Windows XP or Vista?

[I like pie]

Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I think it is. Anyways, my question is:

For my new build, should I get XP Pro, or Vista Home Premium 64-bit? I'll be running e8400 (oc most probably), ati 4870, 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, and a Segate 500GB 7200.11 32Mb Cache HDD. See, I wanted to build a computer that I wouldn't have to make any upgrades to it. I'm asking 'cause I'm not sure about Vista. How are the drivers? Is it stable? Etc... By the way, I plan on doing a lot of gaming on it, but also want to do some video editing/multi-tasking. I know, get a quad...you don't have to tell me.

Thank you.

 

[WR2]

IMO Vista is more stable than my XP computers (desktop & laptop). Should be no driver issues with new hardware - in fact its more likely you'll have driver issues with XP and the newest hardware than with Vista and new hardware.

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Help on choosing Vista versions

 

[San Pedro]

Vista 64. . . It's stable, SP 1 seemed to fix most issues. I also like it more than XP, it loads faster, and you get to use DX10. Most Vista haters seem like they've never really used Vista, especially post SP 1.

 

[rochin]

Vista 64 end of story. Ram is cheap so get at least 4GB. I have had no issues with Vista. The bad things you hear are just people bashing VIsta.

 

[royalcrown]

vista isn't quite as snappy as xp, but it does fine gaming and has nice features like:

Each app has it's own volume control
Crashes are handled better
It's "purdy"
there's more but those are what i like, plus dx10 is really awesome in SOME games, check out company of heroes in dx9 vs dx 10 dx10 wastes 9 !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffx-5MivOz4

you do take a fps hit, but what is the point of loads of fps if you can't use them to look great ?

 

[shadowthor]

vista 64 runs fine.

 

[I like pie]

Well you guys convinced me, 'cause I would've gone with either with the most good sayings. Thanks.