Huntsforu Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I have a Gateway p-171S-FX with C2D T7250, 8800M GTS, and Intel 965 Chipset. Can anyone tell me if it would be in my best interest to go to XP instead of Vista? I play World of Warcraft and FEAR mainly, would i see a big boost in performance? Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 XP, at the current time, provides gaming performance which can be anywhere from slightly to greatly better than Vista. Whether or not the difference would be worth switching operating systems, I would think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsforu Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 cool, thanx for that, i hate to say it but i was kinda getting used to using vista anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Vista really isn't all that bad, after you get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I own the Gateway P-6860FX and was considering doing the same thing... going back to XP. I had almost started to do so over the weekend, but "luckily" received a BSOD error while running the XP install CD (thinking because it was an older version of XP, pre SP-1). I decided to remain with Vista, not only because I had trouble with installing XP from that CD, but because Vista SP-1 does seem like a great OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsforu Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I own the Gateway P-6860FX and was considering doing the same thing... going back to XP. I had almost started to do so over the weekend, but "luckily" received a BSOD error while running the XP install CD (thinking because it was an older version of XP, pre SP-1). I decided to remain with Vista, not only because I had trouble with installing XP from that CD, but because Vista SP-1 does seem like a great OS. yeah, i also got the BSOD with my SP2 disc.... dont know what thats about but im happy with my laptop. Only prob with me is that i saw a guys posting of his 8800m gts and he got a score of 8850 on 3dmark06 while even if i overclock mine to critical levels it only pulls 8050... anyone with any knowledge on that i would be grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Which driver are you using for your videocard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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