What Vista is needed to...

needed to play gams.

i was look around and i know there are 4 version of Vista. Home, Busness, Home Premium, Ultament.

what version of Vista do i need to need my PC games?

do i need at least Business to run PC game or Home Premium? or just home.

my PC gots the power to run my PC game i just want to play in DX10 now and i need a new OS for my PC or should i just stick with XP pro?

oh ok thx so just getting Windows home is all i need to run game? is there advantage abotu getting Home Premium when it comes to software? like photo shop or anythign like that?acsam12304

no no advantages, but home premium will take up more system resources due to windows Aero and a few other services and processes, just as ultimate takes more than home premium...

you can use any software or games with home, that you can with the other ones, it just might not come with it.

ok so i guess spending around 212 for untalmeant or 129 for home premium is really a waste of money. cuz all i do on my PC is play games and use Yahoomessager, MSN messager, and Skype

ok thx guys im going to just get Home. and its cheaper to get too thx a lot guys.

u guys still can post more to tell me anything eles i should know about Vista be4 buying Home

ok so i guess spending around 212 for untalmeant or 129 for home premium is really a waste of money. cuz all i do on my PC is play games and use Yahoomessager, MSN messager, and Skype

ok thx guys im going to just get Home. and its cheaper to get too thx a lot guys.

u guys still can post more to tell me anything eles i should know about Vista be4 buying Home

acsam12304

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116485 this version if you are running 3 gigs of ram or less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488 this version if you are running more than 3 gigs of ram. and have a 64bit processor.

well i got 3GB of Ram

250GB of Hard Drive

2.0GH Dual Core

8600 256MB Video card

well i got 3GB of Ram

250GB of Hard Drive

2.0GH Dual Core

8600 256MB Video card

acsam12304

ok thx but are those real copy of Vista??

and whast the diffrentance with a builders kit and with a upgrade kit?

i hvae to say new egg is really good for deals on PC things

ok thx but are those real copy of Vista??

and whast the diffrentance with a builders kit and with a upgrade kit?

i hvae to say new egg is really good for deals on PC things

acsam12304

They are real copies, just OEM. OEM editions are intended for new systems, but are sold to anyone... The only real difference is supposed to be OEM is limited to a "single" PC. Such as if you change your case, your supposed to buy a new copy. Changing hardware can de-activate your copy, but you can call MS and they will re-activate it.

whats the diffrentace with 32 and 64 bit? is there a big diffrentace will DX10 not look as nice on a 32 as on a 64 bit?acsam12304

so whats the diffrenace with the 32 bit and the 64 bit?acsam12304

64 bit allows you to have a maximum of 8gigs of ram... where as 32 bit allows you to have a maximum of like 3-3.5 gigs of ram...

Home Premium supports 16GB, Ultimate/Business 128GB. Not that any home user PC will support that anytime soon... Captain__Tripps

but the difference is 64 bit can utilize more ram than a 32bit system without making any changes to it.

They are real copies, just OEM. OEM editions are intended for new systems, but are sold to anyone... The only real difference is supposed to be OEM is limited to a "single" PC. Such as if you change your case, your supposed to buy a new copy. Changing hardware can de-activate your copy, but you can call MS and they will re-activate it.

Captain__Tripps

it's not the case, it's the motherboard only. and you can always re-activate it online rather than calling. except in the case if u've re-activate it numerous times.

well at the end i dont care ...what vista i get as long as i get to run my video games and photo shop.

i guess im going to go with Vista Home basic its cheaper then the others

[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"]

They are real copies, just OEM. OEM editions are intended for new systems, but are sold to anyone... The only real difference is supposed to be OEM is limited to a "single" PC. Such as if you change your case, your supposed to buy a new copy. Changing hardware can de-activate your copy, but you can call MS and they will re-activate it.

mike4realz

it's not the case, it's the motherboard only. and you can always re-activate it online rather than calling. except in the case if u've re-activate it numerous times.

OEM Windows requires affixing the COA to your case. OEM is not transferable to a new computer. Therefore, a new case is a new system and requries a new license. OTOH, there is nothing in the OEM license agreement that mentions motherboard as far as I know. MS "guidelines" say a new motherboard = new computer, but its not in the text, and they do not enforce it at their call centers. I think this restriction has more to do with real OEMs, and users replacing parts. Like if you bought a Dell, and changed the motherboard, you could reasonably say its no longer a Dell if you change out the motherboard, therefore Dell wouldn't have to support it, and its considered a new PC, needing a new license.

thats all i want to know if Vista Home Basic will run Battle Feild 2142??acsam12304