Vista & Nvidia

RickC Sniper · 02-09-07, 02:33 PM

Any of you considering an upgrade to Vista?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070208/tc_cmp/197004259

That's just one of many problems being reported.

The intention of this post is to inform. I won't be trying out Vista for awhile.

Konovalov · 02-09-07, 04:24 PM

Probably not for a year.

Onkel Neal · 02-09-07, 04:28 PM

I doubt I will upgrade to Vista. Come to think of it, I've never upgraded OS, I get it when I buy a new PC. I had a 120Mhz Pentium with Win95, and then a Pentirum III 500 Ghz with Win 98, and now my 2.4Ghz P4 with XP. Thing is, I don’t plan to buy a new PC yet, even though this one is 4 1/2 years old. I added a 2nd HD and a Geforce 6600GT card. Still handles all the games I throw at it, including AOE3, BF2, and SH4. So, I'm going to squeeze another year or two out of it.

I bought a pair of HP laptops for my twin daughters' graduation presents last week, they came with Vista. Other than a few geegaws and eye candy, Vista is about the same interface-wise as XP. As it happens, the laptops use a Geforce graphics card….

flintlock · 02-09-07, 05:26 PM

I'll planning on building a new gaming rig in the coming weeks, though I'll be loading WinXP onto it. I'll move to Vista once the industry as a whole has released stable, streamlined and mature drivers across the board. If history is any indicator, this may take a while yet. The new features of Vista hold little interest for me as I only use a PC for gaming, everything else is done on OS X.

RickC Sniper · 02-09-07, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I added a 2nd HD and a Geforce 6600GT card. Still handles all the games I throw at it, including AOE3, BF2, and SH4.

I've done the same as you in the past, Neal. Never have upgraded an OS either.
But it is time for me to get a new pc. Since I refuse to pay the current price for a DX10 video card, I'll scale it back a little and make sure it can be upgraded, but get Win XP on it.

HMMMMM....got a beta sh4 running on that rig Neal?

JSLTIGER · 02-09-07, 06:24 PM

I'm not planning on upgrading at the moment, though I was starting to feel that the look of XP was a little too out of date, so I've since made my computer look similar to Vista. Here's a screen (with my apologies for the JPEG artifacts), note the updated Taskbar and icons (both in the Start menu and the My Computer and Recycle Bin on the desktop):

goldorak · 02-09-07, 07:20 PM

Graphical Interface update is my last concern when I'm updating an OS.
And right now nothing warrants an upgrade from windows xp professional to windows vista business/ultimate.
All the cool features, winFS, etc.... are delayed maybe to Vista's successor so when the time comes I'll pass from xp to the successor of Vista.
Not a moment before.

JSLTIGER · 02-09-07, 08:14 PM

I'm kinda in agreement with you, but all of the changes that I've made have no effect on the performance of the operating system...the changes that I've got above were all made using the native Windows GUI drawing platform. The icons simply replaced the system icons. Because of this, I reap all of the benefits with none of the increased RAM usage or performance penalties of Vista or programs like WindowBlinds.

peterloo · 02-09-07, 08:37 PM

Noop... Vista is full of loopholes (right now) and can be exploited by hackers to gain access to your bank accont, subsim password and so...

Before they Service Pack 1, or I will definitely not install it on my computer, although it is Vista ready

The drivers are all in disaster... Many drivers are still the beta stuff...

The compatibility of support of games (especially those old ones) are highly doubted by me

Anyway, I won't get these piece of 'crap' right now... Perhaps later though my PC is Vista compatible

System config

AMD Dual Core 3600+
1Gb RAM (hope that I can upgrade it to 2 Gb later, when DDR2 Rams are cheaper)
160Gb HDD (a little bit small)
Geforce 7600 GS

Bort · 02-09-07, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

... and then a Pentirum III 500 Ghz with Win 98...

Wow, Neal! That's one fast computer you had there! Where can I get one?

geetrue · 02-09-07, 10:13 PM

I'm sure thinking about trying the Vista Home edtion oem $95 at ewiz

The price is right plus I'm putting an old intel 478 cpu and board together for my grandson anyway ...
at 16 he's a gamer of course and many are reporting problems with sound on old games,
etc, but I could always dual boot XP and Vista, right?

What I really wonder is if MS will take it easy on the XP license now ...
I bought XP Pro oem for $135 six years ago and put it on three different computers with two rebuilds
and only once did they make me call in and all they said,
"Is this the primary reciever for XP and I said "Yes" ...
I think they only care about support issues anyway.

Still life in that old XP CD even with the scratches.

SUBMAN1 · 02-09-07, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldorak

Graphical Interface update is my last concern when I'm updating an OS.
And right now nothing warrants an upgrade from windows xp professional to windows vista business/ultimate.
All the cool features, winFS, etc.... are delayed maybe to Vista's successor so when the time comes I'll pass from xp to the successor of Vista.
Not a moment before.

Exactly. I've seen builds that included many features that just don't exist in the released version. I'll see if I can get that tech demo vid from a friend of mine - or if he will allow it to be posted. You will see what I mean.

-S

SUBMAN1 · 02-09-07, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bort

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

... and then a Pentirum III 500 Ghz with Win 98...

Wow, Neal! That's one fast computer you had there! Where can I get one?

Hey - i still have a P133 over here that functions. It main use or last use I should say, way for programming a little robotic bug.

-S

PS. Wow that sounds way too geeky. Need to lower the geek meter a bit!

Onkel Neal · 02-09-07, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bort

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

... and then a Pentirum III 500 Ghz with Win 98...

Wow, Neal! That's one fast computer you had there! Where can I get one?

I should have kept that one! I downgraded by mistake :rotfl:

Quote:

Hey - i still have a P133 over here that functions. It main use or last use I should say, way for programming a little robotic bug.

Pst: he's pointing out I typoed 500 Ghz .. when it should have been 500 Mhz... and I'm not even sure what a hertz is

flintlock · 02-09-07, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Hey - i still have a P133 over here that functions.

It doesn't seem all that long ago during my perpetual upgrades, I had bought one of those. Actually, I remember paying around $800 for an Intel 486DX2-66 (that price was just for the processor in a little anti-static bag) on an old PC build.

02-09-07, 02:33 PM	#1
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Vista & Nvidia Any of you considering an upgrade to Vista? http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070208/tc_cmp/197004259 That's just one of many problems being reported. The intention of this post is to inform. I won't be trying out Vista for awhile. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

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02-09-07, 06:24 PM	#6
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm not planning on upgrading at the moment, though I was starting to feel that the look of XP was a little too out of date, so I've since made my computer look similar to Vista. Here's a screen (with my apologies for the JPEG artifacts), note the updated Taskbar and icons (both in the Start menu and the My Computer and Recycle Bin on the desktop): __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

02-09-07, 08:14 PM	#8
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm kinda in agreement with you, but all of the changes that I've made have no effect on the performance of the operating system...the changes that I've got above were all made using the native Windows GUI drawing platform. The icons simply replaced the system icons. Because of this, I reap all of the benefits with none of the increased RAM usage or performance penalties of Vista or programs like WindowBlinds. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

02-09-07, 08:37 PM	#9
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Noop... Vista is full of loopholes (right now) and can be exploited by hackers to gain access to your bank accont, subsim password and so... Before they Service Pack 1, or I will definitely not install it on my computer, although it is Vista ready The drivers are all in disaster... Many drivers are still the beta stuff... The compatibility of support of games (especially those old ones) are highly doubted by me Anyway, I won't get these piece of 'crap' right now... Perhaps later though my PC is Vista compatible System config AMD Dual Core 3600+ 1Gb RAM (hope that I can upgrade it to 2 Gb later, when DDR2 Rams are cheaper) 160Gb HDD (a little bit small) Geforce 7600 GS __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim

02-09-07, 04:28 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I doubt I will upgrade to Vista. Come to think of it, I've never upgraded OS, I get it when I buy a new PC. I had a 120Mhz Pentium with Win95, and then a Pentirum III 500 Ghz with Win 98, and now my 2.4Ghz P4 with XP. Thing is, I don’t plan to buy a new PC yet, even though this one is 4 1/2 years old. I added a 2nd HD and a Geforce 6600GT card. Still handles all the games I throw at it, including AOE3, BF2, and SH4. So, I'm going to squeeze another year or two out of it. I bought a pair of HP laptops for my twin daughters' graduation presents last week, they came with Vista. Other than a few geegaws and eye candy, Vista is about the same interface-wise as XP. As it happens, the laptops use a Geforce graphics card….

02-09-07, 05:26 PM	#4
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'll planning on building a new gaming rig in the coming weeks, though I'll be loading WinXP onto it. I'll move to Vista once the industry as a whole has released stable, streamlined and mature drivers across the board. If history is any indicator, this may take a while yet. The new features of Vista hold little interest for me as I only use a PC for gaming, everything else is done on OS X.

02-09-07, 07:20 PM	#7
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Graphical Interface update is my last concern when I'm updating an OS. And right now nothing warrants an upgrade from windows xp professional to windows vista business/ultimate. All the cool features, winFS, etc.... are delayed maybe to Vista's successor so when the time comes I'll pass from xp to the successor of Vista. Not a moment before.

02-09-07, 10:13 PM	#11
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm sure thinking about trying the Vista Home edtion oem $95 at ewiz The price is right plus I'm putting an old intel 478 cpu and board together for my grandson anyway ... at 16 he's a gamer of course and many are reporting problems with sound on old games, etc, but I could always dual boot XP and Vista, right? What I really wonder is if MS will take it easy on the XP license now ... I bought XP Pro oem for $135 six years ago and put it on three different computers with two rebuilds and only once did they make me call in and all they said, "Is this the primary reciever for XP and I said "Yes" ... I think they only care about support issues anyway. Still life in that old XP CD even with the scratches. __________________