(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? - Custom Box with Slick X64 Vista Rockx :) [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>vista>games (more info?)
"roach_779" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
>
>
> --
> roach_779
I have A Vista x64 Box with all the trimmings Read below for Extreme Gamers
Box
x1 19" VGA LCD Monitor Philips 190S4
- Gaming Monitor = 19" 1024 X 768 @ 75hz By 32bbp
x1 24" Monitor VGA LCD with HDMI Input and S-Video
- Multimedia Monitor = 1600 X 1024px @75 By 32 bbp
- *Or* used in clone view when Music making / DJ Progs
CASE = Full Tower with side-feet to prevent accidental topple over:
Black matt color with a Front Silver Fan intake system at the front of the
box with translucent fins for the triple 60mm radiator fans to shine the
"Cool-Blue-Light" through
Below that a customized Portal which contains my *Custom EZ-Connection power
outlets Split offs, with additional X2 lots to twin USB ports molded into
the existing Front flapped USB/Firewire Mic, Audio ports, etc (Dermal do
indeed come in-handy)
The Case contains x4 3.5" Side-Access, Cable tidy, drive bays and 120mm fan
on top of box. Carbon-fiber grill air duct for cooling from front through to
back but in upper section I left a grill for the custom mesh wrapped Tegan
PSU as well and this vent will allow heat to escape
Li-Li Case has another x5 3.25" top hanging bay cage below the top section
where I have the x4 5.25" Bays and room for an Extra redundant PSU if
required. (But I got an 8 plug 13.5 minute uptime UPS Box with Fax RJ-11 and
RJ-45 ports
- The additional 5.25" bay contains my sound card Front- end (See
below)
Tegan PSU 650 Watts Dual 12 Volt rails *PC Pro Mag Best rated 2007* (SLi
Certified) Stripped the casing and wrapped with mesh framework and installed
upper compartment closest to Oval mesh roof vent (Heat Dispensation)
ASUS AN8 M/B quiet 'n' cool heat pipes and dispersers' for the North and CPU
sides, I also added a heat-sink on-to the Southbridge
AMD Athlon64 6400 Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor @ 3.55GHz - Manual
Overclocked to MAX
OCZ DDR2 RAM Memory Timings 4-4-4-12 (4GB) with alloy heat-sinks on each
module. Vista x64-Bit is Only registering 2 GB? looking for a fix atm.
GeForce 7900 GT Core 700 MHz / RAM 900 MHz *SLi*
Raptor X 150 GB Primary- Master (Very Fast Spin up / Down) 3GB/s
Raptor 37 GB Primary- Slave (Both Raptors RPM @ 10,000 RPM)
Sony DVD-RAM
NEC 3500 DVD-R Firmware upgraded latest (I think) x16
x2 500MB Maxtor HDD 16MB Cache sitting inside an external eSATA Tsunami
Aluminum cases for the both.
SoundBlaster Xi-Fi F1tal1ty Edition and 5.25" Input/Output Panel and Remote
Control THX, EAX, 24/96 bit ASIO High Fidelity. The lot!!
Cut-down Customized Release of Vista Ultimate Edition + SP1, this has a few
registry tweaks and add-ons from MSDN and other such sites all geared up for
High Performance Gaming not Just for Multimedia
We Stripped a lot of the guts from the core OS but left the minimal
essentials for Leeching, Gaming and Movies essentials for mainly Gamers.
(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:26 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Wow.... what a list! Thank Majika2005 for the info.
(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
64 works great for gaming here. And for MANY others. If you want to use all
8 GB's of your RAM, you need 64 bit. You do lose a little bit of FPS, but
not much. With your video card, I doubt you'll have any problems vs. the 32
bit Vista. And there are no issues with drivers (mostly!)
--
Dustin Harper
dharper.TakeThisOut@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
"roach_779" <guest.TakeThisOut@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
>
>
> --
> roach_779
(Msg. 12) Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I am currently using windows vista 64 bit, and havnt had much problems
with it, so far, in the last 5 months not a single crash of any games,
and is working quite well and efficiently. The computer i am currently
using has.
Amd 64x 2 3800
4 gb of ram
nvidia 8800gts
windows vista home premium 64bit.
yes, it will probably be slower than when you used xp, but only a
slight difference, really, with frame rate, and loading times. That is
because Vista is a bit bigger than xp, thats the only real hickup, its
the slight slowdown of the programs, but everytime you get a new os,
it always gets a bit slower, depending on what hardware you have in
your pc.
(Msg. 13) Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:40 am
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I use vista home premium 64, since it was released, I have had zero BSOD,
and if I had been still using XP, I would have done a reinstall by now. I do
have a few games that will not run, but as you have seen above, the VRG mob
are doing good work letting users know which titles do and don't work.
(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:04 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I have vista home premium 64 and I have no problems gaming with it, save
the wlan autoconfig travesty D:
(Msg. 15) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:02 am
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
So is there any major problems with 64bit that we may run into.. Other
than for gaming.???
I'm currently just about finished with my new build..
Q6700
eVGA 750i Mobo
4GB RAM
Corsair 520HX. yada yada yada.. Other info is not important.. I have
not got my video card yet.. going to use my current 8600GT until I can
get something better.. or til the new cards come out and prices drop..
I'm planning on installing 64 bit in my system here soon. I've heard
good and bad things about it.. I have 4GB.. so thats part of why I want
it.. plus in the future i might even get more.
I do use my system mainly for gaming, but I also do a lot of DVD
burning, and Movie encoding.. so my question is what problems will I
possibly run into.. like drivers and such.. now that I've read most the
good games have no problems that makes me happy. but what about
everything else.. what can I expect from 64.. what things are very
commonly go wrong..
If anyone had some tips and info on what I should be expecting with
64bit.. what problems are common that I will maybe have.. anything else
you guys wanna share with me.. please let me kno ur thoughts..
Also 64bit is a lil faster than 32bit right.. thus being better for
gaming.
any and all 64bit info would be greatly appreciated..
(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
vista 64 is fine for games for me, except for the wlan autoconfig thing,
yeah there hasn't been any problems besides that really for me, and I
pride myself on having a buttload of games.
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