Vista SP1 or Windows XP SP3

[Spurs986]

Hello Guys

Just brought a new PC 🙂. It comes Monday

Spec is

E7200 Core 2 Duo Processor
P35-S3G Gigabyte Motherboard
4Gb Cosair XMS2 Memory
250gb Harddrive - 16mb cache
3650 512mb Graphics Card (I'm upgrading at XMas)

Now, its a budget PC and just wondeirng should I go with Windows Vista or XP?

Now once you've made your suggestion the next question is 32bit OS or 64bit OS?

Finally how does this PC hold up generally? I took peoples advice but not sure what to expect, my current PC is an old Athlon XP 2600.

Thanks

Nick

 

[soonerproud]

Question? What are you going to use the PC for? If gaming or any type of encoding is involved, I will go ahead and recommend 64 bit Vista. You will need 64 bit Vista to use all that RAM.

 

[Spurs986]

Well when you say gaming how much gaming can a 3650 generally do?

I will use it alot for Football Manager lol... which one is best for that?

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: Spurs986
Well when you say gaming how much gaming can a 3650 generally do?

I will use it alot for Football Manager lol... which one is best for that?

64 bit is always better for 4 gigs or more of RAM. Any 32 bit programs should run just fine on 64 bit Vista.

 

[JustaGeek]

Any new-built PC should use the 64-bit Vista, especially if you are planning to use 4 GB of RAM.

Why is it still even a question...? Unless you know that software you are planning to use has known issues with 64-bit Vista, it is a no brainer in July 2008, IMO.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
Any new-built PC should use the 64-bit Vista, especially if you are planning to use 4 GB of RAM.

Why is it still even a question...? Unless you know that software you are planning to use has known issues with 64-bit Vista, it is a no brainer in July 2008, IMO.

Unless it is a game than it is just as easy to run incompatible software in a VM under Windows XP but I haven't found much software that doesn't work in vista x64