30.05.2008, 15:14
I've been too busy to do much of anything last 10 days.
Installed the Vista Ultimate 64Bit version to my system (described above).
Everything seems to work fine as far as the system is concerned. I did a dual boot config with Win XP Pro.
I've given alot of thought to this thing about using XP or Vista. It seems to me that Vista is the better way to go for more than a few reasons, with some complications of course.
Vista 64 bit is supposed to be a quantum leap above the XP 64Bit and certainly the XP 32 bit. My XP appears to recognize 3.25 GIG of my 4 gig ram, which is probably pretty good from what I've read.
3DMark03 is around 40,000+-, in either XP or VIsta. I haven't done much tweaking the overclock thing, except for memory to 1:1, processor to 3.2, and set my ram latency where it is recommended.
The 32bit is not supposed to be the best go for the new and upcoming multi-core processors. Therefore it would make sense to try to work through Vista issues. Currently, I understand there are few if any games competent to really use the power of Vista, the multicore processors or DX10.
Yet, looking ahead it is certain the future is multi-core and an advance OS like Vista 64Bit.
We should probably have a sticky thread devoted to Vista installations. Afterall, the SP1 has been released and MSFT has reduced the price of it. IN other words, maybe it's time to move onward and upward.
I've been poking around on the web looking for information on the Vista applied to gaming, and I've read some pretty interesting stuff. Vista is more tedious it would appear, since compatability does seem to be an issue for some games.
Installed the Vista Ultimate 64Bit version to my system (described above).
Everything seems to work fine as far as the system is concerned. I did a dual boot config with Win XP Pro.
I've given alot of thought to this thing about using XP or Vista. It seems to me that Vista is the better way to go for more than a few reasons, with some complications of course.
Vista 64 bit is supposed to be a quantum leap above the XP 64Bit and certainly the XP 32 bit. My XP appears to recognize 3.25 GIG of my 4 gig ram, which is probably pretty good from what I've read.
3DMark03 is around 40,000+-, in either XP or VIsta. I haven't done much tweaking the overclock thing, except for memory to 1:1, processor to 3.2, and set my ram latency where it is recommended.
The 32bit is not supposed to be the best go for the new and upcoming multi-core processors. Therefore it would make sense to try to work through Vista issues. Currently, I understand there are few if any games competent to really use the power of Vista, the multicore processors or DX10.
Yet, looking ahead it is certain the future is multi-core and an advance OS like Vista 64Bit.
We should probably have a sticky thread devoted to Vista installations. Afterall, the SP1 has been released and MSFT has reduced the price of it. IN other words, maybe it's time to move onward and upward.
I've been poking around on the web looking for information on the Vista applied to gaming, and I've read some pretty interesting stuff. Vista is more tedious it would appear, since compatability does seem to be an issue for some games.