Bye-bye Vista
After a couple of months of trying really hard to keep Vista installed on my PC I have finally decided to go back to XP. I have realized (took me long enough) that all the errors and incompatibility were out-weighing the improved frame rate in games.
I had Windows Vista Ultimate installed. My current system is:
- CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2833 MHz (9.5 x 298)
- System Memory 3072 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
- Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (256 MB) (Vista adds another 1256MB virtual memory)
- 4Gig Flash drive used for Ready Boost
It isn’t the very best setup possible, but It should have worked just fine. The ready-boost feature worked very well, although it took quite a long time to start. As I mentioned the frame rates in the games improved by about 20 frames on average. This is due to DX10 using the Video Chips processing power rather than letting the main CPU take all the “heat”. For example in BF2 I get rates of between 50 and 70 fps, in Vista I was getting 70 to 100 fps. I was finally able to fly those damn jets and actually do some damage to the enemy rather than get shotdown every time.
But otherwise it is a horror. Constant issues with compatibility with oh so many games and software I gave up. Bf2, for example, would simply disconnect after every 2-3 rounds. Some games would not even start after a couple of times or crash constantly. The only internet browser that works is IE (duh). From time to time Media Player would just stop responding. Actually most of the apps started to “freeze” on regular basis. And the rate at which that would lock-up started to increase.
Also I was really tired of the constant need to take ownership of my own files. And the duplication of the same exact shit. The folder where You put Your pictures, for example, is called simply pictures. In reality it’s just a shortcut to a folder called My Pictures. However You cannot access the folder directly. Same goes for My Documents folder. That’s simply retarded. Beware of taking ownership of everything though. This may cause other errors. I took ownership of the Temp folder that is used by install programs. As soon as I have done that I was unable to install anything. I don’t remember what I did to fix the issue but it wasn’t enough to simply change the permissions back.
In any case If You do have Vista for God’s sake move back to XP. Unless You are regular user. In which case good luck You damn yuppie. In a couple of Years MS is going to release the new OS which would be basically Vista, but improved. I feel really sorry for those of You who actually paid for that thing. In my honest opinion I think that all of You should take Microsoft to court.
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