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50bmg   06-24-2008 at 05:06:29 PM

Like the thread title says: Vista 64, Is it mature enough for gaming? See my sig.

I am about to upgrade my last legacy componant, the sata150 to a 7200.11 sata3.0G. While i am at it, i would like to take advantage of the RAM and DX10 video cards i have by installing Vista 64.

At this point i have 4G of pc6400 and 1G of video memory. WinXP 32 only sees 3G of system memory due to the 4G limit minus the vid memory. The 3870 support dx10.

I feel i am shorting myself by not upgrading to vista 64 to take advantage of the RAM and DX10. Besides, RAM is cheap, i could get another 4G to max out my RAM.

Are the drivers for vista 64 mature enough now for gaming and the associated hardware?

------------------------------ gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4|Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.4G | Sapphire Vapor-x 4870 1G CCC 9.6|4G PNY DDR2 800MHz 5-5-5-12|500G Seagate SATA II HD|Sunbeam core contact cooler 120mm|BFG Tech 800w| Win XP sp2| Antec 1200
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Scotteq   06-24-2008 at 06:45:22 PM
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I game on it now, and have been for the last 10 months.


{edited to add link}

Here: http://www.extremetech.com/article [...] 495,00.asp


Message edited by Scotteq on 06-24-2008 at 08:09:37 PM
------------------------------ Which Chip? Well, it depends on which set of thieving b@stardz you choose to support: The ones who use insider trading to enrich themselves while running their company into the ground? Or the ones who illegally pay vendors to not support the first group?
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Zoron   06-24-2008 at 08:01:41 PM
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I can't speak for ATi's drivers... but I do know that nVidia's drivers seem to work well.

------------------------------ Desktop: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit; Intel Q6600 CPU; E-VGA 780i SLI motherboard; E-VGA E-GeForce 8800GT; OCZ Vista 4GB dual-channel kit; Ultra X2 750W power supply; 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB in RAID 0. Laptop: Acer Aspire 8730-6314;
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maximiza   06-24-2008 at 09:38:18 PM
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no problems after 1 month, punkpuster needed new config file though for joint operations.

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