Vista or 7 for best gaming performance?

hey, im trying to find out which OS i'd get the best performance with while using them on an ASUS G50vtx5 ?

i have dual boot set up atm with 7 on my faster HDD and Vista on an older/smaller drive and i am thinking about wiping 7 and replacing it with Vista as its what this laptop is meant to be on or at least comes with stock. i followed the 'install guide to smooth Windows 7" on this forum while installing on this laptop but im not convinced its optimal.

before i take the time again to wipe this and reinstall OS and ALL OF MY S*** i was wondering if i could get a few more opinions as to which OS might be best and why?

any advice would be great, thanks guys

(as far as drivers go ive tried everything possible Video driver wise and then some Nvida forceware/dox etc...)

for the last 4 months that ive owned this laptop i have done nothing but tweak/ mess with various settings and i have yet to be pleased or impressed with ANYTHING it has done, despite its glowing reviews practically anywhere

 

Windows 7 hands down.

Windows Vista is poorly optimized, and runs worse on older systems than Windows 7.

 

Patched Vista is not bad, but I'd have to go with 7 for long-term support.

Whichever OS you install isn't gonna change the fact that new games will run subpar due to the underpowered hardware. Since you say the laptop originally came with Vista, that means it's at least 5 years old.

 

is there a way to check if/ make an installation become optimized? i have spent forever reading SO MUCH on getting the VT to run "smoothly" and or well with 7 and either this computer isn't what i thought or i have gone horribly wrong somewhere in the process/ or keep going wrong (ive installed/ clean installed it over and over, along with different drivers/ settings etc and just can't seem to get much or even what i consider tolerable out of it. in terms of running even MY standards of decent games (low according to other owners of this lappy and better)

i don't even know where to begin to try/begin to start in terms of another go at it.

 

Install and set up/tweak your OS according to these guides: TweakGuides.com - The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion

 

Even the gateway P-7805 was prefered over that laptop. It was a mid range gamer at the time 5 years ago. It will never be a high end gamer now. At best it is a low end gaming system.

 

I agree, the system will struggle depending on which games OP is trying to play. No amount of OS tweaking can make up for old hardware. The best you can do is turn off Aero, remove bloatware, and use something like Razer Game Booster to free up some RAM and CPU cycles. On a clean install, there's no extra performance to be squeezed out.

However, the laptop will do just fine for older titles. IMO, there are a lot of classics that are worth playing over the new stuff. That's the beauty of the PC platform: Backward compatibility is almost never an issue. For example, Quake Live just released on Steam. It's still extremely playable, runs on anything, and as an FPS knocks the socks off the clichéd MMS (modern military shooters) that are prevalent on the market today.

 

i agree, and believe me i know well the limitations and reasonable expectations of this specific lappy. its those even that i am having difficulty reaching :/ not only can i not run things that this machine should test run and pass with flying colors, but even standard benchmark numbers are higher than mine, by far. something just isn't right.

can't quite put my finger on it, and im rather experienced when it comes with setting up a compy so the past few months havn't exactly been spent trying nothing but i can't help but feeling i KNOW this pos should put out a little better than it is now.

 

Which specific games are you trying to run, at what settings, and what kind of performance are you getting?

 

7 all the way

 

Windows 7 FTW

 

Try to run a game that's known to work well with that computer, from 2009 maybe, and compare the benchmarks with what you can find in reviews.
I had a quick check and didn't find a benchmark for that model, buy I guess you could look for a different model/brand with the same GPU.
ASUS G50V - Notebookcheck.net External Reviews

Five years old, maybe it needs to be opened up and cleaned? The heatsinks can be full of dust, causing the processors to throttle.

Maybe there's something wrong with the hard drive?

Do you have the right settings for the graphics card? You can usually change the GPU clock speed between maximum performance and maximum battery life.

Use Windows 7.

 

If it's that old, it's probably worth repasting and cleaning.


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Having used both i have to say gaming on vista was hell for me. Windows 7 is a lot better