XP or Vista

deankenny · 11-15-2007, 10:54 PM

after using both on my machine, i found that games perform 20%-50% better on XP than VISTA therefore i obviously prefer XP what do you prefer and why?

PC eye · 11-15-2007, 11:28 PM

Most games currently out were written for the 2000/ME/XP type operating environment. If you ran one old 16bit MSDos game(Duke3D in mind) on 95(16bit native) it ran faster there then on 98SE(32bit). Likewise new games soon to be out should see an overall improvement since those will have Vista in mind there.

The same can be said about games in the 32bit editions of Vista seeing faster frame rates then seen with the 64bit editions since they native to 32bit. The advantage seen in Vista surprisingly is crash control measures now seen. Vista runs games far more stabily then the numerous lockups and crashes to the desktop seen in XP. You can't count the number of hard boots seen in XP from games locking up solid in XP.

This is one big improvement now seen in Vista with a different type of blue screen where you can now choose between shutting the system down, returning to try and still run a game running into problems, or simply ending it and returning to the desktop. In fact games that are 6-7yrs. old actually perform better and run more stable in the new version.

The_Beast · 11-15-2007, 11:46 PM

Xp for me

JamesBart · 11-16-2007, 01:18 AM

XP for me

ThatGuy16 · 11-16-2007, 01:46 AM

Vista

IF they perform worse on XP, its because your hardware is either very low-end or out-dated, no offense

PC eye · 11-16-2007, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy16

Vista

IF they perform worse on XP, its because your hardware is either very low-end or out-dated, no offense

That wouldn't hold true since this is what has been seen over the last several years not on just one system.

ThatGuy16 · 11-16-2007, 02:25 AM

So several low-end systems?!

j/k

I personaly find vista to run faster/ more stable for me over XP. From my experience.

PC eye · 11-16-2007, 02:39 AM

Those ran both ATI and NVidia cards on those. In fact I was running NVidia GeForce models until going for the Radeon line a few builds back. That one saw 3 separate cards used there 2 NVidia. And none of those systems were prebuilds either. I kind of miss that old build seeing XP/98/Linux on it.

jutnm · 11-16-2007, 02:46 AM

Vista- works faster, boots faster, easier to use , games work great and better.

just a thought , isnt XP like Vista when they first both came out, windows XP had bugs when it came out, so give vista some time

Jabes · 11-16-2007, 03:04 AM

i <3 vista (love it) and look at my sig haha

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11-15-2007, 10:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
deankenny Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Weymouth, England, UK Age: 23 Posts: 644	XP or Vista after using both on my machine, i found that games perform 20%-50% better on XP than VISTA therefore i obviously prefer XP what do you prefer and why? __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS3L INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 @ 2.88ghz 2GB CRUCIAL BALLISTIX 800 DDR2 XFX GEFORCE 8800GTX 768MB

11-15-2007, 11:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Most games currently out were written for the 2000/ME/XP type operating environment. If you ran one old 16bit MSDos game(Duke3D in mind) on 95(16bit native) it ran faster there then on 98SE(32bit). Likewise new games soon to be out should see an overall improvement since those will have Vista in mind there. The same can be said about games in the 32bit editions of Vista seeing faster frame rates then seen with the 64bit editions since they native to 32bit. The advantage seen in Vista surprisingly is crash control measures now seen. Vista runs games far more stabily then the numerous lockups and crashes to the desktop seen in XP. You can't count the number of hard boots seen in XP from games locking up solid in XP. This is one big improvement now seen in Vista with a different type of blue screen where you can now choose between shutting the system down, returning to try and still run a game running into problems, or simply ending it and returning to the desktop. In fact games that are 6-7yrs. old actually perform better and run more stable in the new version. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

11-15-2007, 11:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Beast Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 16 Posts: 3,299	Xp for me __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - - C2D E6550 - - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Seagate 'Cuda 320Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - - Antec New Solution Series Case - - Hp w1907 monitor - Check Out My Custom Clock Picture 1/\Picture 2

11-16-2007, 01:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,047	Vista IF they perform worse on XP, its because your hardware is either very low-end or out-dated, no offense __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

11-16-2007, 01:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,338	XP for me

11-16-2007, 02:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,047	So several low-end systems?! j/k I personaly find vista to run faster/ more stable for me over XP. From my experience. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

11-16-2007, 02:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Those ran both ATI and NVidia cards on those. In fact I was running NVidia GeForce models until going for the Radeon line a few builds back. That one saw 3 separate cards used there 2 NVidia. And none of those systems were prebuilds either. I kind of miss that old build seeing XP/98/Linux on it. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

11-16-2007, 02:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
jutnm Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anahiem Hills Posts: 1,461	Vista- works faster, boots faster, easier to use , games work great and better. just a thought , isnt XP like Vista when they first both came out, windows XP had bugs when it came out, so give vista some time __________________ 1. AMD ATHLON 4600 X2 ~ 2.4 GHz 2. HIS ATI RADEON 1650 IceQ Pro Turbo 512Mb <> PNY 9600GT 3. 2 Gb of RAM A~DATA PC6400 4. MOBO-MSI K9N6GM VClass SERIES 5. 550 WATT LOGYSIS PSU 6. MAXTOR 320 GB HDD 7. Windows Vista ULTIMATE 8. Logitech 5.1 X-530 Surround Sound System 9.Ultra eTorque ATX Case (provided by gf "P)

11-16-2007, 03:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jabes banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vista the best place to live :D Age: 15 Posts: 1,773	i <3 vista (love it) and look at my sig haha

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