How much of my "needed" resources will Vista take away?

[Bullseye]

I just upgraded my PC to 3200 Ghz and 2 gb's of RAM. My grfx card is a
slightly old Nvidia 6600GT 128 mb card. I upgraded because I wanted to
use my pc to capture hdtv. I was told I would need at least a 3200ghz
cpu and 2gb's of RAM if I wanted to do this and still do little things
on the side (like maybe browse the web) at the same time. I've been
able to get along like this for awhile now without problems.

Now comes Vista. Can anyone tell me what (if any) version of Vista
will allow me to keep up this same type of performance I have with XP?
I'll put on only the Basic Vista if needed. If not I'm not upgrading
my computer again, that's the limit my motherboard will take. I might
think about upgrading my graphics card to 256mb or 512mb (I don't know
if the 512mb's cards are still expensive), otherwise I'm just sticking
to XP. Any adivise would be appreciated.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just upgraded my PC to 3200 Ghz and 2 gb's of RAM. My grfx card
is a slightly old Nvidia 6600GT 128 mb card. I upgraded because I
wanted to use my pc to capture hdtv. I was told I would need at
least a 3200ghz cpu and 2gb's of RAM if I wanted to do this and
still do little things on the side (like maybe browse the web) at
the same time. I've been able to get along like this for awhile now
without problems.

Now comes Vista. Can anyone tell me what (if any) version of Vista
will allow me to keep up this same type of performance I have with
XP? I'll put on only the Basic Vista if needed. If not I'm not
upgrading my computer again, that's the limit my motherboard will
take. I might think about upgrading my graphics card to 256mb or
512mb (I don't know if the 512mb's cards are still expensive),
otherwise I'm just sticking to XP. Any adivise would be appreciated.

"Basic" Vista would not have the features you seem to like.
Personally - if everything is working for you now - I don't know why you'd
start running into a new door until your head busts open anyway.

If you are going Vista - I would go on a whole new system and get used to
it - considering you went to so much work to get the current situation 'just
right'. Then - when you are comfortable with Vista - consider swapping out
systems.

 

[BigJim]

not knowing what capture card you have this is just a guess, there is a good
chance that Vista will not
support it.

 

[Bullseye]

not knowing what capture card you have this is just a guess, there is a good
chance that Vista will not
support it.

right, I forgot about that. This capture card is not a well-known card
made by a big company. Screw vista. At least for another half to 1
year. By then hopefully it's DRM protection for hd-dvd's will also
have been hacked Will XP's have any trouble working with hd-dvd
players/recorders and hd-dvd's when they come out?

 

[Rock]

I just upgraded my PC to 3200 Ghz and 2 gb's of RAM. My grfx card is a
slightly old Nvidia 6600GT 128 mb card. I upgraded because I wanted to
use my pc to capture hdtv. I was told I would need at least a 3200ghz
cpu and 2gb's of RAM if I wanted to do this and still do little things
on the side (like maybe browse the web) at the same time. I've been
able to get along like this for awhile now without problems.

Now comes Vista. Can anyone tell me what (if any) version of Vista
will allow me to keep up this same type of performance I have with XP?
I'll put on only the Basic Vista if needed. If not I'm not upgrading
my computer again, that's the limit my motherboard will take. I might
think about upgrading my graphics card to 256mb or 512mb (I don't know
if the 512mb's cards are still expensive), otherwise I'm just sticking
to XP. Any adivise would be appreciated.

FY, there are Vista specific newsgroups.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_password
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Bullseye wrote:

Screw vista. At least for another half
to 1 year. By then hopefully it's DRM protection for hd-dvd's will
also have been hacked

Will XP's have any trouble working with
hd-dvd players/recorders and hd-dvd's when they come out?

That would be up to said manufacturers of said devices.
When a company puts out a product - that company chooses what will be
supported and where - not Microsoft.

 

[Bullseye]

Bullseye wrote:


That would be up to said manufacturers of said devices.
When a company puts out a product - that company chooses what will be
supported and where - not Microsoft.

That's true. Since most people will be on XP when hd-dvd
players/recorders are introduced this year I would think they are
going after that market. Unless the film industry somehow forces them
to have to comply with Vista, but I would doubt that.

 

[Bullseye]

FY, there are Vista specific newsgroups.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_password
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

yeah I know but I figured the people there will say stuff like "nah
man get Vista it's totally better" and crap like that.

 

[Rock]

yeah I know but I figured the people there will say stuff like "nah
man get Vista it's totally better" and crap like that.

No, you'll get get varied opinions there too. I was just posting that in
case you didn't know about them.