3DMark 06 Scores

[tyle6]

other then SLI support in vista i have not had a single issue. drivers were fun at first, thats for sure.

[AJ.]

lol, you guys bag on vista when somebody wants to buy it saying there's too many bugs in it, but when someone asks you "has vista been giving you problems?" you tell them no. What's that all about?

Don't hog vista all for yourselves now

Like I said before, vista hasnt been giving me much problems. Vista being so buggy to the point where it's not bearable is overhyped. If one reviewer says it, they all say it. The only problem is half of the people that say it havent tried vista.

[tyle6]

VISTA eats resourse like a fatman on apple pie. thats why we say this. plus the drivers still are not perfect. for someone looking for a tried tested and true OS XP is the one.

[AJ.]

I know it eats resources like a fat man eats apple pie but thats not the bugs we're talking about.

Now Honestly tyle, now really be honest, is vista as bad as it's made out to be?

[tyle6]

for the mid range-gamer, yes it is. for someone looking for HTPC or just a web browser its pretty and does the basics just right. i can not run teaming ports, tcp/ip acceleration or my SLI on it correctly. so yes it is as bad as we all say. until my mainstream hardware is supported in this main stream software. yes it is that buggy.

[Schwarz]

Wasn't SLI fixed though.
Thats why i want to go with vista soon.

[sushrukh]

MS & Nvidia is saying that the problem is solved but who knows the truth.And to me,Vista isn't the best option for gaming.I've just tried running 3D Mark 2006 & tried some games in both XP & Vista 64.In every games,Vista is returning lower FPS than XP.3D Mark scores are much lower than XP too.So, Vista is bad but not that bad which i've heard b4 installing it.All OS have their problems when they was introduced & Vista is no exception.It's still new & it has the scope to improve.Maybe SP1 comes with some performance advantage but some beta testers have said that it doesn't bring any advantage.I wonder if Vista can be ever comparable with XP in terms of performance.

[Schwarz]

Probably not.
Though one day when PCs will be a lot more powerfull Vista will probably run like XP is to 98 right now.

[sushrukh]

Probably not.
Though one day when PCs will be a lot more powerfull Vista will probably run like XP is to 98 right now.

Yep, when we will be converted into grandfathers.

[Xero (1)ne]

Tyle, the answer to your resource hog is slimming down Vista overall.

Using vLite I got the Vista folder down to 3Gb (and I could get it lower if I were patient enough)


Tweaking also helps, try a little prog I found called VistaSmoker.

There's also XPSmoker too.

And if you read Shush's registry tweak guide thingy you would have noticed that there's tons of tweaking options out there for XP. It's only a matter of time till more tweaking options are discovered. (although some tweaks are simular or the same as XP)

Oh, and overclocking. That always helps

[tyle6]

first off we are comparing the OS as is not "hacked to Sh*t" as for registry tweaks there are a few for just about every OS out there. again vista is new and still maturing. as sush said by the time we are grandparents vista will be inline with XP's performance and XP will be where '98 is. hands down vista is not as mature as XP it is not as stable and right out of the box it is the biggest resource hog. **** if we go about changing everything in registry for vista we must do the same to the XP its being compared too.

[westy87]

Hmm I could have sworn this was a thread for 3d Mark 06 scores... By the way, any idea why my last run of 3dMark at stock settings would produce a sm2 score of half of what it usually does? :S

[PP Mguire]

Am I the only one who has not had problems in Vista??

Nope, and i dont have to do all that. I can get down to 22 processes. I just hate the OS in general.

[Schwarz]

Do you have it PP ??
If you dont like it i could buy it form you ...

[PP Mguire]

Im keeping it from when i DO need it. (9800GTX and Crysis) But, ill hate it hxc.