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| 546147 | 2007-05-02 01:06:00 | Hi guys, Finally got some cash together. Im thinking of buying a PC with Vista in it and keeping me old Xp pc as well. So with Vista, what would be the minimum requirements be for RAM/disk space etc? I would also like to run games and multimedia. Im after just a general guideline as the Vista for me is unknown territory. Cheers |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 546148 | 2007-05-02 01:12:00 | From a gamer point of view not many older games will run most newer games should be fine thou. Vista is still new and personally I wouldn't (and won't) touch it for at least 6 months to a year. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 546149 | 2007-05-02 01:39:00 | I wont touch Vista until they bring out service pack 2. Let all the problems get fixed,save me any hassles and get service pack 2 on the Vista disk when/if you buy it. 2gb of ram is what I have been told by other gamers is what you want for Vista same as XP if your a gamer. I would definitely keep XP to play my games on as I know they all work on XP,some wont on Vista though. I would only get Vista for DX 10 but not until there are heaps of good games that I want that will only play on Vista will I get it. If someone gets DX 10 working on XP then I would'nt need to buy Vista.:thumbs: |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 546150 | 2007-05-02 02:08:00 | Cool thanks, I here it has an excellent multimedia stuff, which for me is great, Im not a hardcore gamer, just like to every now and then. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 546151 | 2007-05-02 02:52:00 | I run vista on a Core 2 Duo @ 3.0Ghz with 2gb of ram and a 7600GS, and other than for gaming this system is more than fast enough. My LCD's native resolution is 1650x1050 and the 7600GS struggles to play games at that resolution but thats more to do with the 7600GS cheapness and not Vista. Realistically any modern CPU paired with atleast 2gb of ram is fine for vista. I haven't noticed any difference in gaming under Vista when compared with XP, benchmarks suggest XP is faster but the difference is small. If the video card you choose is capable of playing a game in XP it should be capable of playing the game in Vista. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 546152 | 2007-05-02 04:28:00 | I run Vista Ultimate on the machine as depicted in my signature. I personally think Vista is great - I actually have far less freezes, crashes and BSoD with Vista than with XP. The eye-candies are nice, too. I don't game too much - but I do play a reasonably demanding game - Black and White 2 and its expansion. It actually plays slightly better on Vista than on XP. At the end of the day, it's your choice - many people are waiting for SP1 or SP2 until they upgrade to Vista, while I'm liking Vista even before SP1. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 546153 | 2007-05-02 04:37:00 | I won’t touch Vista until they bring out service pack 1 or 2. For Ram, I would say I would have in it at lest 1 - 3 gb of ram |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 546154 | 2007-05-02 04:51:00 | A program was made recently for DX 10 to be used on XP. It is still in the stage, only a few games can run on it at this stage. Can't remember what the website was because I didnt bookmark it. | msnforum (11610) | ||
| 546155 | 2007-05-03 22:10:00 | Yesterday I had a day of window shopping for a new pc, not much choice in hamilton really. Also are the entertainment centres worth their price tags? |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 546156 | 2007-05-03 23:00:00 | I just built a relatively cheap machine. A cheap dual core CPU, 2 gigs of RAM and no graphics card and Vista works fine. Even Aero worked which I was told needed a graphics card. Once you disable UAC (which is terrible) and get use to the slighty different way of doing things Vista goes pretty smoothly. I did consider sticking with XP but it was cheaper to get Vista premium than XP SP2. |
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