Fanta Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Alright, I'm building a new PC and here's what I'mg oing with EVGA 790i motherboard Intel Quadcore ( Q6600? Debating if I want a 65nm or 45nm - maybe a Q6700 for now? ) NVidia GeForce XFX 9800 GTX video card 2gb of DDR3 RAM Essentially this is going to be my gaming platform, which I know Vista is still trying to get friendly with. Any reason why I should go Vista over XP? Maybe run dual environments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strang3majik Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Alright, I'm building a new PC and here's what I'mg oing with EVGA 790i motherboard Intel Quadcore ( Q6600? Debating if I want a 65nm or 45nm - maybe a Q6700 for now? ) NVidia GeForce XFX 9800 GTX video card 2gb of DDR3 RAM Essentially this is going to be my gaming platform, which I know Vista is still trying to get friendly with. Any reason why I should go Vista over XP? Maybe run dual environments? for games....vista sucks. But if you want pleasing to the eye, but slows the computer, you could go with vista. DX10 is a joke, Ive yet to see a difference in actual play. Your computer needs 2x what it needs to run the same game in XP, in Vista, and half of them dont work unless it says, "Games for Windows" on it. It is pretty though...lol I say XP Media Center or Pro. If you'd like, do what I did and do a dual boot of XP and Vista Home Premium(You can hook it to your XBOX 360) And that sounds like a nice computer...go for the Q9450...45nm, 2.6GHz, and 12MB L2 Cache. and only $30 more the Q6700. And I sure hope your shopping on Newegg.com. Usually the cheapest. and let me know how the DDR3 works out for you. Edited July 31, 2008 by strang3majik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 xp maybe in a year goto vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisleyjr Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 With that proc and video card vista will be fine. But you'll need 4 gigs of ram. and since you are ddr3 that'll cost ya, haha. I've been using vista for almost a year now. I only had an issue with COD2, a simple google search fixed the problem. Every other game runs flawless. The anti vista parade has been going on for too long now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 for games....vista sucks. But if you want pleasing to the eye, but slows the computer, you could go with vista. DX10 is a joke, Ive yet to see a difference in actual play. Your computer needs 2x what it needs to run the same game in XP, in Vista, and half of them dont work unless it says, "Games for Windows" on it. It is pretty though...lol I say XP Media Center or Pro. If you'd like, do what I did and do a dual boot of XP and Vista Home Premium(You can hook it to your XBOX 360) And that sounds like a nice computer...go for the Q9450...45nm, 2.6GHz, and 12MB L2 Cache. and only $30 more the Q6700. And I sure hope your shopping on Newegg.com. Usually the cheapest. and let me know how the DDR3 works out for you. I'm actually looking across compusa.com, frys.com, microcenter.com and newegg.com ( half those sites don't even have the 709i mobo listed ) at least both frys and microcenter are local ( microcenter has the mobo $30 cheaper than frys ) I was throwing around the idea of dual booting. I suppose for now just partition my HD and have XP on it and maybe punk out for Vista later? I'll post pictures when this thing is built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dred_85.5_TSI Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'd say if you can afford the RAM go Vista, you will want atleast 4gb. I haven't had any trouble with Vista SP1 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisleyjr Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 790i is an SLI board. You planning on going SLI? My experience with SLI wasn't as wonderful as i thought it would be. I had dual 8800GTS 640MB SLI'd and only saw a marginal gain. Even after hours of research and trying various settings. newegg.com has them, spendy things! You are going b*lls deep aren't you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisleyjr Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'd say if you can afford the RAM go Vista, you will want atleast 4gb. I haven't had any trouble with Vista SP1 so far.Wahoo! I thought i was the only one using vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 790i is an SLI board. You planning on going SLI? My experience with SLI wasn't as wonderful as i thought it would be. I had dual 8800GTS 640MB SLI'd and only saw a marginal gain. Even after hours of research and trying various settings. newegg.com has them, spendy things! You are going b*lls deep aren't you! Well it was that or the 780i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dred_85.5_TSI Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Yeah, I have not had it for too long but it's been flawless, I have a Gateway 6860FX laptop, 1.83ghz intel duo, 4gb ram, plus I usually run another 4gb of ram on the ready boost off my USB, 8800M GTS graphics card with 512mb. I have been happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 A readyboost flash drive might bridge the Vista gap between your 2gb of DDR3 and HDD. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisleyjr Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Well it was that or the 780i Can i ask why? Both are SLI boards. You can save some money going with a non SLI board. I am running a i680 and if i could have done it over i would have gone with a P35 instead. A lot of good reviews and seemed like a solid mobo. On mine when i dropped in the last 2gigs, running 4 sticks of 1gig, i had the mobo fry out on me after a month. Turns out the fsb i was running to the ram was too high, even though it was lower then what the board and ram were rated for, and along with the higher voltage to maintain that speed the board gave up. It was a know flaw in the 6 series boards, no one told me till after it happened though. So i am leary of the 7 series boards now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I know the 650i's were notorious for that ( and having the northbridge overheat due to crappy thermal paste ) - and I know a 780i is more or less the upgrade version of the 650i I'm getting an SLI simply because if I feel the need to be wanting to run it one day, I know that I can and not have to go out and buy another mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcrasta Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) XP man.. I have 4 gig DDR in my XP box . Rocks! Edited August 1, 2008 by Dcrasta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 i thought xp could only register/use 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisleyjr Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) i thought xp could only register/use 2? It can handle a total of 4gig, this includes video ram. 2^32bit = 4gig THat is if you are using XP 32bit. There is a 64bit version but i don't have any experience with that. So with that you have to use Vista 64bit to use more then 4gig, when i bought my vista is came with the 32 and 64 bit versions. Edited August 1, 2008 by jisleyjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 ah, doing a bit of research you can put in 4gig but XP will only register 3.5. Still learning here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Vista, if you want to say you have Vista. There's nothing wrong with it... just XP is faster. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure_insanity Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I'm actually looking across compusa.com, frys.com, microcenter.com and newegg.com ( half those sites don't even have the 709i mobo listed ) at least both frys and microcenter are local ( microcenter has the mobo $30 cheaper than frys ) I was throwing around the idea of dual booting. I suppose for now just partition my HD and have XP on it and maybe punk out for Vista later? I'll post pictures when this thing is built im pretty surprised by microcenter being cheaper than frys. its been my experience so far that frys is the cheapest place we have locally. however newegg does beat the pants off them all. thats where all my components came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasGunner Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 im pretty surprised by microcenter being cheaper than frys. its been my experience so far that frys is the cheapest place we have locally. however newegg does beat the pants off them all. thats where all my components came from. Not sure if its any cheaper but have you tried www.pricewatch.com ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 looks like the 780i might win out - NVidia issued a recall for chipset failures on the 790i and apparently their GPU's are failing as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 try going to EVGA.com and do some reading and looking arround , their user forums are very informative , and one of the most helpfull MB builders i have ever had to deal with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szester Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Alright, I'm building a new PC and here's what I'mg oing with EVGA 790i motherboard Intel Quadcore ( Q6600? Debating if I want a 65nm or 45nm - maybe a Q6700 for now? ) NVidia GeForce XFX 9800 GTX video card 2gb of DDR3 RAM Essentially this is going to be my gaming platform, which I know Vista is still trying to get friendly with. Any reason why I should go Vista over XP? Maybe run dual environments? ddr3 ram...still kinda....twitchy...but anyways, heres the deal. Vista is a 3d OS which means if you alt+tab out of games a lot it will happen much faster in vista, like alt+tabbing out of word on XP. However, that doesn't change the fact that it sucks, i hate vista more then you can possibly know. But Microsoft isnt supporting XP anymore so unless you go with TINYXP and are ONLY looking to game on this comp i would recommend vista. i think i just died a little inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcrasta Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Vista, if you want to say you have Vista. There's nothing wrong with it... just XP is faster. -Robert Sorry, should have been specific. XP-64 ROCKS and my games run smoother (the 64 bit subsystem and the ability to address ALL of your RAM and shadow your video/bios (and address this space also)), less hard drive thrashing, more stable, slicker interface, ability to use your dual or quad core CPU. The pros go on and on. Ya I keep my 32-bit XP around, basically I dual booted the machine. Installed XP-64 on the primary partition, and did a image of my old xp -32 bit (restored that on the secondary partition) and I was good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpEeD147 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 XP please. Vista isnt ready yet, wait a while. also XP supports max 3gb of ram, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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