Okay, Anyone Doing the Sims/Vista Rhumba?
MxxPwr:
Quote from: aqualectrix on 2007 February 18, 08:11:53
It seems likely that your massive loading speedup is mostly caused by the massive jump you took in available RAM.
And probably also a faster/larger-cache HDD. One of those hidden tech jumps that processor producers and software makers take performance credit for.
Paperbladder:
Vista just seems faster because your components are better. If you clean installed XP over the top of that performance would be 5%-35% better at the moment but you'd lose stuff like Aero, Flip3D, and DirectX 10.
Oh yeah, since most computers today don't come with a floppy disk drive you'll need to use nLite to embed your SATA drivers with a XP install disk if you're installing from boot. Vista doesn't require this. I feel that this is an important point to mention since your computer manufacturer might not provide the drivers anymore, making installing XP impossible to install.
Assmitten:
Quote from: karen on 2007 February 17, 01:21:16
I just bought a new Dell XPS 410, Intel Core Duo 6400 (2.13 GHz) with 4 GB RAM, ATI 1300 Pro video card (256 MB). It came with Vista. The game, with all EPs and about 1.5 GB of custom content, loads in about a minute. This compared to *at least* 15-20 minutes on my old machine (Pentium IV 2.4 GHz with 1 GB of RAM and Radeon 9600XT video card). The graphics settings in-game default to low or medium, but I have turned up just about everything to the max setting and there is no lag at all. I was a little worried about how the video card would perform with Vista because it's on Maxis's list of "OK" cards, not "Good", but I have zero complaints so far, after about 3 days of playing the game on the new machine. All my hacks work fine.
*SCREEM* Your stats are about identical to mine. I can't wait for my computer to get here. I think I probably won't notice the difference because my old computer was so sucky.
Karen:
Quote from: MxxPwr on 2007 February 18, 16:20:47
And probably also a faster/larger-cache HDD. One of those hidden tech jumps that processor producers and software makers take performance credit for.
I'm sure you're right about that. My old PC had an 80 GB hard drive and it only had about 20 GB free space.
Process Denied:
Don't we as Sims 2 owners have enough to worry about without throwing in a new operating system? I say instead of spending the money on the operating system, throw more hardware at your computer. My husband has a new computer with Vista and all the hardware that is suppose to be speedier---my computer leaves his in the dust--it's all about power hungry bad ass components.
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