Will switching to xp make games faster?

i have vista at the moment

everytime i play a game its mostly slow or choppy

and my pc specs are higher then the recommended specs

Could you post your specs?

Could you post your specs?

Tezcatlipoca666

Windows vista Home premium

AMD atlon 64X2 Processor 4200+

NVIDIA Geforce 6100

Ram: 1.9 gb

Video Ram: 128.0 mb

Direct X 10

buy a little bit more ram and a gpu. Boom, no new OS

buy a little bit more ram and a gpu. Boom, no new OS

Papadrach

but won't XP make everything faster? even games to? thats what i heard

It only uses less ram. If you have only 2gb? might as well get 2 more. Or atleast one more gb of it. Plus ur using an Intergrated gpu ( i think if i remember if its the 6100) So you could buy a new Gpu for like 80 bucks and things will be better.

[QUOTE="Papadrach"]

buy a little bit more ram and a gpu. Boom, no new OS

dudeomg1

but won't XP make everything faster? even games to? thats what i heard

i have vista at the moment

everytime i play a game its mostly slow or choppy

and my pc specs are higher then the recommended specs

dudeomg1

After seeing your specs... what games are you talking about?

Get another 2 gigs or RAM and then update to Win7 64-bit and you'll not only have access to all 4 gigs, but you also have a very nice OS to play on.

[QUOTE="dudeomg1"]

i have vista at the moment

everytime i play a game its mostly slow or choppy

and my pc specs are higher then the recommended specs

Bebi_vegeta

After seeing your specs... what games are you talking about?

guild wars all of them

combat arms

runes of magic

mostly free stuff

yeah its the gpu you need something with alot more meat on its bones than that.. heck an hd 2400pro barely churns out high with playable frames :P an fx 5500 doesnt fare much ebtter than lowest :P

semi decent cpu for this gen. go grab an extra 2gb ram and to keep it cheap a hd 4670 or 9600gt. take the PC with u to the computer store to make sure u don't buy the wrong thing (guessing u don't have a lot of PC expereince if ur bashing vista for being slow with THOSE specs...). btw if that s brand name pc (i am guessing COMPAQ!), go into control panel and unistall any HP and google software that came with the PC. Vista is not slow, but manufactures would fill it with bloatware. also there is no need for 20 different anit-spyware programs to be runnign at the same time. go get Kaspersky while ur at the Pc shop and uninstall any anti-spyware/virus programs (i sell PC's and to often i see computers that are "to slow!", but are just filled with bloatware)

You really need a new graphics card

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

Could you post your specs?

dudeomg1

Windows vista Home premium

AMD atlon 64X2 Processor 4200+

NVIDIA Geforce 6100

Ram: 1.9 gb

Video Ram: 128.0 mb

Direct X 10

You may get a few frames per second with a new install of XP as opposed to a new install of Vista but your hardware is way more limiting than anything else. Also, if you've had Vista installed for a while don't expect that junk software wont slow it down. It's also important to note that Windows 7 also gets better framerates than Vista. XP was good, but I wouldn't reccomend downgrading.

It also would help to see what games you play.

It also would help to see what games you play.

jun_aka_pekto

he listed them: guildwars , battleifled heroes, no name f2p mmo's

his gpu is far underpowered for guildwars for sure and bf heroes is up in the air.

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

Could you post your specs?

dudeomg1

Windows vista Home premium

AMD atlon 64X2 Processor 4200+

NVIDIA Geforce 6100

Ram: 1.9 gb

Video Ram: 128.0 mb

Direct X 10

Yes, XP will run much better. My old setup was an Athlon X2 3800+, ATI 3850 AGP, and 2GB RAM and I would get random stuttering and low FPS on Vista. Although an extra 2GB might fix that, I don't think it would be worth it on an old system.