What operating system do you game on?

Recently, I reinstalled Windows XP on my computer, not out of hate for Vista, but rather to see if it is still a viable operating system for daily use. Before this, I had been using Vista (and later the Windows 7 beta) for two years straight, without ever looking back at XP.

To my surprise, XP is still a viable operating system for gaming, given its universal compatability.

So, what do you game on?

DOS, LOL!

Windows 98

Vista, but why did you even put linux there? Running games in wine/crossover is not ideal... they run slower, but compatibility is pretty good. Only problems with wine/emulators(wine is not an emulator) is that they are not low level, which in turn means they have a hard time acessing physical things on your computer like a pcmcia slot or an express slot. Anyway, vista is good I don't get all the haters.JigglyWiggly_

There are some games you can run on Linux natively, too. But naturally, most gaming there is done through Wine/Cedega.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Vista, but why did you even put linux there? Running games in wine/crossover is not ideal... they run slower, but compatibility is pretty good. Only problems with wine/emulators(wine is not an emulator) is that they are not low level, which in turn means they have a hard time acessing physical things on your computer like a pcmcia slot or an express slot. Anyway, vista is good I don't get all the haters.The_Capitalist

There are some games you can run on Linux natively, too. But naturally, most gaming there is done through Wine/Cedega.

Vista, but why did you even put linux there? Running games in wine/crossover is not ideal... they run slower, but compatibility is pretty good. Only problems with wine/emulators(wine is not an emulator) is that they are not low level, which in turn means they have a hard time acessing physical things on your computer like a pcmcia slot or an express slot. Anyway, vista is good I don't get all the haters.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Vista, but why did you even put linux there? Running games in wine/crossover is not ideal... they run slower, but compatibility is pretty good. Only problems with wine/emulators(wine is not an emulator) is that they are not low level, which in turn means they have a hard time acessing physical things on your computer like a pcmcia slot or an express slot. Anyway, vista is good I don't get all the haters.nicknees93

[QUOTE="nicknees93"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Vista, but why did you even put linux there? Running games in wine/crossover is not ideal... they run slower, but compatibility is pretty good. Only problems with wine/emulators(wine is not an emulator) is that they are not low level, which in turn means they have a hard time acessing physical things on your computer like a pcmcia slot or an express slot. Anyway, vista is good I don't get all the haters.JigglyWiggly_

I currently game on XP and have stayed on it simply due to being comfortable to do so.

However i have Vista on the desk in front of me and im not keen on installing it. Im not a vista hater but my friend runs vista and is continually running into problems with certain programmes that work without issue on my xp.

Vista for now. I'll only migrate to Windows 7 if there are any compelling reasons to do so (DX11 perhaps?). If I didn't play games I would definitely run a Linux distribution though.BlueBirdTS

I believe that Vista will have Direct-X 11, too. You can always stay with Vista if you really don't want to upgrade.

Way too many problems with incompatibility and instability.BladeMaster84

Hmm, my computer must be special or something. I never encounter any problems with vista at all.

Anyways, I game with vista 32 bit, home premium, service pack 1., DX 10 is awesome, and no problems.

Need some more votes, people! Statistics say that this is too small a sample, when compared to the size of the actual population.

For me, XP is doing pretty damn well at the moment. I feel somewhat dumb for having blown $160 on Vista now... Oh well.

[QUOTE="BladeMaster84"] Way too many problems with incompatibility and instability.knight0151

Hmm, my computer must be special or something. I never encounter any problems with vista at all.

Anyways, I game with vista 32 bit, home premium, service pack 1., DX 10 is awesome, and no problems.

Ya mine too. Except I use Home Premium 64bit SP1. I have an older computer that has XP pro SP3 but it needs a fresh install and I haven't gotten to it. I know I would have if I'd felt the need.

Vista. Here's why:

Case for not using Vista -

1. "Account Control" security feature is maddenning - yes it is. Turn it off, or use one of countless workarounds, and you're fine.
2. It was rough when it first came out - you didn't think it would be? Redmond's been working on it for years, and it's fine now.
3. Not much different than XP - yes, the feature set is approximately the same. But it's no less than XP, and in fact it's a little more. Windows 7 fixes that - it's loaded with niceness.
4. Requires more system resources - show me a gamer who isn't constantly upgrading their machine. And it runs fast on mine, which is 5 years old.

Case for using Vista -

1. It's a complete rewrite from a blank page - no weird old spaghetti code.
2. Cleanest, most secure OS ever developed - yep. It is.
3. Solid as a brick - the OS I'm typing this on hasn't crashed. Ever. And it's been years.

Last but not least -

1. Redmond plans on phasing out old XP. Real soon. So we all Vista users now.

Vista x64 SP1. No problems so far.