New XPS 1730 with 8800gtx SLI owner

Hello,

I just got my xps 1730 with the 8800gtx, 4gig ram, single 7200rpm drive, and vista 32 premium, i was wondering if its worth downgrading to xp64 bit or getting vista 64 bit? I recently upgraded my drivers to 177.92 from the people over at xps-wiki 's tutorial,

ps. anyone with the 2.5ghz non xtreme cpu know if there is a dell overclocking utility, i am wondering in my cleanup if i accidentily deleted theirs, anyways i love the laptop so far, and look forward to the experts help

-Andrew

 

I'm still running Vista Premium on my XPS M1730... haven't felt any need to change the O/S just yet. I'm still running the 175.16 drivers since I already have an Ageia PhysX processor onboard.

On my unit, OC'ing is done at t BIOS level, so there's no software to accidentally delete.

 

so maybe 175.16 would be best for me, i have the physics card as well, it has been a while since i upgraded my computer and there were no physics cards at that time! so i am new to them

 

I would either get XP 32 bit or get vistax64 for the best gaming experience...

 

also does anyone know how to check to see if crysis is running DX10 or if it is in DX9, and is VSYNC necessary for it? mine was off

 

Crysis runs at DX10 if it is run normally in Vista, DX9 if run normally in XP, and DX9 if you run a specific command in vista to boot it up ( unsure of what the command is). unless you specifically told it to run in DX9, then its running in DX10.

Vsynch shouldn't be necessary, just put the details up high and you should find that your fps won't break 40 anyway, no need to throttle that horsepower if you can put it to use

i'd strongly advise against getting Windows XP 64 bit.. whereas Vista 32 and 64 bits are essentially the same software, there are major differences with XP 32 and 64 bit, and the driver support is horrendous. the best OS's i feel to play games on are as suggested, Windows XP 32 bit ( for older games and ones that don't require DX10), and Vista 64 (for anything that requires DX10, and any large memory taxing applications where you do need all 4GB of that ram, of which only about 3gb is available under a 32 bit OS).

as for the physics card.. think of it as a Processor that only does PhysX ( meaning it'll only work on a small list of games). most notable of which is probably unreal tournament 3 (and it won't work with crysis).

the cards themselves have been a bit of a flop for Ageiax.. however Nvidia has incorporated PhysX processing capabilities on its newer graphic card drivers, so if the engine itself takes off, then your card couldd potentially become very useful that and playing the tech demos is fun., lol

anway, welcome to the club xD

 

When running Crysis from the Games Explorer in Vista, if you right click on the Crysis icon, you will get a menu that has options to run it in DX9 or DX10. It defaults to DX10.

 

Yeah XP Pro 32 bit works perfect for gaming. Granted it will only see 3GB of ram, that will be a lot more then what you need for XP and any game.

 

thanks for all the replies, been a few days since i was online but just wanted to thank you guys