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07-30-2007

"Joe Corey" <klrjoe@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> You might have misunderstood me. I have a 64bit cpu and a 64bit OS. I have
> run both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions on this system. Don't see much of
> a performance difference at all. If anything 64 bit seems faster.
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>> Well that's your problem.
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>> You need to be running a 32 bit OS on a 32 bit processor and a 64 bit OS
>> on 64 bit processor.
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>> And not running 32 bit software on a 64 bit OS.
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>> Slows everything down.
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>> I have graphic intensive Battle Field 2 and it runs fine on 32 bit Vista.
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>>> "GeekBoy" <allGeek@hownerdy.com> wrote in message
>>> news:46add68f$0$8034$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
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>>>> "Joe Corey" <klrjoe@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:540E8EFD-505E-44D5-B502-1E2C37F3E502@microsoft.com...
>>>>>I must say after 3 months now I am very disappointed with Vista
>>>>>Ultimate x64 when it comes to gaming and general performance. I have a
>>>>>core2 e6600, 4gb of DDR II 800MHZ, 2 raptor X 150GB 10,000rpm hard
>>>>>drives in a RAID-0 and the darn thing is still considerably slower at
>>>>>EVERYTHING than my XP pro which is installed onto a single Samsung
>>>>>spin-point 40gb drive! I fail to see how something that is supposedly
>>>>>better and more modern is so much slower. I doubled the ram from 2 to
>>>>>4gb and it made no noticeable difference in load times or hd activity
>>>>>while gaming. THe background tasks are supposed to be low priority but
>>>>>the just happen to coincide with lag? Programs like MS Flight SIM X and
>>>>>BF2, BF 2142 take forever to load in comparison not to mention there
>>>>>are frequent lag spikes during game play. I just feel that for Gaming
>>>>>Vista is a huge step backwards. I hope that future updates/service
>>>>>packs do something for the performance because so far I am not seeing
>>>>>any reason to continue using Vista on a Gaming PC. All of my hardware
>>>>>is vista x64 compatible and I have latest drivers and BIOS. It's just
>>>>>Vista. It's slow!!!
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>>>> Are you running Vista x64 instead of 32 bit?
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Having used 64 bit edition on a comparable system to my own, it did seem
slightly faster. But running 32bit apps in a 64 bit OS always seems to have
a performance drop.

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07-30-2007	#6 (permalink)
Lord Takyon n/a posts	Re: Very disappointed with Vista's performance especially gaming! "Joe Corey" <klrjoe@comcast.net> wrote in message news:8E04AAB6-23A1-4ED1-B12A-913A4B294F1D@microsoft.com... > You might have misunderstood me. I have a 64bit cpu and a 64bit OS. I have > run both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions on this system. Don't see much of > a performance difference at all. If anything 64 bit seems faster. > > > >> >> Well that's your problem. >> >> You need to be running a 32 bit OS on a 32 bit processor and a 64 bit OS >> on 64 bit processor. >> >> And not running 32 bit software on a 64 bit OS. >> >> Slows everything down. >> >> I have graphic intensive Battle Field 2 and it runs fine on 32 bit Vista. >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> "GeekBoy" <allGeek@hownerdy.com> wrote in message >>> news:46add68f$0$8034$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... >>>> >>>> "Joe Corey" <klrjoe@comcast.net> wrote in message >>>> news:540E8EFD-505E-44D5-B502-1E2C37F3E502@microsoft.com... >>>>>I must say after 3 months now I am very disappointed with Vista >>>>>Ultimate x64 when it comes to gaming and general performance. I have a >>>>>core2 e6600, 4gb of DDR II 800MHZ, 2 raptor X 150GB 10,000rpm hard >>>>>drives in a RAID-0 and the darn thing is still considerably slower at >>>>>EVERYTHING than my XP pro which is installed onto a single Samsung >>>>>spin-point 40gb drive! I fail to see how something that is supposedly >>>>>better and more modern is so much slower. I doubled the ram from 2 to >>>>>4gb and it made no noticeable difference in load times or hd activity >>>>>while gaming. THe background tasks are supposed to be low priority but >>>>>the just happen to coincide with lag? Programs like MS Flight SIM X and >>>>>BF2, BF 2142 take forever to load in comparison not to mention there >>>>>are frequent lag spikes during game play. I just feel that for Gaming >>>>>Vista is a huge step backwards. I hope that future updates/service >>>>>packs do something for the performance because so far I am not seeing >>>>>any reason to continue using Vista on a Gaming PC. All of my hardware >>>>>is vista x64 compatible and I have latest drivers and BIOS. It's just >>>>>Vista. It's slow!!! >>>> >>>> Are you running Vista x64 instead of 32 bit? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > Having used 64 bit edition on a comparable system to my own, it did seem slightly faster. But running 32bit apps in a 64 bit OS always seems to have a performance drop. -- Can't think of a sig at the moment. Read this instead.
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