Windows Vista 64 bit or 32 bit

[explorer2 10+ year member]

Im running 3 gigs of memory and a quad core. I can say that vista is not holding it back or bogging it down at all.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

I switched from XP32 to Vista64 w/2gb of RAM and can say I can't tell a difference in performance besides Vista loads programs alot faster. I also lost a whooping 150pts in 3dmark06.

I'd say most ppl that hate on Vista are on OLD PC's or laptops that don't have enough memory.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

I switched from XP32 to Vista64 w/2gb of RAM and can say I can't tell a difference in performance besides Vista loads programs alot faster. I also lost a whooping 150pts in 3dmark06.I'd say most ppl that hate on Vista are on OLD PC's or laptops that don't have enough memory.

Well, there are those who have legitimate reasons to dislike Vista and have not had good experiences. However, the majority of people who complain about Vista are generally either 1) Those who don't adapt well to changes and aren't computer savvy enough to figure out how to use a new OS or 2) Those who have heard that Vista isn't any good (usually from person fitting category 1) and have no or limited experience with it themselves, but parrot the message that Vista sucks.
People will buy a laptop w/ a Celeron M, 1 GB of RAM, Vista Home Premium, and a bunch of pre-installed software w/ 80+ processes running in the background and complain that Vista's a resource hog, is slow as molasses, and isn't reliable. Newsflash, people ... If it were running XP in the same conditions, it wouldn't be much better ... Add a faster processor, more RAM, and run a fresh copy of Vista without all the pre-installed shit the manufacturer's retardly have running in the background, and you will likely have NO problems with it in terms of speed and reliability.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Well, there are those who have legitimate reasons to dislike Vista and have not had good experiences. However, the majority of people who complain about Vista are generally either 1) Those who don't adapt well to changes and aren't computer savvy enough to figure out how to use a new OS or 2) Those who have heard that Vista isn't any good (usually from person fitting category 1) and have no or limited experience with it themselves, but parrot the message that Vista sucks.
People will buy a laptop w/ a Celeron M, 1 GB of RAM, Vista Home Premium, and a bunch of pre-installed software w/ 80+ processes running in the background and complain that Vista's a resource hog, is slow as molasses, and isn't reliable. Newsflash, people ... If it were running XP in the same conditions, it wouldn't be much better ... Add a faster processor, more RAM, and run a fresh copy of Vista without all the pre-installed shit the manufacturer's retardly have running in the background, and you will likely have NO problems with it in terms of speed and reliability.

**** man, you work for Microsoft or something? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I personally hate Vista. I tried it (now I was an early adapter) it sucked and I went back. I'll try it again after SP1 comes out.

My issues were poor video card support (not directly Vista's fault, but still a huge problem) for my 7900GT OC edition

About 15-25fps lost on bf2.

Also my load times were not very good on *some* of my apps. Now some opened WAY WAAAAAY faster (my guess is Vista's superior thread handling and multi-core support) but a good deal of apps just ran slower, opened slower and I didn't like how long Windows took to load up either.

To answer the OP's questions. Yes, get Vista 64-bit and utilize all of your RAM. You should not run into any problems. Your system is far superior to the one I am using.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

**** man, you work for Microsoft or something? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
I personally hate Vista. I tried it (now I was an early adapter) it sucked and I went back. I'll try it again after SP1 comes out.

My issues were poor video card support (not directly Vista's fault, but still a huge problem) for my 7900GT OC edition

About 15-25fps lost on bf2.

Also my load times were not very good on *some* of my apps. Now some opened WAY WAAAAAY faster (my guess is Vista's superior thread handling and multi-core support) but a good deal of apps just ran slower, opened slower and I didn't like how long Windows took to load up either.

To answer the OP's questions. Yes, get Vista 64-bit and utilize all of your RAM. You should not run into any problems. Your system is far superior to the one I am using.

No, I don't work for Microsoft //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif
When did you try it ? Driver support was pretty bad up until the summer/fall 2007 ...

 

[darkhunter139 10+ year member]

Jmac i know you said not to get that motherboard but I wanted a cheaper one for now. If that one for some reason does die later on can I just replace the motherboard??

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Jmac i know you said not to get that motherboard but I wanted a cheaper one for now. If that one for some reason does die later on can I just replace the motherboard??

Depends when it dies ... Usually, after about 18-24 months, it's very difficult to find a replacement board.
As I said in the other thread, a motherboard w/ solid state caps isn't going to be much more (i.e. Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L is actually the same price ATM) and will generally be more reliable, be more stable, and overclock better.

 

[darkhunter139 10+ year member]

darn wish I would have saw that. Think I should pick up a new one in a month or two just to save as a backup in case?

 

[Jeremy M 10+ year member]

i heard sp1 is out for vista ultimate.....

i run vista home prem 32bit on:

amd athlon dual core 4200+

geforce 6600 256mb

3gb ram

4gb memory boost flash drive

i get 125fps on cod4 while running several progs.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

darn wish I would have saw that. Think I should pick up a new one in a month or two just to save as a backup in case?

Probably not ... You should probably take it easy if you plan on overclocking and maybe invest some more money into cooling. Good electrolytic caps should still last a decent amount of time (several years) if they don't run hot, but they're still not as good as solid state caps.

 

[darkhunter139 10+ year member]

I got an extra fan

Do you recommend thermal gel?

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

If you're not overclocking, the supplied thermal paste will be fine. Otherwise, Arctic Cooling makes some nice thermal pastes (i.e. Arctic Silver 5 is a popular choice).

 

[darkhunter139 10+ year member]

I cant seem to find any supplied paste (I just opened the box not the plastic that protects everything) is it hidden in there somewhere?

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

I cant seem to find any supplied paste (I just opened the box not the plastic that protects everything) is it hidden in there somewhere?

It's already pasted to the heatsink.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Actic paste actually works well,i had my new PC shutting down with the supplied paste and switched and havent looked back yet

64bitvista user 6 months no issues