WinXP sp3 rc1

We all know both xp sp3 rc1 and vista sp1 rc1 has been released and specially vista sp1 rc1 is quite good!

But what about xp sp3 ? my own experience is that its waste of HD and only screws over your custom ui... or am I missing something?

What do you guys think of winxp sp3 rc1 ? worth it?

thanks.

 

I'd like to know that too.
I just really hope it's nothing more than a rollup of all the hotfixes thus far. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

 

That's how I feel, unless it's a Major overhaul like SP2.

 

Yeah, nothing major. Basically its just a rollup of patches/updates/hotfixes and couple of new features which dont affect the performance. I didnt notice any of the 10% improvement claim floating around the web.

 

10% isn't as big as you'd think so. if you got 25FPS and now 27FPS in game, that's a 10% increase

 

i wonder if the multi core proccessing hotfix is included in this??

 

Ofcourse not but if people are expecting some sort of general performance improvement over SP2 like what is expected from Vista SP1 over Vista RTM, thats not the case.

 

Hmm good question, if the duo core fix is implimented in sp3 rc1 or not?

 

I see no reason why it shouldn't be.
That's the point of a service pack after all. Bundling up all the existing hotfixes and patches and applying them in one go.

 

I check the registry there is no throttle or anything so thats what i thought was weird, then again when i download the hotfix it wouldnt let me install so i am kinda confuzzeled.

 

... would be nice if it was in there....(hotfix multi core).... when is final release?

 

I don't see significant speed difference myself. One thing I notice is that the battery lasts longer and the laptop runs cooler. So I gather it was a power management thing.

 

If i install sp3 rc1 when say rc2 or final releases do i have to downgrade to upgrade again and how stable is rc1?

 

For me sp3 was well worth it. Mainly because I'd been running sp2 for about 1 year 6 months, so I was due for a format. Well, I did not want to do that since I'm moving back to my laptop only soon (many reasons why on desktop, completing a project, etc). Anyway, I installed sp3 and it cleared up all the issue I had... runs a heck of a lot faster (like a new install), and has no issues.

Figured I'd give it a try since I was going to have reinstall anyway... my old build was on its last leg. All the installing and uninstalling software (this was before I started using virtual pc 100% for testing programs).

Speed: as I said, like a new build... but has not slowed down yet.

New features: no, nothing new that I can see...

Issues: more important than features, IMO, sp3 has no issues.

I'm still debating if I should install this on my laptop, which is a new build... not sure... might wait for the final release of sp3. Although, I have outlook 07 installed on the laptop and some have said there are increases in speed when opening outlook 07.

 

Well i dont know if this SP2 or SP3 but i got windows Cardspace which was in Vista..

 

I noticed zero performance change. Then again I installed it on a fresh install machine.

 

So do i.. i have no clue why... all its doing is causing issues with my boot up... slow down (with sp2)

 

I do notice some improvement on Office 2007 except Outlook which still takes awhile to load. Reviews say 10% improvement but for a regular joe like me it's not much but gamers it's probably more noticeable. RC1 suffices for now.

 

Can someone PLS PLS PLS give me the download link for Vista SP RC1 ...

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...65-7716-47d9-b9b7-5cfdf71198cb&DisplayLang=en

 

I believe it is, just add the throttle key and edit boot ini like you did before and your good to go. Someone correct me if I am wrong or maybe Golph will jump in and confirm this.