Is Vista worth installing?

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

Is there anything to gain from going from XP to Vista?I have some older games I play that may not work on Vista and Im wondering if its worth the install,I have it,can I revert back to XP easily if it makes all my games inoperabnle?Thanx.

panchoman · Jan 19, 2008

i wouldn't get vista unless you want to use dx10(.1)

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

Another thing i Have Vista Home,basic,premium,and ultimate,whats the difference?

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

it wont work with dx9?

sladesurfer · Jan 19, 2008

panchoman said:
i wouldn't get vista unless you want to use dx10(.1)

may i know the reason? Been using vista for a year now and im never going back to XP again. EVER!

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

So whats better on Vista?Can you revert without loosing your files?

FatForester · Jan 19, 2008

It really depends on what's right for you. If you've got a hard drive you can use to fool with it, give it a shot and see if you like it. OS choice is really based on your own preference, so you'll never know for sure until you give it a try.

JC316 · Jan 19, 2008

I made the switch from XP 32 bit to Vista Premium 64 bit and I haven't looked back. Much more stable that XP IMO, so yeah, i would go with Vista. If you have it, then go with ultimate.

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

You mean I can install it on my 2nd HD without messing up my xp install on my 1st?

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

I have been told that if you run Vista in admin mode all the games work,do you have to install it in a special way?

MilkyWay · Jan 19, 2008

There were driver issues at release of Vista but now most of them have been fixed, there has also been a lot of patches and fixes for Vista.

Performance isnt that much of a drop if you have a good system.

The key is that Vista is a next gen OS that requires next gen systems to run.

Its not like a ATi Radeon 9600 pro is going to run COD 4 or Bioshock so i guess there is no need to have Vista if you have a low system.

Vista is a lot better in some respects like it is a lot nicer to look at a lota lot better interface some tweaks here and there. Once youve used it you will want to keep using because there is no point in going back to XP you get used to Vista you get used to the benefits and small differnces.

The only thing is that you need a decent pc to run Vista, for ordinary apps like word processing it runs fine but when playing games and compressing ect it takes a small hit.

EddxPT · Jan 19, 2008

I saw on your system specs that u are using 2 gigs of ram, You would be fine with vista, specially with service pack1 (release candidate still, but soon the sp1 will be out). Perhaps adding 2 more gigs of ram (same brand type and specs would be better) would ensure you a smoother experience using Vista 64 ( all the games i have tried so far worked pretty much the same in vista as in xp). The migration program works quite well from my experience so you wouldn't in principle loose your files which are stored under the user folders ( my documents folder).

From my experience it is worth switching for vista if u have the hardware to run it smoothly. Vista caches the programs in to memory ( prefetching ) so that the launch time is allot faster for the programs that microsoft defined to be prefetched to memory upon boot. Also vista UAC can be a pain in the ass, but can be disabled in a easy way if u get bored from it.

DX9 vs DX10 is a big question, but don't be worried about that, if u don't own an SLI or Crossfire arrangement, with a decent monitor ( 22' ) then Dx10 shouldn't be of much concern for u.

Hope this helps !!

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

Thanx guys,has anyone tried to uninstall it?Just worried that I cant go back if I run into a PROBLEM WITHOUT REFORMATTING hd.

AsRock · Jan 19, 2008

NONYA said:
You mean I can install it on my 2nd HD without messing up my xp install on my 1st?

I think the best way is to change 1st boot drive. This would mean changing the BIOS to select which drive boots 1st. this way when you reinstall one OS it should not make a mess of the other.

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

So switch bios to boot from HD #2,install on HD #2 and try that?Wil my programs on HD#1 still operate?

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

Is Vista Ultimate better than Home pro?

Ravenas · Jan 19, 2008

Vista is only worth it if you're a serious PC gamer and want DX 10. :toast:

If you decide to get Vista don't settle for anything other than Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

AsRock · Jan 19, 2008

NONYA said:
So switch bios to boot from HD #2,install on HD #2 and try that?Wil my programs on HD#1 still operate?

IF all your games and apps are installed on HDD1 there should not be any problem with any. Is HDD1 just one partition ?.

HDD1 has XP
HDD2 Vista

NONYA · Jan 19, 2008

Yes one partition,i already have Vista in the 3 different versions,just wondering wich one is beat,i guess Ultimate?will having XP on HD#2 cause a prob?

Snipe343 · Jan 19, 2008

its jsut like installing xp, just its vista, most older games can run it jsut requires some tweaking

Cold Storm · Jan 19, 2008

NONYA said:
Is Vista Ultimate better than Home pro?

Vista Ultimate

Ultimate is the top of the line man. It runs great and i love it to death! I have the x86 version and in heaven. I have the media center set up with my xbox and my tv it self! I'm one happy person! and I think you will to!

AsRock · Jan 19, 2008

NONYA said:
Yes one partition,i already have Vista in the 3 different versions,just wondering wich one is beat,i guess Ultimate?will having XP on HD#2 cause a prob?

You can have it either way around... IF XP is on HDD2 that will be just fine. Just remember which disk is which when installing each OS to each HDD. Maybe unplug the HDD2 ( Current XP install ) to make sure you don't install the wrong OS to the wrong HDD.

Naming your HDD will help too.

[I.R.A]_FBi · Jan 19, 2008

go Xp x64 .. if u have a x64 proc and wait out ...

Ravenas · Jan 19, 2008

NONYA said:
Yes one partition,i already have Vista in the 3 different versions,just wondering wich one is beat,i guess Ultimate?will having XP on HD#2 cause a prob?

Vista Ultimate is like the BMW 7 series compared to the BMW 5 Series (Home). Sure they both have DX 10, but Ultimate (hence the title) has all of the bells and whistles plus some.

However, BMW is a somewhat bad comparison imo, simply because your comparing a reliable car to a not-so-reliable piece of software. So lets use this comparison instead... a Ford F-150 (home) compared to the Ford F-350 King Ranch (ultimate). There, that works better.

Deleted member 24505 · Jan 19, 2008

Ultimate has nothing useful over home premium,unless you want the crappy dreamscene.All the other stuff thats comes with ultimate is pretty useless for a home user.

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