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Topic: Sup Guys. I'm in Vista 64. (Read 11345 times)
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schild
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Why would you run the 32bit version with that setup? Doesn't make any sense.
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Engels
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I just installed Vista 32-bit with SP1 and it works great. Its stable, fast, runs AoC just as good as XP SP3 and it uses all my 4GB ram. I thought it was only 64-bit OS supporting 4gb, but SP1 sorted it.
This rig btw : X38-DQ6, 8800GTX 768mb, Core2Quad 2,4ghz, 4gb ram.
Bzzzt. Vista 32 REPORTS full ram, but it can't actually use all of it, specially not with a 768 mb vid card. Check thread in PC Console Gamin under April Computer Builds for the long discussion. |
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photek
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I don't have the 64bit version at the moment and don't run anything heavier than CS3 / Open Office / games + default apps on this machine and just wanted to see if Vista SP1 was as good as advertised. So far, so good. Will pick up the 64bit version from my office this week and upgrade and check the difference.
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"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away"
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photek
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Bzzzt. Vista 32 REPORTS full ram, but it can't actually use all of it, specially not with a 768 mb vid card. Check thread in PC Console Gamin under April Computer Builds for the long discussion.
Dang. Ah no probs, as mentioned I will do an upgrade this week. |
"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away"
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Furiously
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Why would you run the 32bit version with that setup? Doesn't make any sense.
Uhmm - why would anyone run the 32 bit version of Vista? |
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schild
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Well, there's that, yes.
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Viin
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I don't have the 64bit version at the moment and don't run anything heavier than CS3 / Open Office / games + default apps on this machine and just wanted to see if Vista SP1 was as good as advertised. So far, so good. Will pick up the 64bit version from my office this week and upgrade and check the difference.
You can order a 64bit CD from MS for $10 or just do like I did and download it somewhere... I'll be burning the ISO tonight and trying an upgrade from 32bit to 64bit here shortly. |
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photek
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I am downloading now, but its damn slow. I remember seeing it on Microsofts TechNet, but can't find it now, only the SP1.
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"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away"
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Viin
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Yah I had to find a torrent for it.
Apparently you can only do a clean install (no upgrade) so now I'm going to have to turn this into a full weekend project and backup my crap first. And then reinstall everything. Sigh. At least there's only two things I really need: Firefox 3 and EVE (and it's supporting programs).
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lac
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You might want to make sure you have vista 64bit drivers for all your stuff before you start installing. It can be tricky especially for older things.
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photek
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Got the 64bit version of Vista Ultimate today and installed it now. Gonna test some games (AoC) and then some heavy apps. So far it seems great and stable.
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"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away"
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Kitsune
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Vista has yet to cause me or my friends any trouble. My friends had me around to design and build their systems and set up Vista on them, though, so they didn't do anything unwise like installing Vista on older hardware or getting a prebuilt PC.
Vista is accustomed to nice things. If you try to get her a crappy system without a multi-core processor and at least two gigs of RAM, she's going to be bitchy.
Vista doesn't want you to be in charge. If you run under an administrative account, she's going to nag. A lot. So don't do it. Run under a standard user account and enjoy your virus-proofness.
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Mrbloodworth
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You know that new computer i built? yeah, i'm still using XP.
why?
Because about 90% of my development tools will not run in vista.
One day i will upgrade, but not any time soon, not with how Vista runs.
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Furiously
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So, I just wanted to add, Creative is possibly the worst driver maker ever. They should team up with ATI of old.
My microphone wouldn't turn off, or if I did turn it off, then it wouldn't work. Nothing like hearing yourself breath.
I found a great solution though. Pull the creative card and use on-board audio. It all works perfect now.
Other thing I don't like so far about Vista is the inability to defrag the system files. I'll probably reinstall once I get my new DVD with SP1 Slipstreamed in.
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Yegolev
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So, I just wanted to add, Creative is possibly the worst driver maker ever.
The turnip truck. When did you fall off of it? Creative has been shit since the 1980's, even when they were the only game in town. |
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rattran
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Oddly, removing the crappy xfi drivers trashed my vista x64 install, so I got to spend the day doing a nice clean install. I was removing them as it kept randomly changing my microphone levels.
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MisterNoisy
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Vista has yet to cause me or my friends any trouble. My friends had me around to design and build their systems and set up Vista on them, though, so they didn't do anything unwise like installing Vista on older hardware or getting a prebuilt PC.
Vista is accustomed to nice things. If you try to get her a crappy system without a multi-core processor and at least two gigs of RAM, she's going to be bitchy.
Vista doesn't want you to be in charge. If you run under an administrative account, she's going to nag. A lot. So don't do it. Run under a standard user account and enjoy your virus-proofness.
Actually, SP1 apparently toned the nag-screen frequency down a lot - I get the occasional 'please confirm', but it really hasn't been an issue, and has mirrored the frequency that I think Joe User should be asked to confirm shit. While the first time I looked at the 'Performance' tab of the task manager was a bit sobering (1GB?!), Vista64 has been a breeze so far, even on a pre-built machine (what can I say - the price was right and I was feeling lazy). Wholeheartedly agree on the nice things bit, tho - my friend's ex-roommate bought a C2D laptop with Vista (but only 1 GB RAM) and it's a complete dog. |
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Furiously
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Oddly, removing the crappy xfi drivers trashed my vista x64 install, so I got to spend the day doing a nice clean install. I was removing them as it kept randomly changing my microphone levels.
I hear Asus has a nice soundcard... |
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