Vista SP1 / XP SP3 RC Service Packs Available

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2007, 12:30 PM

Windows Vista SP1 x86 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...ng=en#filelist

Windows Vista SP1 x64 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Windows XP SP3 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

(I know there was a thread on SP3, although I didn't find one on Vista SP1 so I thought I'd post both.)

StrangleHold · 12-20-2007, 01:17 PM

Have you installed SP3 yet to check it out, I noticed its 110mbs bigger than SP2.

tremmor · 12-20-2007, 01:20 PM

One question. Isn't RC a beta getting ready for a release?

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2007, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Have you installed SP3 yet to check it out, I noticed its 110mbs bigger than SP2.

I don't have XP so I can't try it out, although I'm going to slipstream it into my XP SP 2 install CD and see if that works, because I don't have XP drivers for the RAID array.

110MB seems right, since SP3 includes all the fixes included in SP2, plus all the ones that came out since then.

Quote:

One question. Isn't RC a beta getting ready for a release?

Yes, it's a release candidate. It's not the final version, although it most likely will be.

EDIT: What I'm not sure about though, is that Vista SP1 for the 32-Bit OS is only 436MB, but the 64 bit version is 733MB...

StrangleHold · 12-20-2007, 01:33 PM

Yeap including the updates and fixes since SP2 at a 110mbs doesnt leave much. I heard to start with SP3 was suppost to have the side bar better firewall and some other stuff that got pulled. I think it funny that microsoft got itself in a situation where there competing with itself XP vs. Vista

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2007, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Yeap including the updates and fixes since SP2 at a 110mbs doesnt leave much. I heard to start with SP3 was suppost to have the side bar better firewall and some other stuff that got pulled. I think it funny that microsoft got itself in a situation where there competing with itself XP vs. Vista

it is pretty funny. Now I'm installing Vista SP1 x64 now, so I'll post back if theres any game increase or performance increase.

**mep916** · 12-20-2007, 02:42 PM

Does Vista SP1 include all the nVidia related hotfixes?

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2007, 03:06 PM

Well, here are a few benchmarks. The first one is before, and the second one is after.

[-0MEGA-] · 12-20-2007, 07:28 PM

I'm not sure about anyone else who has tried this, but I've had a few issues after installing the SP. The only one i've noticed so far is that a lot of processes are failing and causing errors, which also causes issues with networking.

MatrixEVO · 12-20-2007, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

I'm not sure about anyone else who has tried this, but I've had a few issues after installing the SP. The only one i've noticed so far is that a lot of processes are failing and causing errors, which also causes issues with networking.

That scares me. I'm going to wait until the final release comes out, I really don't want issues. I really do like how performance has increased though, it makes me feel better about Vista being worth getting.

12-20-2007, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,057	Vista SP1 / XP SP3 RC Service Packs Available Windows Vista SP1 x86 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...ng=en#filelist Windows Vista SP1 x64 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Windows XP SP3 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en (I know there was a thread on SP3, although I didn't find one on Vista SP1 so I thought I'd post both.) __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593 Last edited by [-0MEGA-]; 12-20-2007 at 01:20 PM.

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StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,736	Have you installed SP3 yet to check it out, I noticed its 110mbs bigger than SP2. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

12-20-2007, 01:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,736	Yeap including the updates and fixes since SP2 at a 110mbs doesnt leave much. I heard to start with SP3 was suppost to have the side bar better firewall and some other stuff that got pulled. I think it funny that microsoft got itself in a situation where there competing with itself XP vs. Vista __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

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12-20-2007, 03:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,057	Well, here are a few benchmarks. The first one is before, and the second one is after. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

12-20-2007, 01:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
tremmor Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 468	One question. Isn't RC a beta getting ready for a release?

12-20-2007, 07:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,057	I'm not sure about anyone else who has tried this, but I've had a few issues after installing the SP. The only one i've noticed so far is that a lot of processes are failing and causing errors, which also causes issues with networking. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

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