[craiglester]

with that much of an overclock that xps should fly thru vista. must be something wrong with your install, maybe a bad driver or something

 

[Al4x]

sometimes it doesnt shutdown, it always just drops the internet like it cant find the network card, games dont play very well compared to what they should, updates dont install

the shutting down nd games are particularly annoying

also, its so hard to find everything, especially in control panel

 

[Herandu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif sometimes it doesnt shutdown, it always just drops the internet like it cant find the network card, games dont play very well compared to what they should, updates dont install the shutting down nd games are particularly annoying also, its so hard to find everything, especially in control panel

1. If it drops the internet then check for new drivers from the network card manufacturer. My Sony needed new drivers, which were actually specially updated by Sony to solve that same issue.

2. You can switch the control panel to the Classic view. Open Control panel and look in the column on the lefthand side for the actual words Classic View.

 

[Al4x]

the best way for me to explain is

that compared to my old laptop (lower spec, same model, xp) games play at the same graphics level slighly slower or i have to play them on a lower setting

 

[Arainach]

Gaming Performance != Real Performance.

99% of Microsoft's target market aren't intense 3D gamers. Real application performance under Vista is considerably faster.

And for what it's worth, Vista fixed the major lag issues I was having in Call of Duty 2 under XP.

 

[GordonFreeman]

Microsoft Update has regular updates for your network adapters, I use those and have never dropped a connection, cat 6 or wireless.

 

[Al4x]

well, the network card problems might be solvable then, i have been unable to update for a while and there is one for my card

it would be nice if this fixed the problem,

should be switching to xp in the next few days, when i get a spare weekend, the performace loss is just too much

 

[spookygonk]

Still happy with XP, I was using Windows 200 until XP service pack 1 came out. I'm just slow to change, I guess.

 

[GordonFreeman]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif well, the network card problems might be solvable then, i have been unable to update for a while and there is one for my card it would be nice if this fixed the problem, should be switching to xp in the next few days, when i get a spare weekend, the performace loss is just too much

Just a thought, you may wanna see if you have any firmware updates available for your for your router as well. Also, if you install the trial version of network magic it makes diagnosing stuff like this very easy.

 

[wanderman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arainach /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gaming Performance != Real Performance. 99% of Microsoft's target market aren't intense 3D gamers. Real application performance under Vista is considerably faster. And for what it's worth, Vista fixed the major lag issues I was having in Call of Duty 2 under XP.

even if that were the case every benchmark I have seen say that the gaming performance in xp and vista is the same.

 

[krmathis]

Don't like it at all.
Well, I don't really like MS Windows at all. Even if I use MS Windows XP at work, which in some way get me through the day..

 

[Steggy]

im not a fan of the uac. and vista is horrible at gauging the amount of space in my harddrive. 60 gigs, 3 gigs, huhhuhuhuh?

 

[Jaw007]

If it's not broke,don't fix it.Vista doesn't fix it for me.
Also to much bloat .

 

[Oxyjin]

Vista isn't a big step up from XP for basic computer users. Even for gamers DX10 isn't proving to be that great of a pull factor. I think Ill stick to XP for awhile longer.

 

[milkpowder]

I'm sticking to XP. Vista is too "dummy orientated". I'd rather have icons than swathes of texts telling me what each 'chapter'/section does. The interface isn't that much nicer to look at and certainly more difficult to use, albeit more advanced.