downgrade to xp 64?

[jseber1982]

X-fi doesnt sound good.. cant use 3dmark 06.. Blue screened when i loaded the newest nvidia drivers. assassins creed, bioshock, crysis, farcry 2 are jumpy and stattery in vista 64...used to play decent in xp. I only installed vista because xp is near end of life......Is it worth it downgrading?

 

[philbar71]

what?
have you put SP1 on vista? it is rock solid for me. and i've heard that xp 64 is horrible. i would stay away

 

[jseber1982]

yep i have sp1.

Not sure if it was a patch or what that screwed the machine up. All games are now jumpy

 

[lancec2c30]

philbar, are you running 64 bit though?

I am still using XP. Vista is far from the new windows "standard", I don't know if it ever will become it.

 

[jseber1982]

I know that vista has dx 10....but if games cant play.. i will settle for stability@dx9

 

[KSoD]

Vista is stable. It is something you have installed that has made it unstable.

Are the drivers you installed WQHL Certified? Do you have the correct drivers for your sound card and Video card?

There is nothing wrong with Vista. I have used it for over 2 years now. It is just fine.

 

[jseber1982]

I have the latest certified drivers for my graphics, sound, and nforce chipset. Machine is not even overclocked

 

[meat_helmet]

I doubt xp 64bit would be better for you, maybe xp 32bit... Apparently xp 32 isnt supported by anything. I admit vista has issues, but i think its definately more stable than any other windows. That issue you have could be that your running things in dx10 (which is a piece of crap imo) or something to do with driver conflicts. I would try reinstalling your drivers and using driver cleaner pro each time under safe mode after you remove them.

 

[Apokalipse]

and i've heard that xp 64 is horrible. i would stay away

It's definitely not. I'm using it as my OS.
I think it's a pretty good OS.

Apparently xp 32 isnt supported by anything.

wait, what?

 

[Hussein19891]

Apparently xp 32 isnt supported by anything.