Windows :XP - 7 or Vista ?

[JetBLASTER]

:helpsmilie: Latest news

 

• Support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) ended on July 13, 2010.
  
• As of October 22, 2010, new PCs installed with Windows XP are no longer available.
  

 

 

I think time to upgrade to Windows 7 or Vista is around the corner.

With Windows is better for DCS and FCS ?

Windows 7 support Trackir 5 and Saitek X52 PRO ?

Thanks lots bros for any imformation.:music_whistling:

[EtherealN]

I'd say 7. No compatibility issues that I know of.

[Kuky]

Get Windows 7 and forget about Vista

[EtherealN]

Aye, only real reason why I still run Vista is that this machine is on the tail end of it's life, and there's not much point installing a new OS when I will soon purchase a whole new rig. 7 will grant nice performance boosts over XP for FC2/BS/Hog, and it is more lightweight than Vista, so 7 is the only sane purchase for a windows machine at the moment.

[Miro]

Get win 7 and enjoy 7 Bluescreens per day :thumbup: My 7 is in the case and waiting for any huge service packs. Using Vista Business x64 and i forget how to look Blue Screen, and any CTD when i'm flying on servers.

[Kuky]

Get win 7 and enjoy 7 Bluescreens per day :thumbup: My 7 is in the case and waiting for any huge service packs. Using Vista Business x64 and i forget how to look Blue Screen, and any CTD when i'm flying on servers.

 

Pfft... your blue screens my friend are caused by your hardware or crappy PSU or BIOS settings if you are overclocking... not Windows 7 :music_whistling:

[Miro]

Pfft... your blue screens my friend are caused by your hardware or crappy PSU or BIOS settings if you are overclocking... not Windows 7 :music_whistling:

 

Yes? In this case why got no problem with Vista? 2. Why many players got BSODs or CTDs on 7 when i'm flying? Belive me i got not bad hardware, and about PC's "I can convert PC to Microwave" (this is joke) ;)

[MTFDarkEagle]

Win7!

[Steel Jaw]

Pfft... your blue screens my friend are caused by your hardware or crappy PSU or BIOS settings if you are overclocking... not Windows 7 :music_whistling:

 

Concurr: for those who do not know, W7 *IS* Vista with a huge service pack. And it runs just fine.

[Miro]

Not Yet, Not yet, There are multi compatibility issues with large amount of small programs and apps, causing problems with major programs and apps You use. Wait for sp. and 7 Rocks :thumbup: My 7 can't wait for it.

[JetBLASTER]

Thanks all for the advice now I have idea what to-do, Windows 7 and nvidia 580.

I very appreciated the response bros .All the best to all.

[Steel Jaw]

I do not think any W7 SP is on the immediate horizon...anybody know for sure?

[emenance]

Xp is a great OS if you dont run heavy games. I am not sure but i think BS would like to use more of the page file in XP. Unless you do the registry hack to max out the page pool then you might be taking a performance hit. Other modern games Black ops and the like can about tax my cpu at 90 -95 % sometimes. Seems like starcraft 2 can too. Starcraft two caused me to max my page pool in the reg. Xp does not handle virtual memory on its own well enough. Its needs a little tweak. Right now after the hack its fine. I can only assume that my XP time is running short. Plus directx advancements i hope are here or coming soon. Many games now are really running a quad core around its limits sometimes.

 

Windows 7 is coming very soon for all xp users that play games.

Edited December 7, 2010 by emenance

[Silent Warrior]

Mower: All I can tell from the TechNet-boards is that they have a beta out, for subscription customers or summat. I think the beta-SP was made available since just a little before Vista SP2, so it's been around a fair few months. That's no clear indication of when, though. I can only guess at when it might be finished and publically available; I'll just keep that to myself.

[Cali]

Xp is a great OS if you dont run heavy games. I am not sure but i think BS would like to use more of the page file in XP. Unless you do the registry hack to max out the page pool then you might be taking a performance hit. Other modern games Black ops and the like can about tax my cpu at 90 -95 % sometimes. Seems like starcraft 2 can too. Starcraft two caused me to max my page pool in the reg. Xp does not handle virtual memory on its own well enough. Its needs a little tweak. Right now after the hack its fine. I can only assume that my XP time is running short. Plus directx advancements i hope are here or coming soon. Many games now are really running a quad core around its limits sometimes.

 

Windows 7 is coming very soon for all xp users that play games.

 

XP was great, but not getting support anymore. XP is also getting the attention of hackers, since they can get into it better then Vista or Windows 7. I have Windows 7 here and haven't had 1 BSOD in the almost 2 years that I have had it. Games run so much better now. The only problem I had is that I couldn't get my cougars to install, but I think they both might have been bad.

[Succellus]

Errr, Any of the 2. Win 7 will be more shocking to your eyes and operation as its diferent from XP, vista is more friendly in this aspect if you don t like your bubble of confort being busted too much, but 7 has very interesting features.

As a vista user i can say i had it installed on my HD for 2 years and a half and NEVER, NOT ONCE had to REINSTALL!!!

My win7 is faster than Vista, but the PC is lean and clean and does not have 2 years and a half of installing uninstalling reinstalling games, wrong instalations and the like, so time will tell, but probably not much, cause as i grow balder i narrow my gaming buying spree, still mounting statistics to see if those elements have a direct correlation or not.

So far so good, happy with 7 but i was also happy with Vista both 64.

With XP(lode) i had to reinstall at least each 6 month... $%¨&$*(*&¨, more or less the same as 98, that was worst than 95, that was worst than 7.11. (still have all those disks..)

[EtherealN]

Succellus, did you ever try Windows ME? That thing was horrible... :P