Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit vs Windows XP Home Edition 64-bit

Which OS is better for gaming? Apparently Ultimate is geared more for business, but I have the urge to utilize DX11.

windows 7 is way better

mate, after using windows 7, you won't be able to go back to xp. i have ultimate, but you don't really need it; home premium 64-bit is more than enough for home use and gaming

mate, after using windows 7, you won't be able to go back to xp. i have ultimate, but you don't really need it; home premium 64-bit is more than enough for home use and gaming

krisroe_213

Home Premium Win 7. Newest OS, with the all the support you need for games (until Windows 8 comes out anyway).

using XP atm is a mistake. vista or 7 (and given the choice 7 immideately is the no brainer.. mainly because vista costs the same as 7 while being about a billion times worse .

Nothing wrong with Xp but only if you use the 32 bit version. 64 bit XP is a JOKE!!! (Application nightmare + Os is just overall BAD). If you got with power, go with windows 7. If you want great performance but lacking ram or on slightly older hardware, go with xp 32 bit and nlite it up. I still miss my 10 sec boot on my XP nlite :(

Vista and 7 implement multi-threading and multi-core CPUs so much better.

I must be one of the only people who loves Vista. I recently upgraded my PC to Windows 7Ultimate 64 bit and it runs like crap. My PC is completely clean and has enough power to run 7. Vista ran great on my PC and I will be going back to that real soon :) Im not trolling Windows 7 I swear, it just constantly freezes for me :(JuggaloRandall

Your hardware could be failing. Win 7 is generally rock solid. Generally.

DX 11 is found in all versions of Windows 7. No need for ultimate.

I must be one of the only people who loves Vista. I recently upgraded my PC to Windows 7Ultimate 64 bit and it runs like crap. My PC is completely clean and has enough power to run 7. Vista ran great on my PC and I will be going back to that real soon :) Im not trolling Windows 7 I swear, it just constantly freezes for me :(JuggaloRandall

pebkac

DX 11 is found in all versions of Windows 7. No need for ultimate.

XaosII

I'm aware of that. It's just that in this situation, I have the option to either get Ultimate at a discounted price or XP.

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

DX 11 is found in all versions of Windows 7. No need for ultimate.

mkDSpro63

I'm aware of that. It's just that in this situation, I have the option to either get Ultimate at a discounted price or XP.

Ultimate. XP needs to die permanently. Its like the living dead. It needs to be decapitated.

[QUOTE="mkDSpro63"]

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

DX 11 is found in all versions of Windows 7. No need for ultimate.

desertpython

I'm aware of that. It's just that in this situation, I have the option to either get Ultimate at a discounted price or XP.

Ultimate. XP needs to die permanently. Its like the living dead. It needs to be decapitated.

[QUOTE="desertpython"]

[QUOTE="mkDSpro63"]

I'm aware of that. It's just that in this situation, I have the option to either get Ultimate at a discounted price or XP.

mouthforbathory

Ultimate. XP needs to die permanently. Its like the living dead. It needs to be decapitated.

xp is greater for everyday use still. i wouldnt game on it for all of solomon's silver anymore but everything else aint bad.. its alo the only OS that runs on nintendo Wii's ;P but thats a story for another day...

Windows 7 64bit

DO NOT use Win7 Ultimate, unless you have read wikipedia on the features and you totally know what you are doing. But, my bet is, you only need Home PreniumEdition..

magicalclick

Yeah. Home Premium should be enough, except I can get Ultimate cheaper and I'm a bit tight on my budget since I'm building a comp from scratch. Wouldn't I be good with Ultimate as long as I don't touch all the extra features like BitLocker Drive Encryption? I do want to utilize my quad-core better as well.

[QUOTE="magicalclick"]

DO NOT use Win7 Ultimate, unless you have read wikipedia on the features and you totally know what you are doing. But, my bet is, you only need Home PreniumEdition..

mkDSpro63

Yeah. Home Premium should be enough, except I can get Ultimate cheaper and I'm a bit tight on my budget since I'm building a comp from scratch. Wouldn't I be good with Ultimate as long as I don't touch all the extra features like BitLocker Drive Encryption? I do want to utilize my quad-core better as well.

If you can get Ultimate for cheaper than Home Premium, then go for it. Generally thats not the case and very, very few people ever make use of the unqiue features of Ultimate and is rarely recommended over the other versions.

Then it's decided. Ultimate it is. Thanks for the input, guys.

7 Ultimate over XP anyday.

I have Ultimate and I don't use it's feature but like yourself I got it real cheap. It really comes down to 7 vs XP though and 7 is vastly superior.

sorry to sound rude but , i cant believe you are asking this. Windows 7 all the way.

[QUOTE="mouthforbathory"][QUOTE="desertpython"]

Ultimate. XP needs to die permanently. Its like the living dead. It needs to be decapitated.

ionusX

xp is greater for everyday use still. i wouldnt game on it for all of solomon's silver anymore but everything else aint bad.. its alo the only OS that runs on nintendo Wii's ;P but thats a story for another day...

no please do tell. :D

XP+nlite = so dang awesome. If you on new hardware, def go windows 7 but if you on a older rig or older hardware, the performance of XP can be extreme. Nothing better then the pic below and 10 second boot time (explorer.exe I ran in a .bat to turn off anytime I turned a game on). I got so much dang performance versus x86 windows vista and windows 7 (multibooted) on my old E7400, gts 250, 2 gigs of ram, western digital 250 hd. Offcourse once I built my new rig, windows 7 was the way to go. 64 bit is a joke on XP, 7 runs newer achitectures of cpu's better and threading is better. Still though, never discount XP. It can be a great OS expecially the x86 version of it.

windows xp pro x64 isnt supported anymore, windows 7 is the clear choice here.

XP+nlite = so dang awesomejedikevin2

Windows 7 by far. I've been using it since feb, and it has been as solid as a rock, and as fast as a cheetah! :P You will never even want to look at XP again once you have 7. Trust me.

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="mouthforbathory"] I wouldn't go that far. It's still a useful OS for older applications and games that hate Vista or Win7 and both my desktops have it as a secondary/back up OS.acsam12304

xp is greater for everyday use still. i wouldnt game on it for all of solomon's silver anymore but everything else aint bad.. its alo the only OS that runs on nintendo Wii's ;P but thats a story for another day...

no please do tell. :D

basiclly over in asia there are stores where you can buy Wii's that have been hacked/modded to run windows xp. they sue some oddall hardware and vista onward wont run but xp and 98 do.

which remiands me TC 7 also has fewer malicious tings that can harm it.. to date 1 rootkit and a handful of virus's n spyware xp.. twas broken a while back.