), so you might find some problems with those games, but overall, Vista isn't that bad (I have Vista on 2 machines, XP on the rest).
I heard vista dosnt support the 8 series that well? Why is that and when are the patches comng out?Cornerstore
I have a desktop running Vista Ultimate x64 with an 8800GTS, and it works great, no issues at all. Maybe what you were hearing about was with old drivers? There are problems with 7 series (notebooks) and Vista though.
Vista 64-bit. not a single problem so farprowler666
I've been using 64-bit Vista since it was released, and I'm glad I went with it. So far the only problems I've had have been with third-party device drivers, especially Creative, who still hasn't released a complete driver for the Audigy 2 ZS. So far all of the games I've installed, some as old as 2002, have run perfectly. On the whole, my Vista experience has been a very positive one.
So far, XP. I did try Vista out for a month or so, it just isn't anyway near as useful as XP is atm and just eats more resources while doing things not any better than they can be done in XP. I will eventually upgrade to Vista again, but that'll take a while.
One thing I honestly did not like about vista is the fact the new UI is very alien compared to Xp in some places.. Normally I wouldn't care if it gave me something vastly different, new and innovative.. But it doesn't.. Took me forever to figure out how to use shared files on a network, when I set it up on multiple computers using XP in a matter of minutes.
XP. I have Vista but I don't plan to install it until next year after I get a quad core rig. My buddy has the same setup as me and it run horribly on his.
I say XP because it is now commonly used by people.Vista doesn't have a base of people using it and it microsoft released it too early and too pricey like the 360 but I would seriously prefer neither if I had my way I would try leopard OS 10 due to the innovation and the $199 price if games ran on it :)
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