Gaming system: Vista 64 or XP

N3rd · 04-25-2008, 04:27 AM

Which would be the best to go with? I see alot of people saying vista 64 sucks even though it has DX10 which I assume would be nice for gaming. I dont want to make the wrong choice here before I build my comp. Please fill me in. I looked in search and couldnt find anything straight and to the point...

So really the only applications I run anyways are games..no office applications or studio crap, etc.

Vizy93 · 04-25-2008, 04:46 AM

people usually say vista 64 sucks because of the available drivers for it...or the lack of. Vista 32 should be good for you, because if u wanted to use the DX10 factor XP doesnt have it. But vista 64 shouldn't be that bad, and plus it can have more RAM, and most of the drivers issue's are being fixed.

N3rd · 04-25-2008, 05:09 AM

So would 64 run a game the same as 32 if the program didn't support 64? I plan on getting 4gigs so 64 has a tally mark there.

ThatGuy16 · 04-25-2008, 05:19 AM

64Bit XP sucks. 64bit VISTA is just as supported as 32bit vista. Except for wireless network adapters (which are a PITA anyway)

64bit vista will also let you use 4Gb of ram, 32bit only utilizes 3.5Gb. If your buying and gaming, i recommend 64bit vista.

shenry · 04-25-2008, 05:52 AM

If you are just gaming and want DX10 then go Vista 64. If you don't care that much for Vista or don't feel the need for DX10 go XP. Since XP use's less resources it will perform a little better as well.

In your case just go Vista 64bit. With 4 GB of RAM who needs to worry about resources.

Bootup05 · 04-25-2008, 06:52 AM

I've been using all 4 in the last few months, to me XP64 is the most responsive, but drivers aren't 100% there for it, although gettin better. Theres also a few games that fail to run properly, or even at all in some cases under the O.S.

XP32 you'll probably already know about, will run all your games at a good speed but lacks any support in DX10.

Vista 64 is apparently slightly faster than 32, as is generally said with most 64/32Bit O.S's, I didn't really see much in my case though, although driver support is there for 98% of drivers games and applications in Both 32 & 64Bit versions of Vista.

You will get some slowdown, an there will be games that perform worse than others, but there are also a few games that have performance increases under Vista. Plus you've got DX10. I personally switched back to XP after having just a bit too much performance drop in the main game I play.

It really depends what you're doing / playing when talking about performance differences although Vista is generally considered, an proven to be slower at the majority of day to day tasks. But its still a great OS to work with, depends how much you care about FPS an a few seconds encoding times etc.

ShoringFan · 04-25-2008, 10:29 AM

XP, expect some games need DirectX 10

yopmemama · 04-25-2008, 11:09 AM

this very much depends on the graphics card you go if your on a budget and go pre dx10 go for xp as it is less resource heavy and has large range of succesfull drivers and you could upgard to dx10 graphics card in the future when vista has the drivers that are need howerver if post dx10 i would say go for vista as adequate drivers can be found atm and the pewrformance drop will not be that significant plus games like crysis really do blow everything else out of the water

jw214 · 04-27-2008, 04:06 AM

wont xp still make use of more than 3.5GB's even though it doesnt show in some screens?it seems like as long as it was plugged in it would work...

04-25-2008, 04:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
N3rd Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 75	Gaming system: Vista 64 or XP Which would be the best to go with? I see alot of people saying vista 64 sucks even though it has DX10 which I assume would be nice for gaming. I dont want to make the wrong choice here before I build my comp. Please fill me in. I looked in search and couldnt find anything straight and to the point... So really the only applications I run anyways are games..no office applications or studio crap, etc. Last edited by N3rd; 04-25-2008 at 04:32 AM.

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Vizy93 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: LA, Westside Age: 14 Posts: 2,174	people usually say vista 64 sucks because of the available drivers for it...or the lack of. Vista 32 should be good for you, because if u wanted to use the DX10 factor XP doesnt have it. But vista 64 shouldn't be that bad, and plus it can have more RAM, and most of the drivers issue's are being fixed. __________________ RnB Session- get updated Hulu- TV quality clips/shows/movies My Slurpee Cup- life's elixir

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ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,047	64Bit XP sucks. 64bit VISTA is just as supported as 32bit vista. Except for wireless network adapters (which are a PITA anyway) 64bit vista will also let you use 4Gb of ram, 32bit only utilizes 3.5Gb. If your buying and gaming, i recommend 64bit vista. __________________ 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 =(

04-25-2008, 06:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,262	I've been using all 4 in the last few months, to me XP64 is the most responsive, but drivers aren't 100% there for it, although gettin better. Theres also a few games that fail to run properly, or even at all in some cases under the O.S. XP32 you'll probably already know about, will run all your games at a good speed but lacks any support in DX10. Vista 64 is apparently slightly faster than 32, as is generally said with most 64/32Bit O.S's, I didn't really see much in my case though, although driver support is there for 98% of drivers games and applications in Both 32 & 64Bit versions of Vista. You will get some slowdown, an there will be games that perform worse than others, but there are also a few games that have performance increases under Vista. Plus you've got DX10. I personally switched back to XP after having just a bit too much performance drop in the main game I play. It really depends what you're doing / playing when talking about performance differences although Vista is generally considered, an proven to be slower at the majority of day to day tasks. But its still a great OS to work with, depends how much you care about FPS an a few seconds encoding times etc. __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1 Last edited by Bootup05; 04-25-2008 at 02:45 PM.

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jw214 Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 67	wont xp still make use of more than 3.5GB's even though it doesnt show in some screens?it seems like as long as it was plugged in it would work... __________________ MSI K9N Diamond AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XT 4GB(2x2) A-DATA DDR2 800 Seagate 500GB 32MBcache x2 Windows XP Pro SP2

04-25-2008, 05:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
N3rd Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 75	So would 64 run a game the same as 32 if the program didn't support 64? I plan on getting 4gigs so 64 has a tally mark there.

04-25-2008, 10:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
ShoringFan Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 37	XP, expect some games need DirectX 10

04-25-2008, 11:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
yopmemama New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7	this very much depends on the graphics card you go if your on a budget and go pre dx10 go for xp as it is less resource heavy and has large range of succesfull drivers and you could upgard to dx10 graphics card in the future when vista has the drivers that are need howerver if post dx10 i would say go for vista as adequate drivers can be found atm and the pewrformance drop will not be that significant plus games like crysis really do blow everything else out of the water

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