Hi, guys wanting to know if Xp home Sp2 will run games better then Vista ultimate for me. I got the following Hardware..... Alienware Area51 M5500 Pentium M 780 2.27Ghz 2mb L2 Geforce Go6600 128Mbs Mild OC'ing 2Gb DDR2 533Mhz 80Gb Hd 7200Rpm DVD-Ram CD-rom drive Cant Verify Mobo, I get Foxconn and Alienware Motherboard. But cant get Board model. Personal Note: I can run Bioshock at normal settings also Guildwars at Max, I can run 6800ultra demos very well "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"

depends on what games you want to run.

Currently XP is faster than Vista for just about any activity - games included. How much faster is the real issue. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01... As long as you have hardware that is up to the task you probably wouldn't notice any difference between the two. However, if your hardware is marginally adequate for a game it might make the difference between being playable and being a slide show. Michael J

I like xp better, they are faster.

Also for games, the point of vista being dx10 which the go6600 dosnt support so 'go' with Xp.

Curious - what's the reason for asking the question? You already have WMCE 2005 preinstalled on this notebook. BTW CNet overall rating for this Nb is Good but not the best. Reasons for the rating are Lousy battery life; mediocre gaming performance; slightly compact keyboard; screen is very reflective. http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/ali... i_Xp/VistaUser

Well this Comp was BareBones... Dont Ask! So Windoz MCE wasnt an option, I have XP pro and home also vista Ultimate as my choices. So from what is sound XP pro is best choice for more options and Mobility, Thanks guys 3dMark05 score or 2710 on Vista, hope XP increases score a lil. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"