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General Stuff => Hardware News & Views => Topic started by: Darkireland on February 02, 2007, 11:58:24 AM

Title: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 02, 2007, 11:58:24 AM: Yar!

I dont really want a anti mircosoft rant from anyone here ;p im awear of vistas draw backs and its potental bugs till sp 1 but might as well get it now when im fully upgradeing the pc and have the first part of the dx10 jigsaw.....Anyways after i ordered my new pc i noticed the o/s was 32 bit and not 64 bit im sure komplett will allow me to switch but i personaly am not sure if i should go for the 64 bit version or stick to 32 bit can anyone give me some advice on this? im a bit put off by scare stories about crappy driver's tbh

The cpu is an 64bit amd 5200 dual core
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on February 02, 2007, 12:34:23 PM: Man why are you going with Vista. There are absolutely no advantages to using it what so ever. Change the order and use yer existing xp man.
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 02, 2007, 12:49:54 PM: >_<

One part of the dx10 jigsaw...more future proof i wont get a new system or upgrade heavly for maybe 3 year's again....iv heard most of the populor doom and gloom anti mircosoft stuff when i upgraded to xp years ago and bearly take any notice now ;p etc

So 64 bit or 32 bit ;p
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [TiG]valen on February 03, 2007, 01:37:31 PM: Vista is a no no for now mate. Let alone the 64bit version ffs.

Try it with a dual boot system so you still have XP to use.

I was considering it myself, but I will leave it for a year or so tbh.
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 03, 2007, 04:33:45 PM: I might try that :)
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on February 04, 2007, 12:30:28 PM: 1GB in XP = excellent
1GB in Vista = minimum requirement

So... how much RAM does the new machine have?
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 04, 2007, 04:10:48 PM: 2 gig

From what iv heard from my m8 who had the beta vista turns off its fancy 3d desktop when your playing game's in order to save memory / cpu / gpu for the game so it should be ok ;/
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [TiG]Lucutus on February 04, 2007, 04:57:51 PM: Wait for the inevitable service pack tbh.
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Jackabo82 on February 04, 2007, 11:34:00 PM: Quote from: tig.bf2|valen on February 03, 2007, 01:37:31 PM
Vista is a no no for now mate. Let alone the 64bit version ffs.

Try it with a dual boot system so you still have XP to use.

I was considering it myself, but I will leave it for a year or so tbh.
Same here
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [TiG]Molc on February 05, 2007, 08:51:58 AM: I use my system as a PVR so the better media center in vista was reason enough for me to install it.

After using for a few weeks, I'm fairly happy with it as a desktop for gaming use. Runs everything from SC/FSX/BF2 through to the oldies like BF:V and ET.
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: [TiG]Ranger on February 05, 2007, 01:53:15 PM: me da was telling me his mate in work got a new lappy with Vista and he can't get most of his own gear working on it.Modem wont work and tons of movies he downloaded on cd's wont play,rang up pc world and they said the transformation to vista will take about a year......he's screwed
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 05, 2007, 04:46:12 PM: I tryed vistas compablity tool only my modem failed which Esatbt is after agreeing to replace for free

so hopefuly no problems
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Jackabo82 on February 05, 2007, 04:58:28 PM: Quote from: Darkireland on February 05, 2007, 04:46:12 PM
I tryed vistas compablity tool only my modem failed which Esatbt is after agreeing to replace for free

so hopefuly no problems
I bet you were one of them wee fella's that always put theyre hand in the fire ! :p
Title: Re: Vista
Post by: Darkireland on February 05, 2007, 05:15:38 PM: Quote from: tig.bf2|Jackabo on February 05, 2007, 04:58:28 PM
Quote from: Darkireland on February 05, 2007, 04:46:12 PM
I tryed vistas compablity tool only my modem failed which Esatbt is after agreeing to replace for free

so hopefuly no problems
I bet you were one of them wee fella's that always put theyre hand in the fire ! :p

Im not that concerned tbh either it works out fine or ill just wipe it and reinstall it / pirate it later ill give it 2-3 months for proper drivers to come out and if after that it isnt running fine its gone.