BigFan

Go Vista 64bit. With sp1, its a lot more stable and on par with xp plus you have 4Gb of ram, so, you'll be able to use it all in 64bit. In terms of game compatibility, I haven't had any problems with any old games that I've tried, usually setting compatibility in the compatibility tab under a games' property helps. As these guys suggested, getting something like an allendale or conroe would really boost your performance in all apps and games especially when you can get a nice overclock on them

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BigFan

Besides the size shrink, is that quad the same as the Q6600, but, with even lower speed and cache?

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jellymonster

I'm glad that old games are still compatable and vista x64 is stable.
I will definately look at getting a new processor.
Haha, we prety much got the same motherboard, mines just the newer buggier one with the gay energy saving that nobody that overclocks installs. It is a good motherboard though once you've found a none buggy bios (F6a).

dralb

I have yet to find anything that won't play. You can selct and option in compatibilty to run in XP mode.

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NormanD

Hey Guys,

I was thinking the same thing, my gaming rig is purely for just that and nothing else, I was going to get Vista only for the DX10 and none of the other eye candy. Should I just go with 32bit on that basis.

My other rig is running XP perfectly well with 2GB and it is used for everything else.

Or lastly, should I wait for Windows 7 to come out in Australia and use this...

Thanks

IEATFISH

I would say 7, but you won't be disappointed with Vista 64.

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NormanD

OK thanks, 64bit it is then.