Register Forums Gallery Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   Frag On Sight > Forum > Chemical Hardware > General Hardware/Other
Reload this Page Vista 64bit?

General Hardware/Other Anything not covered in the above sections including sound cards, memory, hard drives, etc


Welcome to the Frag On Sight -`cause yard work sucks... An Online Gaming Community.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features.

By joining our free community you will have access to:

Forum Hosting for your clan (Private/Public)
 Downloads of the latest patches
Online Web-based Arcade
 Personal Gallery/Image Hosting
Hardware/Software Support from our helpful community
 Post Topics
Communicate privately with other members (PM)
 Respond to polls
99% Ad Free!

 Free give aways!

Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

Reply
Page 1 of 4 1 23 > Last »
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 10-16-2007, 04:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
Soul
^ is lost
Has Root
 
Soul's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,881
Shouts: 4
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ohio
Age: 37

Thanks: 68
Thanked 294 Times in 149 Posts
View Soul's Gallery

Vista 64bit?
Anyone doing it? how is it running?
__________________
Quote:
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Friedrich Nietzsche

Soul is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Sponsored Links
Old 10-16-2007, 08:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
{DvT}JonahHex
Deviant Herder
Mercenary
 
{DvT}JonahHex's Avatar
 
Posts: 531
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Reno, NV
Age: 62

Thanks: 22
Thanked 61 Times in 32 Posts



I have had my system set up to dual boot w/ WinXP Home 32bit and Vista Home Premium 64bit for about the last 6-8 weeks or so. I can't say that I've had any great issues that I can attribute to the 64bit aspect ... save two:

1. When I have SLI mode enabled for my 8800GTX cards in Vista64, Riva Tuner only recognizes the presence of a single GPU, which allows me to only set the fan speed (to 100%) on one of the cards. Thus, if I don't use the nVidia Control Panel, w/ NTune installed, to kick up the fan speed on the other card right after booting into Vista, one GPU idles at about 63C and the other at about 70-72C. While doing this is not great task, I find having to do it to be sufficiently annoying that I have WinXP set as my default O/S and I boot into WinXP about 10 to 1 over booting into Vista.

2. When I incrementally O/C my system and start getting to the upper edge, it seems that Vista64 goes flaky on me before WinXP does. I don't know if this is due to 64bit or just Vista, since I have never dual booted Vista32 and Vista64...or triple booted all three O/Ss.

Since my system is as new as it is, I don't have the problem of trying to find 64bit drivers for 'legacy' hardware. I have found that various 64bit drivers have been updated several times already and their stability has improved from when I 1st installed Vista64...or maybe I've just gotten better at configuring my system.

I also have to say that I haven't installed all of my apps into Vista64...too much 'trouble' (in the sense of installation and configuration time, rather than problems in doing so). The apps that I have installed seem to be ok. I can't think of anything that has refused to run. Oh, the nVidia Monitor (part of nTune) doesn't like Vista64 - there's about a 4:1 chance that any time I try to run it, it will start up and but quit w/ an error before becoming functional. The users in the nVidia forums generally advise avoiding nTune altogether regardless of the O/S, but if I want to keep my GPUs cool, I have to - but I don't have to use the Monitor to do this.

Thus far, I have not found any compelling reason to use Vista (32 or 64) unless I want to use a DirectX 10 app or if I want to see the system report the 4GB of RAM that I have installed.
__________________
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. --Douglas Adams
{DvT}JonahHex is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-16-2007, 10:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
{OF}BammBamm
Senior Member
Sharpshooter
 
{OF}BammBamm's Avatar
 
Posts: 181
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada, Earth

Thanks: 0
Thanked 34 Times in 7 Posts



I have Vista64 on my new machine. It still smells new too! So far its been very good, but I am just getting started. My current issue is with the LCD/VISTA/and mostly NVIDIA trouble resulting in me using older video drivers...

Cheers
{OF}BammBamm is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-16-2007, 11:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
{OF}RKT
Ok, who farted?
 
{OF}RKT's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,715
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chicago, IL

Thanks: 85
Thanked 64 Times in 20 Posts
View {OF}RKT's Gallery


I have a Windows Vista 64 Dual boot and Windows XP 32 bit and to be honest, I run Windows XP 85% of the time.
{OF}RKT is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Sponsored Links
Old 10-17-2007, 12:15 AM   #5 (permalink)
{DvT}Reckless
Mr. Fun Pockets
Marksman
 
{DvT}Reckless's Avatar
 
Posts: 95
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: NorCal
Age: 45

Thanks: 4
Thanked 2 Times in 1 Posts



Vista 64bit Ultimate:

LOVING IT !!!

HL2, Bioshock, UT3 all run exceptionally.

Been on it for just over 60 days now. No major issues to report
__________________


Sweet Zombie Jesus, man, go to walmart and buy an upgrade to your sense of style.
- {DvT}Sapient6
{DvT}Reckless is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-17-2007, 03:00 AM   #6 (permalink)
{OF}Blong
COD4 RULES!!!!
Needs Help
 
{OF}Blong's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,410
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Michigan

Thanks: 128
Thanked 90 Times in 68 Posts


uhh I dual boot xp and FC4 does that count?
__________________
{OF}Blong is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-17-2007, 09:14 AM   #7 (permalink)
Soul
^ is lost
Has Root
 
Soul's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,881
Shouts: 4
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ohio
Age: 37

Thanks: 68
Thanked 294 Times in 149 Posts
View Soul's Gallery

Quote:
Originally Posted by {OF}Blong View Post
uhh I dual boot xp and FC4 does that count?
LOL, sit back down.
__________________
Quote:
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Friedrich Nietzsche

Soul is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-17-2007, 06:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
{OF}MillerTime
FoS Sponsor
Addict
 
{OF}MillerTime's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,447
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Michigan
Age: 52

Thanks: 86
Thanked 58 Times in 45 Posts
View {OF}MillerTime's Gallery

good question. I only want one OS when I build at Christmas. If 64 works ok I'd get it and another couple GB of ram. If not, I'll save the bucks and stick with 2GB and 32 bit.
__________________
{OF}MethanePub
3D Aurora Case, SilverStone 750W P/S, Intel Q6600 O/C 3.0 GHz, Vista64,
8gb DDR2@1066, 8800GTS(G92) O/C 785 MHz, X-Fi X-Gamer, Samsung 2ms 22"
3D Mark06 14,140, 3D Mark Vantage P8094 Marks, GPU 6,452 CPU 34,179
{OF}MillerTime is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Sponsored Links
Old 10-18-2007, 08:12 AM   #9 (permalink)
Soul
^ is lost
Has Root
 
Soul's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,881
Shouts: 4
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ohio
Age: 37

Thanks: 68
Thanked 294 Times in 149 Posts
View Soul's Gallery

I will let ya know in about 6 hours... parts arrive today
__________________
Quote:
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Friedrich Nietzsche

Soul is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Old 10-22-2007, 06:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
{OF}MillerTime
FoS Sponsor
Addict
 
{OF}MillerTime's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,447
Shouts: 0
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Michigan
Age: 52

Thanks: 86
Thanked 58 Times in 45 Posts
View {OF}MillerTime's Gallery

any news Soul?
__________________
{OF}MethanePub
3D Aurora Case, SilverStone 750W P/S, Intel Q6600 O/C 3.0 GHz, Vista64,
8gb DDR2@1066, 8800GTS(G92) O/C 785 MHz, X-Fi X-Gamer, Samsung 2ms 22"
3D Mark06 14,140, 3D Mark Vantage P8094 Marks, GPU 6,452 CPU 34,179
{OF}MillerTime is offline   Reply With Quote Submit this thread to digg Submit this thread to del.icio.us
Sponsored Links
Reply
Page 1 of 4 1 23 > Last »

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Tools

Posting Rules Google Pack Google Apps Advertisements Advertisement
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:42 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.0.0
Powered by NuWiki v1.3 RC1 Copyright ©2006-2007, NuHit, LLC All Content Copyright FragonSight.com 2006 		Contact Us - Frag On Sight - Archive - Top