[QUOTE=''uberbra'']well I have been hearing my fair share about how vista has lots of problems and such, but after my dad talked around with his coworkers (he works for HP) he said he has heard vista is crap when it comes to games. is that true? im getting a new computer soon and its nearly garunteed to have vista, so i kinda want to get a little more insight into this before i commitso does any1 with vista have any comments to share about gaming w/ vista? pros, cons, anything?[/QUOTE]If it's a good computer (dual-core, 2 Gb RAM etc) there's no problem.Maybe compatibility problems with some games, but Google always helps.Vista bad for pc games?
It's fine now, just make sure to get all of the updates. It does use a lot of ram so make sure you get at least 2gb, although it would be much better to get 3 or 4
Vista is required for DX10 so really you have no choice. Vista isnt that bad anyway as long as you are playing new games or have a windows vista and xp computer like i have
vista is fine
[QUOTE=''uberbra''] well I have been hearing my fair share about how vista has lots of problems and such, but after my dad talked around with his coworkers (he works for HP) he said he has heard vista is crap when it comes to games. is that true? im getting a new computer soon and its nearly garunteed to have vista, so i kinda want to get a little more insight into this before i commitso does any1 with vista have any comments to share about gaming w/ vista? pros, cons, anything?[/QUOTE] its a myth that has some backing to it but not a lot. The only thing you need to really worry about is much older games and running Vista on a machine with less then 2gb. And like others said if you want DirectX 10 or before long DirectX 11 you dont really have any other choice other than to upgrade. What most XP people will say is that XP out performs Vista. Well there are two basic problems here. 1. The eye can see only so many frames per second anyway so there is in fact a point where extra performance doesnt even matter. 2. When the days comes (and it will) where games are designed to use more then 3gb of Ram then without question Vista is much better becuase Vista can only see 3.5gb oh and I think (although not for sure) that XP can only use two cores not nCores (Mulit cores above 2)
I have Vista and I game on my computer all the time. It's really fine for me. STALKER, Crysis warhead, TF2, Mafia, Max Payne 1 and 2, etc. all work fine.
[QUOTE=''Derek1177'']Vista is required for DX10 so really you have no choice. Vista isnt that bad anyway as long as you are playing new games or have a windows vista and xp computer like i have[/QUOTE]Sure you do... stay with DX9. DX10 hasn't impressed me at all. And for the phoenomenal performance hit (even with general programs) it's not worth it. My Laptop came with Vista (specs below) and I upgraded to XP real quick.Worst OS ever.
I have vista. Its nothing different from XP that I noticed. Really I see zreo differnce other then the over all look of my screen. I like Vista's UI alot better. Its personal choice really. Also... If you can't game on vista your computer shouldn't be gaming anyways.
if you are mostly going to play 8-10 years old games get XP or better jet win98if you are going to play new games get 4gig ram and vista 64. With prices as they are there is no reason to not get 4gb or more ram in a new PCI just can't belive the ''zomg vista uses up a lot of resources, vista has no drivers, vista can't play games'' **** is still going on, personaly I blame the mac adds.
It's not Vista that's bad for playing games. It's the rig that decides it. Anyway 2GB RAM is too less for playing games on Vista. Get at least 3GB. BTW, i still prefer XP for gaming.
It's only bad when playing non Dx10 games.
[QUOTE=''psychodrone'']It's not Vista that's bad for playing games. It's the rig that decides it. Anyway 2GB RAM is too less for playing games on Vista. Get at least 3GB. BTW, i still prefer XP for gaming.[/QUOTE]Though would say that vista 64 is the way to go if you want more than 4gb of ram. I currently have 8gb of ram. Ram these days are dirt cheap.
general rule of thumb: If you already have XP, don't bother upgrading. If you're getting a new computer, get Vista.Since you're getting a new computer, don't worry about it having Vista. I've been using 64 bit Home Premium since July, and I've loved every second of it, haven't had any problems, and have realized that people who hate the OS either don't know what they're doing or are trying to run Vista on outdated hardware.
No problems here with Vista....just make sure your new PC isn't a HP !*+
Vista is highly inefficient compared to XP and you will gain nothing from upgrading besides playing maybe 3 vista only games all of which are terrible.
Lower frame rates, slightly better looking graphics. Not worth shelling $150+ for if you already have XP.
yeah they kill performance.. vista are bad in general egg we getting another windows os so soon!
[QUOTE=''justheretodl124'']Vista is highly inefficient compared to XP and you will gain nothing from upgrading besides playing maybe 3 vista only games all of which are terrible.[/QUOTE]
Vista is $100 for home. Yeah performance is a bit lower depending on the game. Some games actually are faster in Vista, which shows its potential. I would agree its not ''neccessary'', but if they still made drivers for windows 2000 you could get by without XP too.
Vista isn't just bad for gaming it's terrible at every other application it's used for. It's just another shameless money pot for Microsoft.
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