THunDA Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 Xp Pro here.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 For gaming and general purpose applications XP is the only way to go right now. Compatibility is the key! So Xp Pro is better/faster then XP Pro 64 right now??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protagonist. Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 For gaming and general purpose applications XP is the only way to go right now. Compatibility is the key! I disagree. My experience so far has been that just about every program I have run has been fully compatible. I was also able to find drivers for everything. 64 bit printer drivers were included with the OS, 64 bit chipset drivers I found on nvidia's website, 64 bit vid card drivers I grabbed from ati, 64 bit sound card drivers I got from creative, all work good. There have been only two compatibility issues that I ran into using x64. One was flash, but that is because it only won't work on 64bit IE, worked fine on 32bit IE. The other was punkbuster, but since then they updated punkbuster to be compatible with x64. And the compatability of x64 increases daily! And for the gaming part, if you like Far Cry then x64 is for you! There is a fully 64 bit version of far cry which looks and plays better than the 32bit counterpart. As for any other game, it seems to run almost as fast. I maybe dropped 1 or 2 fps, but I didn't even notice really, and I only scored 150 points lower on 3dmark05, but that was probably mainly due to the ATI drivers being in beta. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 DFI does not officially support Windows64 yet. A few months until the OS can be fully qualified and verified. I suggest sticking to known-good OS like WinXP 32-bit until then. But tweakers never toe the line (i never do, thats for sure) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protagonist. Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 We're all going to have to buy Longhorn in like a year or less though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepBlue Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 I like win2003 server a lot. Since I bought this new machine, though, I can't install the newest catalyst drivers as the machine restarts itself before the logon screen. If i use the ones that came with my videocard I have no problem... First I though it was the maxtor drive on my signature, but it died a few days ago and while waiting for the "RMAment" I'm using a borrowed 80gb IDE hitachi drive that shows exactly the same problem. Wierd isn't it? Some day I'll try ripping my 2 pci cards off my machine just to see what happens then... Just as a side note: Never heard about an "Opera OS"... does that exist or was it just confused with the so named webbrowser? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginge87 Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 xp pro all the way.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICON57 Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 xp pro is my choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thasp Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 XP corporate and slackware linux. I rarely, if ever, now use Linux. When I spend a lot of time tweaking my RAM/gfx card/CPU, I see real world performance gains from it. When I spend two hours of my life trying to get madwifi alpha wireless card drivers working.. well, I'm 118 minutes behind where I was when I tried to get it to work in windows. Just wasn't worth my time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t2kburl Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 I had serious issues trying OC settings in XP64 ... started dual booting and testing stuff in XP32 until I find my stable zone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOval Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 XP Home on my main rig because I didn't want to pay extra for Pro. 2kPro on all my other comps since, unlike XP, I don't have to pay for additional licenses to run the OS on all the comps I own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milkshake Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 I like win2003 server a lot. Just as a side note: Never heard about an "Opera OS"... does that exist or was it just confused with the so named webbrowser? Nah, never heard of an opera OS, only web browser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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