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System Name | Gaming Rig | Uni Laptop |
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Processor | Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v | AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz |
Motherboard | ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) | HP 6715b |
Cooling | Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans |
Memory | 4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v | 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz |
Video Card(s) | XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks| ATI X1250 |
Storage | 2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) | 160GB 2.5" |
Display(s) | Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D | 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution) |
Case | Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 |
Audio Device(s) | Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 | ADI SoundMAX HD Audio |
Power Supply | Corsair TX650W | HP 90W |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 | Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 |
Benchmark Scores | 3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0 |
Okay, I know posts get posted like this everyday, and you are probably all sick of them, but this one isnt just a single case of which is better, I kinda know which is better, I just want peoples advice on my situation.
Okay, I had my system all setup nicely and had vista on it, and i was getting a bit dissapointed with performance in some games and incompatibility with older ones. So a couple of months ago I decided to reformat and create a XP vista dual boot. I wanted to compare gaming performance of my Vista OS with norton 2007, and all my non-gaming stuff on it, compared to Vista clean, compared to Xp clean (when I say clean I mean just games and avg).
Now, I have found that XP has given me far better performance than either vista setup (about 10 - 20FPS!), and tbh, both vista setups performances were roughly the same. BTW this comparison is using all the latest drivers.
So my question is whether there is any point me keeping Vista on this machine as a dual boot, or whether it is worth having just xp but loaded with norton and my non gaming stuff. As standard I noticed XP uses half the amount of ram and has about half the amount of background processes too (even after tweaking!).
I checked my games after a few hours of play and they all use about 1gb of ram. (as a process)
My games:
Half Life 2 (all of them!)
EVE Online (running New DX9 Trinity Engine)
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1)
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 (plus Soaked and Wild)
So going back to a compare vista to xp thing everyone hates, if my mem never gets maxed out, is xp just a better gaming platform regardless of hardware? And would it still cope better with antivirus, office apps, etc, than a clean vista?
Cheers.
(and sorry to post another newbie Xp/Vista question, but hopefully you get why I am a little more lost here)
Okay, I had my system all setup nicely and had vista on it, and i was getting a bit dissapointed with performance in some games and incompatibility with older ones. So a couple of months ago I decided to reformat and create a XP vista dual boot. I wanted to compare gaming performance of my Vista OS with norton 2007, and all my non-gaming stuff on it, compared to Vista clean, compared to Xp clean (when I say clean I mean just games and avg).
Now, I have found that XP has given me far better performance than either vista setup (about 10 - 20FPS!), and tbh, both vista setups performances were roughly the same. BTW this comparison is using all the latest drivers.
So my question is whether there is any point me keeping Vista on this machine as a dual boot, or whether it is worth having just xp but loaded with norton and my non gaming stuff. As standard I noticed XP uses half the amount of ram and has about half the amount of background processes too (even after tweaking!).
I checked my games after a few hours of play and they all use about 1gb of ram. (as a process)
My games:
Half Life 2 (all of them!)
EVE Online (running New DX9 Trinity Engine)
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1)
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 (plus Soaked and Wild)
So going back to a compare vista to xp thing everyone hates, if my mem never gets maxed out, is xp just a better gaming platform regardless of hardware? And would it still cope better with antivirus, office apps, etc, than a clean vista?
Cheers.
(and sorry to post another newbie Xp/Vista question, but hopefully you get why I am a little more lost here)