Ok...I caved in...I installed Vista Ultimate

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:25 am

Yeah...got it

I loaded the 64-bit version on my gaming rig...and WOW...dual cores running at speed Rocks! The OS is flying...instant response.

BUT...dang thing is having problems with dual-channel memory on my motherboard. I had to make it single channel before it would go stable and install. Gonna do a bios upgrade to see if it helps. Wish me luck.

Installing my games right now. So far I am impressed.

Gryphon · Post by **Gryphon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:55 pm

I like it, I don't like using XP at work now.

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:17 pm

I'll be going Vista Ultimate as soon as I get my new machine built. I'm kinda looking forward to it.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:55 am

I'm putting off everything Vista as long as I possibly can. Too much about it I don't trust.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:06 pm

you mean like... TrustedInstaller.exe?

I actually love Vista Ultimate... but I'd have to say that a dual core CPU is a must. That "TrustedInstaller" and the indexing services are real CPU hogs. (And they seem to wait until game time to do anything... kinda sucks playing a game and have it come to a crawl because TustedInstaller is currently using 90% of your CPU time.

But then again, I'm probably the only one on the planet w/o a dual core CPU yet.

But who cares... I'm going to the 12 hours of Sebring!!! (at about the cost of building a brand new mid-range PC)

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:46 pm

Well, I'm not running Vista, but I do like my quad-core.

Was a good black friday deal - what's a geek to do?

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:30 pm

Fixed my dual-channel memory issue. Found out that all I had to do is bump up the voltage from 1.8 volts to 1.95 volts and now it works great.

So far I love Vista. I was scared of it to, but wanted a 64-bit OS to take advantage of the horsepower and I am VERY glad I did it. COD4 is beautiful under DX10.

Woot!!!!

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:05 pm

Vista Rocks for people who know what they are doing. If you are not smart enough to use vista you shouldn't be on a computer anyway...

Gryphon · Post by **Gryphon** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:48 am

Getting sweeter http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 203,00.asp

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:02 am

JESTER!! How ya doin' man?

I'll be making the move to Vista this weekend. I'm looking forward to it, although a couple of our uber-geeks at work hate it and think that XP-64 is a more stable platform.

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:30 pm

Hola, I still haunt the forums, just don't post very often. I love Vista!

Gryphon · Post by **Gryphon** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:59 pm

SP1 is available, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 3d06d12674

ITIMAN · Post by **ITIMAN** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:21 am

Hey everyone!
Still on XP Here!

ITIMAN

FaLLGuY · Post by **FaLLGuY** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:30 am

ITIMAN wrote:Hey everyone!
Still on XP Here!

ITIMAN

I second that!

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:18 pm

Vista R0xor5