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Vista SP1 x64 vs. Vista x86

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Originally posted by: AndroidVageta
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: AndroidVageta
Well, its not only that alot of my games won't run, but I also don't like the fact that you can only used signed drivers...Omega drivers and Rivatuner can't install at all.

Oh well, back to x86.

Server 2008 32bit anyone?
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Sounds more like PEBKAC than anything else. I've used unsigned drivers and even older games have worked fine for me. I have not noticed a performance difference between XP32 -> Vista64. Also slimmed down version, not the bloated retail version??? Seems you seriously need some help. Try Video Professor.
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WTF are you talking about Video Professor? What I mean is that I have a special copy made by me via nLite that excludes all the "BLOAT" AKA unnecessary crap thats in Vista...please don't insult my intelligence on the matter.

As far as 2008 being faster I have in fact confirmed this by testing many games and 2008 is indeed faster overall then any other OS I've recently tried...people say 2008 is the exact same as Vista...they're wrong, MS did something right with 2008 and its screaming fast compared to anything else I've used.

As far as how I'm getting all these...I work as a PC repair specialist at a local PC shop...lets just say these OS's just happen to fall into my lap from time to time.
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Seeing how you used vLite already lets us know that you don't know much on the matter.

1. Erase your thoughts on this so-called bloat
2. Install Vista x64 from original source
3. Install signed drivers
4. Play games

That's it... no more no less. The only thing vLite should be used for is for slipstreaming SP1 and even then the MD5 and SHA-1 are different then the ones obtained from Microsoft.
 
Vista 64 and download Service Pack 2 beta, I was amazed at how much quicker Vista was with patch 2. You can find it on Softpedia.com
 
I'm running Windows 7 64bit version on my gaming system. No problems so far. Very stable with most games.
Vista drivers work fine with most hardware (video, Network, Sound, etc)..
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Clean installation(Win7 beta x86) failed to install onboard sound /NIC drivers,Belkin Wireless NIC and even common Netgear FA311 NIC drivers(I finally forced these to install manually but it was not easy),Powerstrip gave me a nice scrambed screen on reboot( lucky rollback saved the day),SuperAntiSpyware gave a nice BSOD on launch ,still no 1680x1050 native res for me even with trying 4 different video drivers and monitor inf file(worked fine in XP) ,do I need to go on?..End of the day its beta so I expect issues and these issues above will be sorted but its far from perfect and I would not use it for a dedicated system as it stands.


Vista 64 and download Service Pack 2 beta, I was amazed at how much quicker Vista was with patch 2. You can find it on Softpedia.com
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Official SP2 is due April/May I hear for Vista.
 
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