justinlay Posted February 11, 2008 CID Share Posted February 11, 2008 Alright ive been running vista for a couple of weeks now, and starting to hate it. My reason: it likes to crash, and Ive got the BSoD about 4 times. I have all the newest drivers installed, and all current windows updates. In a couple of day i may just go back to XP Home. Well my only concern is how well will xp run on my Intel Q6700. So should I just wait for Vista's SP1 or just go back to XP? MY Specs: XFX 680i LT SLI Motherboard W/ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2 Gigs of DDR2-6400 2-Geforce 8600 GT XXX Edtion 1 150GB WD Raptor SATA 1 250GB WD SATA Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Sound card I have good enough hardware to run vista, but it likes to give me sh*t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanobot Posted February 11, 2008 CID Share Posted February 11, 2008 Back to XP! Unless you have games that require Vista or you could put away your hatred and wait for the Service Pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 11, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 11, 2008 Back to XP! Unless you have games that require Vista or you could put away your hatred and wait for the Service Pack. I thought about just go back to xp for now till they get vista worked out, and just theme xp with Vista Transformation Pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 11, 2008 CID Share Posted February 11, 2008 Not a smart move. Windows XP will not and can not use the quad core correctly because its not really threaded. Download the vista sp1 beta and try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 If Vista SP1 Beta is as good as XP SP3 RC I wouldn't hesitate downloading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yah im about to download SP1, but my internet connections is craping out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 I've been using XP SP3 sense its release and have had no troubles at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 I've been using XP SP3 sense its release and have had no troubles at all. Good deal, hopefully this will fix most if not all my problems before i can get my hands on the final next month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Seems to be faster and less Report to M$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Seems to be faster and less Report to M$ Haha im sending M$ on average 10 a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Haha im sending M$ on average 10 a day Looks like Vista is giving you purpose in life! :2funny: By the way how you liking the Quad Core you got for next to nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Looks like Vista is giving you purpose in life! :2funny: By the way how you liking the Quad Core you got for next to nothing? I love it!! I got her overclocked to 3.0Ghz ideling around 31 Degrees. Vista takes about 15 secs to boot up, and no joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thats just fricking amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thats just fricking amazing! Yah at stock speeds i was seeing 24-26 degrees, but when its warm in the room its idels around 31, but when its cool ive see it at 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 For those who do not know where to find the XP SP3 I finally found it. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ed934c-8423-4386-ad98-36b124a720aa&DisplayLang=en It'll take a while to swallow that one. 336 MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 For those who do not know where to find the XP SP3 I finally found it. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ed934c-8423-4386-ad98-36b124a720aa&DisplayLang=en It'll take a while to swallow that one. 336 MB. Thats the same one I'm using! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Why do you think I looked for it bro. You made it sound prety good. And I figured if it worked good for you a while I'd DL it. Well you finally convinced me. And I figured I'd share where I found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 For those who do not know where to find the XP SP3 I finally found it. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ed934c-8423-4386-ad98-36b124a720aa&DisplayLang=en It'll take a while to swallow that one. 336 MB. Thanks Tommie, Downloading her now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Actually I haven't heard of any complaints to speak of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 This is what i keep it cool with, It works pretty well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thats pretty cool looking. I keep my P4 3.2 Prescott cool with this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Damn wished my quad would get that cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Who makes at fan set up you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted February 12, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 Cooler Master CM Sphere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 12, 2008 CID Share Posted February 12, 2008 damn justinlay...dont let your mobo take off with that cooler...but seriously it seems like it gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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