Vista Dilemma: Hotfixes or SP1
Posted by Shawn on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 9:57 pm under Gas Powered Games, Supreme Commander, Sierra, Crytek, Patches, Gamer Life, THQ, Game Platforms, Games, Computer, Microsoft, Game Companies
Tagged: company of heroes, crysis, gas powered games, hotfixes, massive entertainment, relic, service pack 1, sierra, Supreme Commander, thq, vista, Windows Vista and world in conflict
As the release of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 approaches, gamers are left wondering whether it’s worth all the trouble of a huge download and an anti-hack update when hotfixes can be manually downloaded from the Windows site. ExtremeTech has done some testing and found answers that might surprise you.
There is a marked difference in the efficiency of the SP1 media fixes as compared to the hotfixes. File operations tests show hardly any difference between the two. Company of Heroes and World in Conflict performance tests show a a performance gap between the hotfix and SP1. Supreme Commander and Crysis performance tests are more unclear and even surprising.
Get the full details and make an informed decision on whether to upgrade on ExtremeTech.
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March 6th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Microsoft always finds a way to fuck it up.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:47 am
I think I can live without Crysis. I beat the game and it was good. But Crysis multiplayer kinda sucks.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:04 am
i dont really think that game was about the game play lol
March 6th, 2008 at 9:10 am
XP Pro is still the operating system of choice.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I still see no good reason to waste my money
and hard drive space on an operating system
that gives me no real benefits.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I'm still not upgrading till the fix all them kinks
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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