Ugh, I knew itPost Date: 2008-06-01 |
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kclemens 
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 Topic: Ugh, I knew itPosted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:37pm |
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I knew I should have went with XP and not Vista 64-bit. I have been reading so many driver messups, blue screens, etc on Vista. If my rig gets here and has any of these I am going to be soooo pissed.
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EdH63
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:41pm |
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Don't know if you have 64 or 32bit, but I haven't had one issue with Vista since I've had this rig. SLI and 64bit is what I'm seeing most of the issues on.
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kclemens
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:49pm |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:50pm |
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sli is causing way more crap than vista, the only real problem 64 bit is giving is mainly peripherals
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kclemens
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:53pm |
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Really? So the problems are based on SLI? My wireless mouse and keyboard are supposedly "Vista Certified" so we will see, They are logitech. And I didn't go SLI so thats a bonus.
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!ender_
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 8:59pm |
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i dont use sli and i have only had 2 issues that were vista related, both were rooted in things i just didnt yet understand about the operating system(mainly UAC), i use a usb connection for my phone, a usb connected hard drive, a usb connected camera, a mx512 logitech and a logitech keyboard with media/bindable shortcuts.
every item i use came out before vista existed, and i have not hit a single bump using them. i feel that, since the general "savvy computer user" stigma is to resist change, especially from microsoft, everyone blames every issue on vista
personally i feel there should be more fingers pointed at nvidia mobos and definately at systems with sli and raid set ups
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EdH63
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Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 11:37pm |
You know, I'm really more apt to believe this also. I think it's just easier to blame Vista because so many have already drunk the coolaid about issues with Vista. It's kind of a witch hunt. Once you've spotted a witch, there's gotta be a burnin! |
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Venture
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 1:34pm |
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I've only had 2 Vista 64 bit issues since I got my rig in March. First, Linksys is not making Vista drivers for my network print server (32 or 64 bit, iirc), so I print to a different printer using printer sharing on an always-on machine. And, I've had trouble getting the drivers working to my Sony digital voice recorder, even though the drivers I downloaded did say they were Vista (so maybe not 64 bit?). I rarely use that recorder, though, so I've just used it on my old XP machine when I need to. Other than that, zero Vista 64 problems.
Programs I've used, some extensively, some less so, without problems: - Adobe Premiere Pro - Sony Vegas Pro - Pinnacle Studio 11 - Neverwinter Nights 2 - Crysis - Call of Duty 4 - Firefox One other thing I thought of - Vista 64 comes with a 32 bit Internet Explorer, and a 64 bit version. There is no Flash plugin that works with the IE 64 bit version yet, so you need to use the 32 bit version to use Flash with IE. |
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kclemens
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 2:18pm |
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I never use IE anyways, just Firefox.
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Aich Shaoden
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 2:31pm |
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I got Vista 64bit- SLI, only one hdd tho, I was going to do raid but rather get a new raptor, maybe two and do raid 0 later.
AS more and more companies swithc to 64 bit things will get fixed, but This will be for gaming, nothgn else, so I wount be loading anything except nnext gen games so I should be ok.
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Jingping
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 2:49pm |
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I had major major issues with Vista 32-bit due to (evidently) installation issues. I finally reformatted my disk and reinstalled Vista from scratch, and I've only had one or two major issues in the month or so since.
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MarkNY
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 3:39pm |
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I have SLI and vista 64. I haven't had any problems with it so far- maybe i'm just lucky. I have had a few issues with Crysis on vista 64 (where as it ran perfectly on XP pro) and a few issues with Windows media player (random crashes). Overall, its not too bad though.
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SunfighterLC
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Posted: 02 Jun 2008 at 4:17pm |
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lol for a moment there KC i thought you were gonna say your computer entered Stage T haha.
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Kenpo
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Posted: 03 Jun 2008 at 8:51am |
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I also have 64bit and SLI and so far no problems at all
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