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2008-04-13 13:46:34

#1

tobz102: Member; +11|6419|UK

got myself a lovely 9800GTX but need dx10!!
so im going from xp home

but don't no between vista home premium or ultimate

and also 32 or 64 bit

Specs:
2gb crucial ballistix tracers
amd phenom 9600
160gb western digital raid 0
9800GTX

2008-04-13 13:48:00

#2

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|7018|Long Island, New York

Ultimate's not worth it. Just get Home Premium. I love it.

2008-04-13 13:49:53

#3

doug1988: spank that azz.; +146|6339|Nibiru in a far away galaxy

Poseidon wrote:
Ultimate's not worth it. Just get Home Premium. I love it.

I agree , why waste the money and I would add another 1 GB of memory as well or 2 GB for max performance.

Last edited by doug1988 (2008-04-13 13:51:57)

2008-04-13 13:50:32

#4

tobz102: Member; +11|6419|UK

but 64 or 32?

2008-04-13 13:50:58

#5

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6943|cuntshitlake

And 64-bit

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2008-04-13 13:51:57

#6

tobz102: Member; +11|6419|UK

my mates got 64bit and he has had alot of problems with it and games

anyone want to buy a lovely xp home sp2 key

2008-04-13 14:06:02

#7

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|7150|The Netherlands

Just take Ultimate x64
64 bit so you are prepared for the future
Ultimate because it has added features, like Dreamscene, Remote desktop connection and some other stuff.

2008-04-13 14:20:36

#8

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6949

If you feel that you need / will use the extra features Ultimate has, get it. If not, then get Home Premium.

2008-04-13 14:34:49

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6677|Winland

NooBesT wrote:
If you feel that you need / will use the extra features Ultimate has, get it. If not, then get Home Premium.

That.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-04-13 14:35:27

#10

Drykill: I Like Waffles.; +47|7172|England

2GB RAM - 32bit.

2008-04-13 14:45:59

#11

The#1Spot: Member; +105|7020|byah

Nessie09 wrote:
Just take Ultimate x64
64 bit so you are prepared for the future
Ultimate because it has added features, like Dreamscene, Remote desktop connection and some other stuff.

So stuff that you wont need in gaming?

2008-04-13 14:48:38

#12

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6894|Finland

64bit VISTA x64 Ultimate here and highly recommended

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2008-04-13 14:55:52

#13

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7246|Cambridge (UK)

Freezer7Pro wrote:
NooBesT wrote:
If you feel that you need / will use the extra features Ultimate has, get it. If not, then get Home Premium.
That.

Ditto.

And get both 64bit and 32bit - annoyingly I can't find the details right now, but I think as long as you buy a retail box, not OEM, you get both 64bit and 32bit in the box - or that might just be with Ultimate and you have to send off for a disk of the other versions, or summat like that - anyhoo, get both and install each one into separate partitions.

OH and, as others have pointed out, I believe it would be a good idea to get yourself another gig of RAM.

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2008-04-13 14:57:01)

2008-04-13 15:40:37

#14

link52787: Member; +29|7002

I have a 8800GT, but I don't play anygames that use DX10 and I have Vista. heck, I have one computer that doesn't have a DX10 card and I use Premium 64bit on that and the other one with the 8800GT I have Business 32bit on that.

2008-04-13 16:28:00

#15

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7246|Cambridge (UK)

Ah, here's that thing about sending off for 64bit Vista - just buy 32bit, go to that link, select you language, country, enter your 32bit product key and other info, they'll snail-mail you a 64bit DVD and away you go.

And, as I thought, you get both with Ultimate.

2008-04-14 03:48:07

#16

']['error: Banned; +630|7124|The Netherlands

Home premium 64-bit + another gig of ram.

edit: another 2gig if you can afford it (altough money doesn't seem to be an issue if you bought an 9800GTX , 2 gigs of ram is around €40 )

Last edited by ']['error (2008-04-14 03:49:40)

2008-04-14 05:06:51

#17

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|7003|...

Get Ultimate, Why not? You bought tracers

2008-04-14 07:19:49

#18

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7323|Reykjavík, Iceland.

IMO XP > Vista any day.

The only thing DX10 really does is lower your FPS for a tiny bit of eyecandy.

I went from XP Pro 32-bit to Vista Ultimate 32-bit to XP Pro 64-bit and I'm happy now.

I just use VMWare with 32-bit Windows installed to run my 16-bit applications.

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