Vista Dilemma: Hotfixes or SP1
By Shawn on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 9:57 PM PST In Computer, Crytek, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Gas Powered Games, Microsoft, Patches, Sierra, Supreme Commander, THQ
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.
Microsoft always finds a way to fuck it up.
I think I can live without Crysis. I beat the game and it was good. But Crysis multiplayer kinda sucks.
i dont really think that game was about the game play lol
XP Pro is still the operating system of choice.
I still see no good reason to waste my money
and hard drive space on an operating system
that gives me no real benefits.
I’m still not upgrading till the fix all them kinks