why does vista requires more ram than xp for games?

why is it?

i want a new pc , but i don´t know if should i use vista or xp. it will be used mainly for games (not crysis like games of course :lol:)

I actually don't believe people who won't consider vista for a NEW pc. Fools.

Well you see Vista is designed to shift more data back and forth to the RAM, this is supposed to make the operating system more efficient, however it turns into higher system memory requirements. Inevitably Vista has been driving the computer hardware market, so Vista has been good in some ways. Anyway you really shouldn't worry cause as long as you have at least 2 gigabytes of RAM then you're just fine. Also, Service Pack 2 for Vista just came out a few months ago.

Because in its default configuration Vista uses a lot more RAM for itself than XP did.

Just look at it like this...

When XP first came out people complained about how much more RAM is used than other operating sytems. Vista's launch was almost EXACTLY like XP's.

Just look at it like this...

When XP first came out people complained about how much more RAM is used than other operating sytems. Vista's launch was almost EXACTLY like XP's.

Just look at it like this...

When XP first came out people complained about how much more RAM is used than other operating sytems. Vista's launch was almost EXACTLY like XP's.