glenster Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 1. I have a Creative Labs Audigy card. Does anyone recommend what to do for sound for Vista? (I want to use Cakewalk Sonar 6, so I want good sound): **** http://pc.ign.com/articles/759/759538p1.html Excepts: If you're using Vista, download your ALchemy patch, update your drivers and play the game surrounded by sound - the way it should be played. Well, provided you're running an X-Fi that has native OpenAL 1.1 support. Sadly Audigy and Soundblaster users might find themselves looking for a new sound card, and EAX for non X-Fi users could be a thing of the past. It looks like Audigy and Soundblasters are going to have to upgrade to a new sound card. The big change with the new audio stack - called Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) - is that it has been surgically removed from kernel mode and has been implanted firmly in user mode. **** Also, I have Home Premium but haven't installed it. Sorry to ask this in a second post, but would the 64 bit version, with the licensing concerns that come with it, be a problem for modding games (using software like the IMG Tool)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Im posting from a Vista i downloaded off a certain torrent site. I put it on another HD to have a poke around and try it out. I think its gorgeous, the interface looks amazing and runs so smoothly. I wish i could buy it to put as my main OS, but i cant justify spending that much money while Xp is still working fine for me. Isn't it funny? the Retail of Vista was cracked before it came out But I only paid AU$100 for my Ultimate non Upgrade version, my Aunt paid AU$600, Thats $700..... I can't wait for people to start making Mac a Gaming thing, that'll make Windows worth it, this is becoming like EA's games..... What IS funny, is the ammount of sites that took the torrent down when Vista came out last tuesday. @illy: I also posted some vidcaps on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzNumSf9WrY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdxOsEeBdjY old version 0.1.3 with Ubuntu Edgy EFT Edited February 2, 2007 by _-playero-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The closet I am getting to Vista for the time being is the Vista Transformation Pack which makes XP look very similar to Vista. Mainly because my rig is outdated, I'am still running a Athlon XP 2000+ for crying out loud! So Vista will only be for when a new PC comes along. I think it looks rather sexy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlStrurxenburgen Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Last time I checked no warez is allowed Freakeh. (My name is Earl rip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManFromMars Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I have to admit it does look very nice with all the new graphics and what not but I probably won't be trying it out for a while. I'm going to wait for the first service pack to be released so all the bugs are fixed and then maybe I will try it out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupremeBeing Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I ordered an OEM of Vista Business yesterday for £85 including postage. As far as i know the OEM doesnt have any functionality limitations. But ill let you know how i get on with it. I love the visual effects and the moving backgrounds you can get, and to be honest thats the only reason im getting it. Plus, i like having the latest software on my PC. Should of just cracked it though Also, Im downloading a trial of the new 07 Office which is avaliable on Microsofts website. Office looks interesting, but im sure its exactly the same as the old versions with a few things moved round, and a few features combinded to make new hardcore 1337 features. Doh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfit Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Plus, i like having the latest software on my PC. That shouldn't be a problem...Pretty much all software made now is for XP/2000 so i'm sure that the software that comes out for the next few years will be made compatible with Vista/XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Apparently Vista has this new feature where you can make use of a USB Flash drive to kinda top-up your RAM, its called Readyboost. Readyboost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard the pissed Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 vista is hilariously totally sh*t. i just came back from PC world to toy with one of the top of the line vista rigs, and the speed made me nostalgic about booting a RM nimbus from floppy drive. as far as function goes, it's windows nt 5.2 (xp is 5.1). looks sexy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) It really pisses me off to hear everyone bitching about Windows Vista...and I don't mean online...I mean people I work around and people I see in person. I really want to just tell them to shut the f*ck up already since it is just an operating system, but then people would think I am mean and they would tell their friends and it would be bad. Oh well. Well, we are all allowed to have our own opinions aren't we? All in all, the same deal with the ps3. According to Jim Allchin, for future releases of Vista ReadyBoost will be able to use spare RAM on other networked Vista PCs. No way I want my co-workers to steal my ram!! Edited February 5, 2007 by _-playero-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Deuce Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I haven't really looked into it much yet, but I've heard several stories about it in that some people are getting a little agitated with. First, being the navigation. Next, the networking. And apparently there's a load of security pop-ups when trying to do something simple. I can't really be too exact on them problems though since I don't own a copy of Windows Vista, but I guess there's room for it to be patched and all that isn't there? However, from the screenshots I've seen it looks quite funky. I didn't realize I was using a Windows Vista theme on my copy of Windows XP until I saw those screenshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamdigitalman Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 no thank you. i'ss stick with my 8 year old B&W G3 running Mac OS X 10.4.8, and soon leopard. sorry to break it to you, but leopard is dropping support for G3 processors. Probably time for you to net a nice shiny MB or MBP. ever heard of a little program called xpostfacto? that's how it'll run on my hardware. Or, a G4 proc upgrade. hey, it's cheaper than buying a new one. AMF 4ever. -digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I'm using the Vista Transformation Pack 6, and I would love to say it is running flawlessly and that it looks and behaves at least close to what Vista does. Anyone had a better experience with VTP? Please tell me. But, somehow now I want to actually try Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoLHaX Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I was running on Vista Ultimate for about a month before I downgraded back to XP because of all of the capability issues with the OS at the moment. I'll probably reinstall it in about 6 months if there is a bit more support. (or I'll just dual-boot) I was going through hell without running some programs I always used on XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfit Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 When will it be a "good time" to upgrade to vista? I'm guessing after dx10 comes out and a few service packs, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoLHaX Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Just waiting until this time next year would probably give Microsoft well than enough time to fix bugs and application companies to release versions for Vista. I noticed that reformatting to Vista is the way to go because even though it has the upgrading option, some of my programs that were even said to run fine on Vista became corrupt on the upgrade and I had to reinstall them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesfleanut Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I've been dual booting xp pro and vista ultimate for the past 2 weeks, and I haven't booted into xp since I installed vista. I like it, I wouldn't pay for it, but I like it. I guess it doesn't matter though, 2007 is the year I finally switch to mac. I made that resolution in the beginning of the year and I plan to keep it. Anywho, I'm running vista on a very modest PC. I'm running the fancy-pants Aero Glass theme and it's very fast for me, faster than this PC ran XP. It's a sh*tty acer PC that I upgraded a bit, specs? AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8Ghz Crap acer mobo with god knows what specs 1GB PC 3200 ATI 256MB 9600PRO 140GB HDD Overall vista score of 3.8 I recently built a much better system than this for a buddy for less than 500 bucks. I think anyone who says vista won't run great on cheap hardware needs to come visit me. Don't always beleive what HP and Dell try to stell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 My Vista scores RAM: 3.9 CPU: 4.1 HDD: 4.1 Graphics (Aero): 5.9 Gaming Graphics: 5.5 My Specs RAM: 768MB DDR; 1x 512MB @333Mhz, 1x 256MB @ 266Mhz CPU: Intel Celeron D 3.33Ghz HDD: IDE; 1x 80GB, 1x 40GB Graphics: XFX Geforce 7600GT 256MB Vista runs perfectly for me, and I really like it a lot. It's very... futuristic. I can see much potential for themes, I can't wait to see what the Vista Windowblinds skinners are going to come up with in the future, what with the desktop acceleration and all. I've been dual booting with XP for a few days, and I've only booted XP to play games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) When will it be a "good time" to upgrade to vista? I'm guessing after dx10 comes out and a few service packs, right? I thought DirectX10 was included with Vista? I think it will be awhile before anyone can really get the best out of Vista. Nvidia and Ati are not quite done with the drivers aleast i haven't found any yet? There's no programs/games either that are compatible with it. I mean it was just released so it going to take some time before we see anything good. For those who want to get Vista i say go for it for those still on Xp and have no plans on moving good choice. Why use something that really has no flavor it's like having a HDTV set without an HDTV signal. Xp is not going anywhere it's the best stable OS todate so why move on to a buggy OS. Microsoft will support Xp for aleast 7 or more years. So! if you can wait then wait. Xp is also getting a new DirectX( emulator) which supposely will be able to play directx10 games. I don't know how long it will take for microsoft to make it official all I know is that it is coming. I know someone who is testing it. Microsoft products lifespan By the way I have Vista Ultimate Bill Gates Edition (Special Promo) still sealed in the box got it for free. Don't ask me how? Anyways I'm not going to bother with the installment since theirs really nothing to do with it. For now I'll wait. For games I have the 360 for music and everything else Xp. Edited February 8, 2007 by pcguytech_2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) Vista Links: Buy Windows Vista Home Premium for $120 (~50% off normal price) Amnesty Generator for Vista - Converts google gadgets and other widgets from other programs to windows vista sidebar gadgets Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator - Vista let's you use 24-bit bmps, with 1024x768 resolution for your boot screen Windows Sidebar Styler - Skin the Vista Sidebar I'm not uninstalling XP just yet, but I can definitely see Vista in my future. Edited February 8, 2007 by Loman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Vista Links:Buy Windows Vista Home Premium for $120 (~50% off normal price) Amnesty Generator for Vista - Converts google gadgets and other widgets from other programs to windows vista sidebar gadgets Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator - Vista let's you use 24-bit bmps, with 1024x768 resolution for your boot screen Windows Sidebar Styler - Skin the Vista Sidebar I'm not uninstalling XP just yet, but I can definitely see Vista in my future. Wow! Loman, Nice finds That Boot logo generator sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard the pissed Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 i really see no reson to updgrade to vista for the next coubpe of years. all the eyecandy can be gotten for free on XP anyway: http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2010/whooxe1.png and it doesn't need a monster rig to run it. (seriously, mine is uber sh*te) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Ive been running Vista Ultimate for a few days now, all I can say its superb. Its very easy to navigate, very easy to understand, makes my PC run smoother. I love the way it solves problems with ease. Im just very happy, Im still exploring all the new stuff aswell. Its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sillyhed2000 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) Apparently Vista has this new feature where you can make use of a USB Flash drive to kinda top-up your RAM, its called Readyboost. Readyboost From what I've heard, it's no different to creating a swap partition on your USB stick. Either way, it's not the same as increasing your RAM. If you want more RAM, go out and buy some, open up your computer, and jam it in the slots. Can't get much easier than that. I use Gentoo (Linux) and dual-boot with XP for gaming - although nowadays more and more I only use XP when I go to LAN's, using Gentoo full-time. I would not use any version of Windows full time if you paid me. Edited February 17, 2007 by Sillyhed2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelman Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Just popped into PC World this afternoon, it was pretty busy. After resisting the temptation to interrupt the sales monkeys spouting a load of sh*te to poor gullible families that don't know anything about computers, I found a machine that was actually sitting at the Vista desktop rather than playing those patronising "wow" movies. Was a decent specced machine, costing about £1k - can't remember whether it was Intel or AMD but it was dual core, nothing shabby by any means. And what was Vista like? Sooo sluggish. Maybe there was something wrongly configured, but the GUI just doesn't respond immediately when you click on anything. Very pretty, no mistake. But I don't need an OS to be pretty, I need it to be responsive, practical, stable, and powerful. And not loaded with bloatware and utterly rediculous self-checking precautions that wrestle ultimate control away from the end user. Right, I'm just off to try out Linux for the first time with a boot cd iso I've downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 My Vista is way faster than my old XP installation, which I am actually thinking of deleting in favor of dual-booting XP & Ubuntu on a virtual machine within vista. My PC isn't exactly a supercomputer, either, lol. My specs: CPU: 3.33Ghz Celeron D RAM: 768MB DDR SDRAM (upgrading to 1.5GB this week) GPU: XFX Geforce 7600GT HDD: 1x 80GB + 1x 40GB IDE (120GB total) Windows Experience Index: 3.9 (RAM: 3.9, CPU:4.1, HDD: 4.3, GPU:5.9) I have User Account Control turned off, which helps A LOT. I hated being asked every time I wanted to do anything... who would find that useful? Turning off Windows Defender helped with my gaming performance on Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-hawk Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Gaming experience? As in minesweeper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) Been trying Vista all day. Dual-booting with XP. Naturally, problems from the start. Couldn't install it on my second HD. Had to make a partition in my first hd. Now my biggest issue is my crappy old GFX card that won't run Aero. Other than that, my computer runs really fast, I could even say faster than XP, but that would be because I don't have as many stuff here than on XP. No Aero no Vista? I'll have to disagree. First I thought so, but I really like the new shell (explorer), the new organization of the control panel and the start menu, the Vista Sidebar, IE7 runs faster than in XP. I hate all the security pop-ups, and the fact that nvidia won't release a driver for my card. I'm stuck with Vista's one. (meh, writing XP is faster too). Also, I don't like that it turns my second HD off after some minutes of inactivity. I have to dig that info. I have a modest PC: P4 2.4GHz with 1,25GB RAM (again, my gfx card is a piece of sh*t, I won't even name it). Vista isn't such a resource hungry OS after all. Basically, if you are getting a new PC get it with Vista, Aero capable if possible. If not, just wait a few months to upgrae to Vista. Certainly, this will make my transition to Ubuntu to be postponed for some months. Aunque Windows se VISTA de seda, Windows se queda... ^Hell, even Beryl uses OpenGL to show all those fancy effects. (That's linux) @blackhawk: lol, i love the new solitaire. Edited March 9, 2007 by _-playero-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixdust Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Well I just got two OEM windows xp cds yesterday for some builds, but I also got two vista business upgrade coupons. I just need to pay shipping+handling and taxes. $22 for two upgrade copies of vista business. Not too bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 You actually can make a clean install with the upgrade CD, no cracks/fakeserials involved. Look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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