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thangbipbomz   06-25-2009 at 09:09:03 PM

Which one is best for gaming xp or vista and will it be futurized.


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badge   06-26-2009 at 03:13:32 AM

Vista 64 specifically. And yes it will be futurized. Windows 7 64.

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Zoron   06-27-2009 at 12:19:47 AM

Considering Windows 7 will be out later this year, there is no point in buying a brand new computer and sticking a 7 year-old OS on it. Unless you're running some really old games (games for Win 9x), there is no reason to go with XP. All newer games will run on Vista / 7 and they will run just as well or better than on XP.

(If newer games come out that only run on DX-10 or higher, they won't be able to run on XP at all)

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KronicKilla   06-27-2009 at 10:39:20 AM

I say XP b/c it takes much less resources, less background operations. the only thing that vista is good for is DX10. but you can run DX10 Crysis on XP of course by going into the cvar files =P

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