Vista Home Premium or Basic for gaming

[9nines]

Is there anything, for gaming, really needed in Home Premium or is Home Basic fine? Will I miss anything, as far as gaming, with Vista Home Basic?

 

[jaynonymous]

Technically, I don't think there's anything in Home Premium that you'd miss for gaming if you got Home Basic. However, there are a lot of other features that are useful in Home Premium, such as Media Center stuff, DVD ripping, etc. Personally, if I'm going to upgrade, I'd prefer to get the version with at least some of the bells and whistles, which Home Premium has with Aero and the media stuff.

 

[zacharace]

Originally posted by: jaynonymous
Technically, I don't think there's anything in Home Premium that you'd miss for gaming if you got Home Basic. However, there are a lot of other features that are useful in Home Premium, such as Media Center stuff, DVD ripping, etc. Personally, if I'm going to upgrade, I'd prefer to get the version with at least some of the bells and whistles, which Home Premium has with Aero and the media stuff.

I agree. You wouldn't miss out on anything gaming-specific if you got Basic, but Premium is so much cooler 😉

 

[9nines]

Is Aero a resource hog? I was thinking Home Basic might be easier on resources, making game play better. Would that be the case?

In case it matters what system, I am building a new one and I am going to get a new P45 ASUS deluxe motherboard, E8400 CPU and 4 gigabytes of DDR2 800 memory, and a 4870 ATI video card.

 

[Elstupido]

4 gigabytes of DDR2 800 memory will run Aero without even breathing hard. I would definitely go for HP 64bit.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: 9nines
Is Aero a resource hog? I was thinking Home Basic might be easier on resources, making game play better. Would that be the case?

In case it matters what system, I am building a new one and I am going to get a new P45 ASUS deluxe motherboard, E8400 CPU and 4 gigabytes of DDR2 800 memory, and a 4870 ATI video card.

The answer is that Aero is turned off automatically during gaming so there are no lost resources from a gaming perspective by using Aero. Home Basic is essentially a crippled version of Vista with no real benefit over Home Premium. None of the loist features equate into faster/better performance.

Aero also has another added benefit and that is offloading the drawing of the desktop from the CPU to the GPU. This will free up the CPU for task it is much better at handling.

 

[9nines]

Originally posted by: soonerproud

Originally posted by: 9nines
Is Aero a resource hog? I was thinking Home Basic might be easier on resources, making game play better. Would that be the case?

In case it matters what system, I am building a new one and I am going to get a new P45 ASUS deluxe motherboard, E8400 CPU and 4 gigabytes of DDR2 800 memory, and a 4870 ATI video card.

The answer is that Aero is turned off automatically during gaming so there are no lost resources from a gaming perspective by using Aero. Home Basic is essentially a crippled version of Vista with no real benefit over Home Premium. None of the loist features equate into faster/better performance.

Aero also has another added benefit and that is offloading the drawing of the desktop from the CPU to the GPU. This will free up the CPU for task it is much better at handling.

Thanks - I knew little about Vista and wanted to make sure.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Home Basic is a waste of time and money, especially on M$ part in wasting money and resources to implement it. It's like $10-$20 less in OEM form. Not worth it at all for what you lose.