Slaggis Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Home premium! You can get it off ebay (like me) OEM for 55 quid. Windows areo is great
Cube Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 The only thing I am really bothered about is game support and if Basic is limited on that front. A few games can be a problem. I've only tried a few so far: Half-Life 2 (and related stuff) - Works fine Prey - Needed to install new ATI drivers, and it needs to be run as an administrator, other than that it runs fine Hitman Blood Money - Works fine Star Trek Bridge Commander - Won't install, but you can install on a computer with XP, then move the files across to the computer with Vista, then it runs fine. I would save for premium. Yes. Basic is the 360 Core of Vista.
AeroScap Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMzNCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
Calza Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I've downloaded the Vista Upgrade Advisor and it said the only thing that was up to Home Premium was my memory. I have 512MB however it is only one stick, I might be wrong but I thought you have to have a pair for it work right. Would it run anyway with my current RAM? or would it have to have 1GB? I only play through Steam or Guild Wars so at least I've got css
Caris Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 I wouldnt get premium with 512 ram. Ram is dirt cheap now if you want to stick a gig in.
Calza Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Yeah I will do that then. I've got a USB stick which should give me a boost. About the OEM version I know it is for system builders but how does it work if you already have XP installed? I didn't think it would have a upgrading process so I assume it just wipes everything?
Guest Stefkov Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 What's the highest number you can get on that Windows Experience Index thing. I've got a 4.3, only because of my hdd doesn't write quick enough or something.
Cube Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 What's the highest number you can get on that Windows Experience Index thing.I've got a 4.3, only because of my hdd doesn't write quick enough or something. Highest is 5.9. I've got 4.1, due to processor speed and "Gaming Graphics" Edit: This thread should be changed to the Vista thread. One thing thats great is Mobile Phones - Its very, very, very fiddly to get a phone (via USB) to properly connect to a PC with XP. I just plugged my SE k800i into my PC with Vista - It installed some "Generic USB mass storage device" drivers, and I can open the phones files and the memory card in a phone just like any old Memory Card. Excellent.
Guest Jordan Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 What's the highest number you can get on that Windows Experience Index thing.I've got a 4.3, only because of my hdd doesn't write quick enough or something. I got 4.4 because i have slow assed DDR2 553mhz on single channel... Everything else on my system is 5.5 or above.
McPhee Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 One thing thats great is Mobile Phones - Its very, very, very fiddly to get a phone (via USB) to properly connect to a PC with XP. I just plugged my SE k800i into my PC with Vista - It installed some "Generic USB mass storage device" drivers, and I can open the phones files and the memory card in a phone just like any old Memory Card. Excellent. I have the opposite problem. Ive now taken to using infa-red because the USB keeps buggering up! I've downloaded the Vista Upgrade Advisor and it said the only thing that was up to Home Premium was my memory. I have 512MB however it is only one stick, I might be wrong but I thought you have to have a pair for it work right. Would it run anyway with my current RAM? or would it have to have 1GB? I only play through Steam or Guild Wars so at least I've got css Im running Premium on 512MB RAM, works fine. Need to turn Aero off though
Guest Stefkov Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 I got 4.4 because i have slow assed DDR2 553mhz on single channel... Everything else on my system is 5.5 or above. Holy crap! My highest is 4.7 for the processor speed. Other 3 are 4.5...I had 2GB of RAM and only a 4.5. How much you got? You got the 8800 graphics card, so no surprises there.
Cube Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 My rating: Processor - 4.1 Memory - 4.5 (1GB RAM) Graphics - 4.7 Gaming Graphics - 4.1 Primary Hard Disk - 5.3
Guest Jordan Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 CPU: 5.5 RAM: 4.4 (bloody DDR533...) Graphics: 5.9 Gaming Graphics: 5.9 HDD: 5.8
Caris Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 CPU: 5.5RAM: 4.4 (bloody DDR533...) Graphics: 5.9 Gaming Graphics: 5.9 HDD: 5.8 What hdd??
Caris Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 How the hell does that get a higher score than a 320 seagate 7200.10 16mb cache!
Guest Jordan Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 How the hell does that get a higher score than a 320 seagate 7200.10 16mb cache! No idea dude
Shino Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Why does Caris picture has a point and mine has a comma? Weird.
Mr_Odwin Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Because of your regional settings. (Or at least that would be the reason if it was XP - the reason for you is whatever corresponds to regional settings for Vista.)
Letty Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Think it's becuase you have ulimate I have ultimate, but its a dot!
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