OT: Vista or XP?

MRe wrote on 9/13/2007, 7:14 AM
I know: this may be a hornets nest...

I'm building my new editing station based on quad core Q6600 and Intel "bad axe" mobo. I also ordered OEM-version of 32-bit Vista Ultimate.

The question is: should I install the Vista or stick with XP? Do I get any visible, measureable benefit from running Vista? Is there any XP vs. Vista benchmarks for videoediting?

The main apps I use are: VP8, SF9, Acid Pro 6, DVDA 4.5 etc + Boris Red, NEO HDV, Pixelan. Main peripherals are ShuttlePro 2 and MCU, which is attached using M-Audio USB-Midi -adapter. Neither of these support 64-bit Vista. Otherwise I would get Vista64 with 4 gig RAM immediately.

So, what's the verdict? XP or Vista32?

Comments

xberk wrote on 9/13/2007, 7:40 AM
You probably will see little change or gain out of Vista 32 bit over XP -- but little downside either. 64 bit is coming all around -- why not run Vista now? It certainly has some nice things built in to discover. If you feel all your critical aps and hardware will run under 32 bit Vista, I wouldn't upgrade an old machine but on a new machine go for it now especially since you seem to have ordered an OEM copy.

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Konrad wrote on 9/13/2007, 8:01 AM
I'm working on adding Xp to my Vista box so I can answer that question but unlike prior versions of Windows where dual boot was very trivial it is a big job to make it work with Vista and XP. There are lots of articles on the web on how to do it, I just need to find the time to work through all the steps of adding XP to Vista.

Konrad
riredale wrote on 9/13/2007, 8:50 AM
Do a search on this board. This topic has been the subject of sometimes energetic debate over the past 6 months.

As for me, I'm sticking with XP. Slightly faster, thoroughly debugged, already have it, familiar with it, couldn't care less about Vista eye candy, no DRM hassles. Someday my next stop: Linux.
Wolfgang S. wrote on 9/13/2007, 9:12 AM
On my new system, I will run both XP but also Vista 64 bit - it makes no sense to use Vista-32 bit, I think.

Desktop: PC AMD 3960X, 24x3,8 Mhz * RTX 3080 Ti (12 GB)* Blackmagic Extreme 4K 12G * QNAP Max8 10 Gb Lan * Resolve Studio 18 * Edius X* Blackmagic Pocket 6K/6K Pro, EVA1, FS7

Laptop: ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED * internal HDR preview * i9 12900H with i-GPU Iris XE * 32 GB Ram) * Geforce RTX 3070 TI 8GB * internal HDR preview on the laptop monitor * Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K mini

HDR monitor: ProArt Monitor PA32 UCG-K 1600 nits, Atomos Sumo

Others: Edius NX (Canopus NX)-card in an old XP-System. Edius 4.6 and other systems

routerguy99 wrote on 9/13/2007, 9:31 AM
Running Vista 32 utilizes the Quad core better then XP..I have the same Proc.. Dual booting XP/Vista. (Vista32 seems to use the Quad core better)

"based on quad core Q6600 and Intel "bad axe" mobo."


M-audio Drivers will or might hold you back I don't know if they have the drivers for vista, ( Ihave the M-audio Rev 5.1) it works no problems.

" attached using M-Audio USB-Midi -adapter. "