mr.Snow Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 It's been 3 years since my last PC upgrade and the Tax Cheque is coming in. With the X38 Chipset around the corner and 1333Mhz INtel CPU's just out I thought now is as good a time as any to upgrade (i.e Build a new system). Now I am running VISTA on my 'old' gaming rig with no games installed as the old 6800GT has been relegated to 'Web Page renderer' and a PS3 is feeding my gaming urges. I know this is a very basic question but what OS to use for a pure gaming rig? I have about 180 PC Games of which I'd probably install 50 games ranging from System Shock 2 right through to FEAR, PREY, C&C3 & Stalker. I have followed the Driver threads and it seems VISTA still suffers performance problems (But is improving). I have still yet to play PREY, FEAR or OBLIVION (I know but my poor system would never do them justice). What say you fellow gamers - WindowsXP or VISTA for gaming? System will have a 3.0Ghz Core Duo 2 CPU (6850), 8800GTX (Non-SLi for now) and about 4 Gig Memory. Thanks for your time. _________________ austin texas apartments colognes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 You can always do a dual boot, Vista for regular use and xp for gaming. Or if you don't want a dual boot , you can use a removable hard drive tray (mobile rack) just like me. HTH Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-456067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeWarrior Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Vista Home Premium, Future Games and some Current games will require vista to install and run because of DirectX10 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-456383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 If you have a DX10 capable graphics card and at least 2gig of RAM I would take Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-457382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asstastic Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Go for a dual boot setup. XP is a lot faster than Vista in most games and seen by most as more stable. Install Vista as a secondary OS if you are getting a fancy new graphics card and plan on playing new DX10 games. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-457891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 SLI the rig with 2x8800 Ultras 640MB with 4 gig of ram, thow in a Intel quad-core at 2.0 core speed and go Vista Ultimate.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 SLI the rig with 2x8800 Ultras 640MB with 4 gig of ram, thow in a Intel quad-core at 2.0 core speed and go Vista Ultimate.... Way to jack the price up If you have a DX10 capable graphics card and at least 2gig of RAM I would take Vista. ^That about sums it up, if your going to do DX10 games: Vista. Otherwise the ol' XP is fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 well if your going to buy... don;t buy cheap cuz u end up paying more in the long run... IF ya going to do somthing do it right the first time Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I hate Vista for gaming. Its not compatible with tons of games older than 1 year even with compatibility mode. XP rocks for gaming. Only reason you'd want Vista would be for DX10. I don't know if this is fake but many people have hacked DX10 to run on Windows XP: Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP from Alky Project http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-d...m-alky-project/ DirectX 10 Available for Download Outside of Vista - For Windows XP http://news.softpedia.com/news/DirectX-10-...sta-53066.shtml DirectX 10 for Windows XP? http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=370 DirectX 10 on Windows XP http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/dir...-on-windows-xp/ But, as always there are people who don't think its gonna happen DirectX is Doable on Windows XP? http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18257/Dire...-on-Windows-XP/ DirectX 10 for Windows XP? Repeat after me: No.No.No http://letskilldave.com/archive/2006/10/17....-No_2E00_.aspx Just my contribution pcwiz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster37 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Even with a lot of ram and a good graphics card I would still go for XP and upgrade later to vista when it is Service pack 1. Right now the OS sucks if your minimizing a lot and running a lot of apps at once. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Vista eats your RAM like its nothing. You won't have any RAM left for games if you have less than 2GB of RAM. You have to use a pagefile then. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atzero. Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Windows XP with all of the graphics set to low (makes it look like windows 2000 ) will take up the fewest ram, or heck, Windows 2000 might just be better. The only argument for vista is DX10. Name 5 games that ACTUALLY use it. Halo 2 doesnt btw, its just a gimmick to make you buy vista. And how many games wont work on vista properly that work perfectly on XP? Too many to count. XP. All the freaking way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Speaking about Halo 2, don't people know that its been hacked to run on XP. You can find it on lots of torrent sites as "Halo 2 XP" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-459929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 BioShock=DX10 settings World In conflect=DX10 Settings these are the onyl games beside FSX (when the dx10 patch comes out) that has dX 10 setting u can enable if u have a dx10 card I tryed the DX10 cracks patches for XP and no show at teh meomnt. also I tryed teh hacked Halo 2 for xp and it gives me a error on installing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64390-windowxp-or-vista-for-gaming-machine/#findComment-460073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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