that's coz the system hardware is slow
not to mention u would miss out on DirectX10 on XP

any 32-bit OS has the 4GB limitation

yup, agree with u on that part, have seen how people hacked Crysis setting for XP and enabled Very High mode, the DX9 graphic is almost the same as DX10's not sure about other games like Call of Juarez, e.g.

as can be seen here, DX10 rendering is certainly nicer, but who knows, it might be just marketing gimmick, just like Crysis, the same thing is achievable with DX9, but in order to promote DX10, they purposely disable some options

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html...W50aHVzaWFzdA==

besides image quality, seems like u would get performance boost as well with DirectX10

@limhongwoon, check your system properties if u are using vista

care to explain what u meant by "not stable" in Vista?

hmm, afaik there is no way to utilize all 4GB RAM in 32-bit OS, heard about memory remapping stuff but not every program has the feature
perhaps it's time to shift to 64-bit, in coming years 4GB RAM will be mainstream, then no point sticking to 32-bit anymore. even the upcoming Windows 7 would only ship in 64-bit version only (confirmed before, but the beta has 32-bit version, so status unknown)

as usual, my recommendation is, if u have good hardware, by all means, try Vista, if u are not happy with it, revert back to XP. i had been using XP for the past 7 years, and i have no problem getting used to Vista after i change my rig.

and if u have less than 4GB RAM, or u do not need to utilize all 4GB RAM, stick with 32-bit system for now

and btw, personal experience tells me that Vista is ok, but since there are other forummers who suggest that it is not good and not stable, why don't u PM them to ask them to explain to u why it is not good or not stable?

This post has been edited by cyew86: Dec 5 2008, 10:04 PM

even amd x2 3800+ can handle it well

futureproof? windows 7 coming next june my fren

from what i read:
- less bloated, can choose the components that u want to install
- some kind of super taskbar, more functionality
- ribbon interface on Wordpad
- directx 11
- less annoying UAC
- others all can't remember
it's a "minor" upgrade compared to from ME to XP or XP to Vista
this is something like from Win95 to 98 imho