ok so im partly building a comp and it has all the stuff i need to make a good gaming and video watching etc computer. what i wanna know is sp3 good? im currently on vista on my laptop and idk i kinda miss xp.... it was better imo. but vista does have goodness. what i wanna know is sp3 good?
not basically a new comp as i said im kinda building. whats happening is my friend is giving me his pc as the hd broke and he wants a new one anyway. all i need to do is get a new hd and install an os and im good to go. and why do people still use xp when vista is out? cause some ppl loved xp
I didn't notice any major difference in performance between XP SP2 and SP3; I like having SP3 though because it basically integrates everything that was in the prior service packs up to now. Of course having it is good. But, being a 32-bit OS, you're limited in how much RAM that you'll be able to use. If your system is capable of greater than 4GB of RAM, buy some more RAM and go with 64-bit Vista to get some good performance increase.
[QUOTE="edguybglover"]ok so im partly building a comp and it has all the stuff i need to make a good gaming and video watching etc computer. what i wanna know is sp3 good? im currently on vista on my laptop and idk i kinda miss xp.... it was better imo. but vista does have goodness. what i wanna know is sp3 good?SEANMCAD
currently in the gaming market you can not buy a video game that works only on DirectX 5.
If you stay with XP you will not be able to use DirectX 10.
Can you predict the future given my statements above?
"Of course having it is good. But, being a 32-bit OS, you're limited in how much RAM that you'll be able to use."
Theres still XP PRO x64 ;), thats what i use, but no SP3 for the 64 bit xp edition, only SP2 for now.
s00kah
XP x64 does not have an SP3 yet. It follows with the Server 2003 patching timeline. But for what it's worth, I liked XP x64 a lot for the bit of time I used it. No **** about DHCP or native resolutions or not wanting to work with anything I tossed at it unlike Vista x64.
I'm a regular user, I watch movies, I download stuff, I play games, I IM, I browse, I host, I web design, and do some word processing occassionally, and I use Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Ultimate. No problems thus far, they don't have much driver support for older computers, so vista is strictly for new PCs. Hardware must all be supported by vista, otherwise it won't work, or function right.
[QUOTE="edguybglover"]ok so im partly building a comp and it has all the stuff i need to make a good gaming and video watching etc computer. what i wanna know is sp3 good? im currently on vista on my laptop and idk i kinda miss xp.... it was better imo. but vista does have goodness. what i wanna know is sp3 good?SEANMCAD
currently in the gaming market you can not buy a video game that works only on DirectX 5.
If you stay with XP you will not be able to use DirectX 10.
Can you predict the future given my statements above?
What's up with the DirertX 5 example... I don't get it?
"Of course having it is good. But, being a 32-bit OS, you're limited in how much RAM that you'll be able to use."
Theres still XP PRO x64 ;), thats what i use, but no SP3 for the 64 bit xp edition, only SP2 for now.
s00kah
[QUOTE="s00kah"]
"Of course having it is good. But, being a 32-bit OS, you're limited in how much RAM that you'll be able to use."
Theres still XP PRO x64 ;), thats what i use, but no SP3 for the 64 bit xp edition, only SP2 for now.
codezer0
XP x64 does not have an SP3 yet. It follows with the Server 2003 patching timeline. But for what it's worth, I liked XP x64 a lot for the bit of time I used it. No **** about DHCP or native resolutions or not wanting to work with anything I tossed at it unlike Vista x64.
"XP x64 does not have an SP3 yet. It follows with the Server 2003 patching timeline."
do not got 64 bit XP its driver support...actually what driver support.... either go 32bit XP (which is what i would do) or 64/32bit Vista.yoyo462001
what about the driver support? ... i got XP 64-bit and didnt have a SINGLE problem with any drivers. Explain to me what you mean by "do not got 64 bit XP its driver support...actually what driver support."
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