The best Vista Edition for the Computer Games

[Guest]

I want to buy a new Vista but I don't know which edition I should get. Is the
Ultimate Vista 32bit compatible with all computer games? I'm able to pay more
for Ultimate and "get it all" than buy a Home Premium edition, as long as all
computer games will work with the ultimate

 

[Dave B.]

I would imagine that it doesn't matter, all versions of Vista should work
with all compatible games, don't quote me on this though

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[Dale \Mad_Murdock\ White]

There is no diffence in the way it works with games. I'm currently running
the Vista Enterprise (which is basically Vista Business) and my performance
is no different than the Vista Ultimate RTM

The different vesion just enabled and disable different features. Look at
the feature list of Home Prem and Ultimate and decide if you really need the
Ulitmate edition. I think you'll see that the difference between Prem and
Vista is hardly worth the extra cost. Unless those 3 features are relly
important to you

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

 

[Dustin Harper]

The OS is the same, just different features. You will be able to play
games the same way on all flavors. Shouldn't have an impact on frame
rates or visual quality (except for maybe memory usage on the higher
quality OS versions).

Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

 

[Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]]

Pretty much the only difference that matters is that the shorcut to Game
Explorer on Business/Enterprise from Start/Games is not there. You have to
go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Games to find it. Parental Controls is
disabled by default when you join to a domain, which only
Business/Enterprise/Ultimate can do.

That said, game developers will mostly be testing on CONSUMER versions of
Windows Vista: Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate. BUSINESS versions will
work, but may well run into issues due to locked-down security settings,
lack of administrator rights, etc.

 

[Guest]

Pretty much the only difference that matters is that the shorcut to Game
Explorer on Business/Enterprise from Start/Games is not there. You have to
go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Games to find it. Parental Controls is
disabled by default when you join to a domain, which only
Business/Enterprise/Ultimate can do.

That said, game developers will mostly be testing on CONSUMER versions of
Windows Vista: Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate. BUSINESS versions will
work, but may well run into issues due to locked-down security settings,
lack of administrator rights, etc.

--
Chuck Walbourn
SDE, Game Technology Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Man-wai Chang]

I want to buy a new Vista but I don't know which edition I should get. Is the
Ultimate Vista 32bit compatible with all computer games? I'm able to pay more
for Ultimate and "get it all" than buy a Home Premium edition, as long as all
computer games will work with the ultimate

Note that the home xxx editions don't support multiple CPU.

 

[Dale \Mad_Murdock\ White]

games will work with the ultimate

Note that the home xxx editions don't support multiple CPU.

They support dual cores and that's enough for most people. Granted if you
plan to run Quad cores, you might need to upgrade, but then MS might have a
heart and offer Quad support with a Service pack release

 

[Guest]

All versions support dual-core CPUS, dont worry about that. Unless you have
2 physical sockets, you are fine with any version. As far as the benefits
for ultimate go, we have to wait and see. As of now the benefits are minimal
for your average user. Dreamscene wont be out for a couple of months and
there is no way to know what Microsoft has planned as far as "Ultimate
Extras" go. I bought ultimate myself because I dont like the idea of being
limited with a operating system. I want all available options opened to me.
If you are willing to shell out the money for this 1 time 5+ years
investment, by all means do it. Another "extra" involved with the ultimate
version is the "Family upgrade plan". With your purchase of the retail
version of Vista Ultimate, you get the option of buying 2 Home Premium
upgrade licenses for 50$ each. I would have loved this option if it was for
the full versions, but it isnt. Maybe it will be valuable for you.