bumblebee_tuna
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In about a week, I'm going to get the X-fi Xtreme Audio Notebook Edition for my Dell Inspiron 1520. Currently, I'm running Vista 32-bit Home Edition but I'm debating whether or not I should revert back to XP. I would appreciate your opinions.
-I am already aware that Vista does not have sound hardware acceleration, which would gimp both card and drivers and I would have to make due with ALchemy.
-Therein, XP has sound hardware acceleration.
-The soundcard, supposedly, does not offset any resources from the CPU so any hardware acceleration might already be rendered useless.
-Vista has DX10 and any games that I have or will purchase in the future would have to run in DX9.
-Vista might out-weigh XP in terms of features, but Vista also utilizes more resources.
-Microsoft is gradually phasing out XP support.
-I am already aware that Vista does not have sound hardware acceleration, which would gimp both card and drivers and I would have to make due with ALchemy.
-Therein, XP has sound hardware acceleration.
-The soundcard, supposedly, does not offset any resources from the CPU so any hardware acceleration might already be rendered useless.
-Vista has DX10 and any games that I have or will purchase in the future would have to run in DX9.
-Vista might out-weigh XP in terms of features, but Vista also utilizes more resources.
-Microsoft is gradually phasing out XP support.
