I currently have XP and am thinking of upgrading to Vista.  Besides all the normal Vista-related concerns, the one I have for this forum is:  Does Vista help the performance of AoC?  Is it more stable?  Does it run smoother?  Or is it just the opposite?  I know DX10 is not in game yet, but when it does, how will that figure into the equation?

Please refrain from fanboi/troll comments as the goal of this topic is more of a technincal topic if the merging of AoC and Vista is recommended by the general AoC populous.

Here is my current PC specs just in case, though this topic really is for anyone wondering if they should upgrade to Vista.

Chip:  Intel QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0g
Mem: 4GB DDR2 1000
Vid: 9800 GX2 1G
HD:  500gb 7200rpm

Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks folks!

In my experience, Age of Conan runs much much worse in Vista than it does in XP. I get about 20-30 FPS more in XP on average.

I would avoid upgrading if you want the game to perform well.

Wish I could compare but Ive been playing it on Vista 64 since launch with zero performance problems. All the issues I had seemed to be server side.

I ran the game on the same PC which has 2 different partitions. One with XP 32bit and the other with Vista Ultimate 64bit. My specs are as follows.

AMD Athlon 3800+ 64 X2 Dual Core 2.00 GHz.
4GB of ram (XP reads 3GB)
Nvidia 8800 GTS 384MB

With the above specs, I got better performance on my Vista partition. Had steady 25-35FPS. That is until a few patches later, when Funcom did something and my FPS dropped to 10. But the game still played smoother on Vista than on XP.

Mind you, this was a few weeks ago. I can't check now as I don't have an active AoC account.

I've never had a problem in Vista. I haven't run XP on the same hardware however, so I can't say I've compared.

Vista's fine, I've played using both the 32 and 64 bit editions.

I played AoC on both windows xp and vista 64

same rig, 4 gig of ram, E6750 2.66, 8800 gt

I use Vista, and the FPS is almost identical. When DX10 comes out obviously you will need Vista to take advantage of that.

Originally posted by mrdoublerr

I played AoC on both windows xp and vista 64

same rig, 4 gig of ram, E6750 2.66, 8800 gt

 

Did it play better on one OS over another, or did was it the same on both?  Any noticeable difference on one vs the other?

It will run way better on xp just because of the fact that vista is nothing but a resource hog. With 4g of ram you will have plenty left over to play AoC. In vista (depending on your settings) it will take up at least 1.5 to 2g of your ram. Now if you upgrade to the 64 bit vista version, you can probably upgrade your comps ram for better performance but the 32b version caps on 3g plus whatever your video card has.

Hope this helps

Originally posted by MaGicBush

I use Vista, and the FPS is almost identical. When DX10 comes out obviously you will need Vista to take advantage of that.

Hahaha, I wouldn't hold my breath on that DX10 patch.

Originally posted by Hamrtime

It will run way better on xp just because of the fact that vista is nothing but a resource hog. With 4g of ram you will have plenty left over to play AoC. In vista (depending on your settings) it will take up at least 1.5 to 2g of your ram. Now if you upgrade to the 64 bit vista version, you can probably upgrade your comps ram for better performance but the 32b version caps on 3g plus whatever your video card has.

Hope this helps

It doesn't help, because you don't know what you are talking about and don't understand how Vista's memory management works.

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Originally posted by smokeyjon

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Originally posted by Hamrtime

It will run way better on xp just because of the fact that vista is nothing but a resource hog. With 4g of ram you will have plenty left over to play AoC. In vista (depending on your settings) it will take up at least 1.5 to 2g of your ram. Now if you upgrade to the 64 bit vista version, you can probably upgrade your comps ram for better performance but the 32b version caps on 3g plus whatever your video card has.
Hope this helps

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It doesn't help, because you don't know what you are talking about and don't understand how Vista's memory management works.

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Sure...you can tweak vista to take less resources but all in all xp is the version with 4g of ram.

ps...you can blow me smartass! Im just tryin to help the Op so you can FO

same computer 2 partitions....

one with vista ultimate x64

one with xp pro 32

the xp blows the vista one out of the water.

Originally posted by Hamrtime

 

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Originally posted by smokeyjon

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Originally posted by Hamrtime

 

It will run way better on xp just because of the fact that vista is nothing but a resource hog. With 4g of ram you will have plenty left over to play AoC. In vista (depending on your settings) it will take up at least 1.5 to 2g of yo