Vista Or Xp ??

Post by **Richie** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:16 pm

Been running Vista 64 for a while now but PC needs reinstalled so wondering if anyone has any thoughts on TWO questions -

1. Stick with Vista or go back to XP ??

2. 32bit or 64bit ??

What ya reckon ??

Post by **Eagle** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:38 pm

Well if you've been running Vista for a while now and you're asking whether to stick with Vista or go back to XP, then that suggests that you're not entirely happy with Vista and are just looking for an excuse to put XP back on.

Post by **Richie** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:46 pm

Not really... just wondering if XP is gonna be much quicker....

Whatever I go with - x32 or x64 ??

Post by **Legthigh** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:42 pm

I've done quite a lot of testing recently between XP Pro and Vista 32 & 64bit

If you just want to play games as fast as possible, go for XP without a doubt it wins hands down.

I lost a ton of fps with Vista64, however with Vista32 it was *almost* as good as XP Pro - I put this down to dodgy 64bit drivers.

I'd stay clear of 64bit just now...

Post by **madman045** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:20 pm

Currently using Vista 32bit and cant wait to rebuild mine back to XP

Post by **Trig** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:30 pm

I had Vista64U and I found it slower than XP end of.
Also random slow downs and stuttering etc.
According to some of the Vista Fanboi's it was most likely down to my poor spec or bad drivers.

Post by **Hammer** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:02 am

Last months custom PC mag had a XP vs Vista article. Conclusion that your pc on average needs to be 12.5% faster to run Vista at the same speed as Xp 32. So get clocking or stick with XP. I've tried XP 32 & 64 seems to be no difference in speeds. XP32 is a lot more stable though, with better driver support.

Post by **Hippy** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:02 am

Vista looks pretty though, stick with that.

Post by **Trig** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:49 am

It doesnt matter how pretty they look, someone somewhere has had enuf of there shit..

usually only works for girls but I can see the link between them and Vista atm...

Post by **mcmav** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:16 am

XP ftw tbh vista is for the gays

Plnning on getting rid on office machine and upgrading it to XP.

YES upgrading coz vista is a pile of poop. resource hungery and slow.

Post by **Hippy** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:34 pm

But it has gadgets and see through windows

Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:37 pm

I believe from doing a bit of reading you can make vista about the same speed as XP by disabling alot of the fancy desktop graphics and the like.

But then it looks pretty similar to XP, just with DX10 support and a few other features

Post by **Clingy** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:06 pm

Why delay the inevitable?

Aren't us old people supposed to be reluctant to change?

Post by **Hippy** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:19 pm

I just convinced my mother to upgrade from win98 (1st edition) to vista.
Lol, she hates it!

It did involve buying a new pc though. that has to be good going, 9 years from a pc without a single upgrade, except the addition of a dsl modem. I'm a bad son

Post by **Dangerous Bob** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:56 pm

ye gods.....

I only use an OS to run the progs I want to run (usually games).
I hardly want an OS that, no matter how pretty, uses resources that I need to keep my fps & frag rate up.

(OK, so nothing is going to help my frag rate, but at least I want to die with a decent frame rate....)