Windows Vista SP2 beta performance

I love Vista the way it is, I use at work, have no problems, I can get as technical and dirty with it as I want.

I actually find Vista to be much more accessible when it comes to customizing and fixing issues since there's a lot more options integrated into the GUI then before. If it's not though, the old tools are still there, and some have been enhanced.

We switched half the company here to Vista about 5 months ago, there's yet to be any problems.

Originally Posted by n3mo
@Journeyer
@ParaHelix.org
Linux is made for work, not gaming, and in that it's better. Seen any servers running Vista (or Windows Server 2008)?
On XP you get more fps in Crysis, and you can't actually see difference between DX9 and DX10 until you look hard.
Xp runs faster, eats less memory, is more compatible with everything etc. But i guess that shiny, transparent windows make up for all of that, right?

Did you attempt to read what you yourself had written, allow me to remind you "Face it, Vista is rubbish. It loses in every field to every other OS.", Now, does Linux beat Vista in the gaming field, no, so in fact let me not waste any more time in this reply as what I have already said has make your comment insignificant.

Originally Posted by n3mo

@Tim S
Alright, maybe my post seemed too offensive or something (I'm not natively english, far less British), but the fact is that everywhere you look on B-T you see i7 this, i7 that, from the time far before official launch. There is of course some info about Daneb, but it's like 50:1 for Intel.
Saying that B-T is Intel financed was my irony towards AMD fanboys, but I guess that it wasn't obvious from the context, so for the record I want to stress the fact that I admire Bit-Tech for it's neutrality and openness in approach :)

I know Tim's said about this already but I'd like to expand on it with a bit of history.

Before Core 2 launched we did a LOT of AMD content - AM2 motherboard after motherboard because no one wanted an Intel, and much less, Taiwan didn't want to promote them. Nvidia was pushing them as the primary platform for its chipsets too.

Then Core 2 launched and everything changed the other way - the same thing happened between Radeon HD 2900 and to a lesser extent the HD 3800 and GeForce 8800 GTX and later GT, until the 4800 series launched and it was only more recently the GTX 260 216-shader better competed.

With regards to information on Core i7 versus AMD - at the time AMD launched its K8 we did a lot of coverage at the time (but as a site, were much smaller with far less industry contacts), whereas from Core i7 Intel has been keeping us informed continually on its massive change to drop the FSB which is a massive step - it paves the way for everything in the next 5-10-15 years that Intel does.

Likewise, Taiwan is heavily promoting X58 products and there was a lot of anticipation in the run up to launch, as expected. Taiwan is a massive influence in "leaking information" in order to self promote or sometimes it's about "who you know". Wait til Larrabee hits - since we expect most of the TWese motherboard manufacturers to also make Intel's new GPU, there will not doubt be a bevvy of information in Q2-Q3 2009 about it as Intel takes another massive step into a brand new, very competitive industry (with very passionate fanboys) - will it sink or swim? Personally I expect another "Matrox Parhelia" and it'll stay GPGPU/OpenCL only.

AMD is due to launch new processors but it's generally never been that forthcoming with information about roadmaps and future technologies - what we do get, and are allowed to share (either NDA or it's due to change in some way), we do, but right now I have two brand new AMD CPUs currently being tested completely and I'm nagging AMD for as much detail as possible about its new features.

We've also tested every new AMD motherboard chipset and have also done B2, B3, triple core and energy efficient AMD CPUs this year too. It's heavy right now because it's simply "that time of year" - come next year it'll change again with AMD's new CPUs, and later in Q2-3 new Intel CPUs again, not to mention new graphics launches left right and centre.

Oh, why? Oh, why do you keep acknowledging him he's clearly a troll that's managed to find bit-tech. If we ignore him maybe he'll go away.

Originally Posted by Horizon
Oh, why? Oh, why do you keep acknowledging him he's clearly a troll that's managed to find bit-tech. If we ignore him maybe he'll go away.

Hmm, okay, we'll give it a go.

Cant go anywhere whith this loading speed

Originally Posted by katmandude
one question still is on my mind, will windows 7 be any diff.? bet you not.

I bet you do, my good "IT admin" person. Better bring your knowledge up to date, there is a W7 beta version out there you could try. Also check this out to sort out your users, before you loose your sleep and pop a nerve.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd320282.aspx

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