New Gaming Computer. Vista or XP?

[angelle]

so why are so many people using it?

Marketing.


is it better for home theater stuff?

Nope.

Most people find the actual OS gui prettier, so there's that I suppose.

what kind of games do you play ? i was on windows xp only and i couldnt play my game , so i went and bought a windows vista and its awesome , it plays my game grt , and its very fast at loading , i really like everything about windows vista except all the dam updating , which i usually have no idea if i should let it update or not !

 

[mindxless]

Hey folks. I could really use some advice. I am making a new gaming computer. (And really, I am mostly using it for gaming and music). I have to purchase a new OS anyway, should I upgrade to Vista or Stick with XP. Is DX 10 the must have for future games?

If I go with Vista, What version should I get. Do I need Ultimate or will Home premium do?

If I do get Vista what prices are reasonable? Are there any downsides to OEM versions?

Thanks for the help.

Vista all the way. Home premium will do fine, thats what i use and i play hundreds of games, never once had a problem. I got a 64 bit system and 8G ram, 560G HD

 

[shogun_11]

Hey folks. I could really use some advice. I am making a new gaming computer. (And really, I am mostly using it for gaming and music). I have to purchase a new OS anyway, should I upgrade to Vista or Stick with XP. Is DX 10 the must have for future games?

If I go with Vista, What version should I get. Do I need Ultimate or will Home premium do?

If I do get Vista what prices are reasonable? Are there any downsides to OEM versions?

Thanks for the help.

Vista Home Premium, as a short answer. XP is still more reliable in my opinion, but they're stopping support for it in 2014 it does seem a long time away but its still something to consider. So yeah, Vista.

 

[Zoron]

Windows 7 now. 😉

 

[Scotteq]

/agreed with Zoron - Win7 is now the OS to have.

 

[gidgiddonihah]

Win 7- it has 64Bit and its super fast lol, but this was a thread posted 3 years ago... lol

 

[dsharp9000]

Update from dsharp9000,

still using xp; but do have one computer just bought that was windows 7 and seems good....but software wont run on it.

 

[Zoron]

Update from dsharp9000,

still using xp; but do have one computer just bought that was windows 7 and seems good....but software wont run on it.

What software?

 

[Zoron]

If you have two choices "VISTA or XP" I recommend avoiding "VISTA" like the plague and go with "XP".
Windows 7 is available and it works a LOT better then vista.

I promise you if you get vista you will be very disappointed.

Vista has more bugs then a jungle.

DX 10 is ideal for modern games.


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Did you look at the date of that post? Windows 7 was not an option when the question was posed. Besides, there is nothing wrong with Vista anyway. 😛

I'll have to re-read this thread and see if Winrot actually got Vista or waited until Win 7. I had absolutely no issues with Vista... it ran beautifully for me on every machine I tried it on. Mind you, I didn't start off with a lot of preconceptions based on third-hand internet information... I actually used the OS when it was still in the RC stage and upgraded when I could afford the Ultimate upgrade. The biggest reason I upgraded to 7 was I simply could not resist the pre-order discounts. If not for those, I might still be using Vista.

 

[gidgiddonihah]

Guys give it up this is a forever old thread 😛. Windows 7 is out and if you get pro you can use that cool software to make anything run on 7 😛. Case closed, Vista sucked at the time of the posting so to answer the question for the time period, go XP. Now you should go 7 .