Hiya's,
On about vista, I have had a dualboot setup of xp and vista on seperate drives, Tried x86 and x64 versions
Conclusion i made or conclusions ........
With vista you can tweak it some, But you really do require a nice spec rig to benefit from it
Added another 2 gig of 8500 and vista rocks, This is in the x86 format
Nvidia drivers are almost (i stress almost) on par performance-wise with xp, But more ram has helped me (and yes you only see 4 gig of ram in x64 vista, but from what i read the unacounted gig gets used for somert lol)
SP 1 rc is out and in a few mins i will try it
Been flitting with Crysis (fiancee got it me for xmas) and in vista x64 i found it was stuttery, In x86 format she rocks
If any of you are running older rigs i would suggest hold on to xp as long as you can, If newer rigs or upgrading then vista for my money is the way forward
My 2c or rather 2p worth
(if you wanna see what spec pc i have i'll do a screenie to show how i got it to run decent)
Have Fun
Hope your ok Dave Sir
Ciao
Def