Thorough comparisons of running "Company of Heroes" and "Fear" show markedly reduced frame rates in Vista :shock: The conclusion being that graphics hardware and drivers from both ATI and nVidia are several months away from optimisation. They say if you're looking to Vista to revitalise your existing software you're likely to be disappointed.
Their advice on buying a new Vista PC now is to get a dual-core 64bit machine with 2Gb of DDR2 RAM and a 300Gb HD. For graphics they recommend getting a DirectX 9.0 card with as much memory as you can and upgrade to a DX10 card when the price drops below £200 (currently the cheapest is £292).
Their best buy is the Arbico CD1950EX at £1249, but the best machine is the Mesh E6700 X-Treme PCA at £1,499. (You may want to ask Tony Madge about buying Mesh before taking the plunge!
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I was going to get a new Evesham quite soon as they are doing 0% interest over 18 months but I can't see the point yet. I'll probably wait until next winter now and see what the situation is then :roll:
Ian