News:

Tekforums.net - The improved home of Tekforums! :D

Main Menu

Vista 64bit, 32bit, XP 64bit or just stuck with XP 32bit!

Started by ISJX_Ian, January 04, 2008, 17:22:40 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

ISJX_Ian

January 04, 2008, 17:22:40 PM
Ive noticed a few threads on the merits of XP64 vs XP32, and a few comments on Vista vs XP, but not much seems to have been mentioned on Vista 64bit.

Im feeling a bit bored with XP 32bit... so feel like a bit of a change! Primarily going to be using my machine for Photoshop & video encoding, but suspect I might end up reviving a few gaming habits.

Of those Vista users out there - anyone on the 64bit version? Are there any tangible benefits above the 32bit variety? How is driver & software support?

Im happy to dual boot... the sensible part of me says to stick with XP 32bit & try Vista 32 or 64 alongside.

However, I have a habit of making less-than-sensible decisions :)

Beaker

#1
January 04, 2008, 17:30:57 PM
Quote from: ISJX_IanOf those Vista users out there - anyone on the 64bit version? Are there any tangible benefits above the 32bit variety? How is driver & software support?

Im happy to dual boot... the sensible part of me says to stick with XP 32bit & try Vista 32 or 64 alongside.

However, I have a habit of making less-than-sensible decisions :)

Im on XP64, love it.  Ive got 4Gb of RAM in the thing and it flies along without a care in the world.  The obvious benefit of using a 64Bit OS is that you can have more than 4Gb total of physical RAM in a machine.  I know Vista32 SP1 will allow you to SEE more than 4Gb, but it wont let you use it!

Eagle

#2
January 04, 2008, 17:41:26 PM
Lovin it here.  Flawless and speedy.

Maldonado

#3
January 05, 2008, 16:19:13 PM
Vista64 here, working perfectly, but check driver compatibility before you take the plunge

Leon

#4
January 05, 2008, 18:11:37 PM
Vista 32 here, much better than when I tried it on release. Think ill be keeping it going
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

TheMallrat

#5
January 05, 2008, 18:50:27 PM
Vista 32 here. No problems with drivers or games.

Rivkid

#6
January 07, 2008, 10:23:12 AM
Vista 32 - its ok. Bit iffy at times.
Career, Wife, Mortgage... my sig was better when it listed guitars and PC's and stuff!

knighty

#7
January 08, 2008, 22:06:04 PM
Ive just changed over to vista... about 30min ago

and Im quite liking it so far !

had to change a few things around, but I have to do that in xp anyway (speed up the menues etc...)

all I need to do now is figure out how to dump the popup saying "is it ok to bla bla bla" every time I change something :o

o.s. this is faster than xp was for me !

Sweenster

#8
January 08, 2008, 23:14:27 PM
look under user accounts in control panel and find Turn User Accounts Control On/Off

go in there and deselect it

restart and hey presto it should have got rid of the popups
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions