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07-30-2007

"Lord Takyon" <takyon@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "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.
>>>
>>> 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.
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>>>> "GeekBoy" <allGeek@hownerdy.com> wrote in message
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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!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.

Yes that also.

The same thing occured when Windows 95 came out and people running 16 bit
apps on the 32 bit OS.

He is going to either go back to 32 bit or by another computer with a 32 bit
CPU.

before Vista I had XP x64 and XP on the same computer dual booting.
Had to when playing games. All the games were just too slow on 64 bit OS.

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07-30-2007	#9 (permalink)
GeekBoy n/a posts	Re: Very disappointed with Vista's performance especially gaming! "Lord Takyon" <takyon@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23xwp93t0HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > "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. Yes that also. The same thing occured when Windows 95 came out and people running 16 bit apps on the 32 bit OS. He is going to either go back to 32 bit or by another computer with a 32 bit CPU. before Vista I had XP x64 and XP on the same computer dual booting. Had to when playing games. All the games were just too slow on 64 bit OS. > > -- > Can't think of a sig at the moment. > Read this instead.
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