Probably annoying but: Vista32 vs Vista64 for gaming

[mb]

Originally posted by: mrblotto
I've noticed just a couple wee issues w/gaming on Vista64-
-BF2/BF42 sometimes craps out/crashes to desktop right after a map load. Haven't had any issues w/any other games that I can remember
-Setting up a mic to use with Teamspeak of VOIP games can be a maddening ordeal

Other than that, it's been pretty solid for almost a year now for me. Once I disabled/turned off a lot of the 'fluff' and turned off that stupid UAC thing, it ran smooth as glass.

Maybe you wouldn't have any problems if you didn't disable the 'fluff'.
I think the only thing I disabled was Tablet PC support.

To me, Vista 64 has been great for gaming and general use.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: mb

Originally posted by: mrblotto
I've noticed just a couple wee issues w/gaming on Vista64-
-BF2/BF42 sometimes craps out/crashes to desktop right after a map load. Haven't had any issues w/any other games that I can remember
-Setting up a mic to use with Teamspeak of VOIP games can be a maddening ordeal

Other than that, it's been pretty solid for almost a year now for me. Once I disabled/turned off a lot of the 'fluff' and turned off that stupid UAC thing, it ran smooth as glass.

Maybe you wouldn't have any problems if you didn't disable the 'fluff'.
I think the only thing I disabled was Tablet PC support.

To me, Vista 64 has been great for gaming and general use.

Ditto as far as "removing the fluff." I don't understand people disabling superfetch, and other random services.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: Anubis
64 more ram

i run vista 64 rith 4 gigs, no game has ever givin me an issue, no driver has ever given me an issue, vista HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY ISSUES

no reason to dual boot


running a E8400 @ 4GHZ

I just rebuilt after having a dual boot (WinXP 32bit and Vista 64bit) setup for nearly 1.5 years. I saw no reason to not just have a single OS at the present date basically. My main problem with XP now, is that each time video cards got more RAM, I lost usable system RAM under XP, which at some point in the near future is severely going to limit the usability of XP for games (I was down to 2GB showing up with a 2x512MB Crossfire setup, so 2x1GB video cards would leave me with 1GB usable under XP). WinXP 64bit just doesn't have driver support or DX10, so the choice was simple. Now pre-SP1 for Vista, you couldn't pull WinXP from me unless it was from my cold, dead hands. Post SP1 though is a whole different story and I currently find Vista to be much more stable than XP since most driver development seems to be focused on Vista.

what in SP1 made Vista a GO for you?

im curious because i still havent installed it... because i cant, the install errors out every time, ive done everything in the MS help database to try and fix it. i dont really care unless Sp1 gives me BJs while im playing games. then i might get around to installing it

Highlights for me listed below. In general files just copy around much faster, networking and network shares management seem to be improved, and most of the annoyances I had with Vista (e.g. 4 UAC prompts vs. 1 now for protected area file folder creation) seem to be resolved.

The OS seems much more responsive after SP1 too for whatever reason. Aside from the concrete reasons, I probably just got used to using Vista after tinkering with it in a dual-boot scenario for quite some time, which made SP1's release date a point in time where I was just more comfortable with using the OS. Pre-SP1 I was neither happy with the performance of the OS or the UI changes. Post-SP1 the performance is much better and I'm now used to the UI (I've figured out where my favorite options are hidden now too).

http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/cc709618.aspx

SP1 addresses issues many of the most common causes of crashes and hangs in Windows Vista, as reported by Windows Error Reporting. These include issues relating to Windows Calendar, Windows Media Player, and a number of drivers included with Windows Vista.

Significantly improves the speed of moving a directory with many files underneath.

Improves performance over Windows Vista?s current performance across the following scenarios:

* 25% faster when copying files locally on the same disk on the same machine
* 45% faster when copying files from a remote non-Windows Vista system to a SP1 system
* 50% faster when copying files from a remote SP1 system to a local SP1 system

Improves responsiveness when doing many kinds of file or media manipulations. For example, with Windows Vista today, copying files after deleting a different set of files can make the copy operation take longer than needed. In SP1, the file copy time is the same as if no files were initially deleted.

Adds support for Direct3D® 10.1, an update to Direct3D 10 that extends the API to support new hardware features, enabling 3D application and game developers to make more complete and efficient use of the upcoming generations of graphics hardware.

Allows users and administrators to control which volumes the disk defragmenter runs on.

Allows users and administrators using Network Diagnostics to solve the most common file sharing problems, not just network connection problems.

SP1 reduces the number of UAC (User Account Control) prompts from 4 to 1 when creating or renaming a folder at a protected location.

 

[LumbergTech]

x64

4gb ram