# Just installed XP alongside vista on my spand branking new machine. Tell me what do. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171 "2008-03-05T12:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171/1 "2008-03-05T12:44:57Z")
“Tell me what do” is thanks to the short space you get to put a title. My machine is a quad core 2.4ghz pentium, 4gb of ram, geforce 8800 ultra, sound blaster xfi gamer. just under a terrabyte of HD space, of which over 200gb is now devoted to XP. Other than try out the software/games that wouldn’t work on vista what shall I do to take advantage/play with my new multi-OS computer setup. What would _you_ do? (Or what have you done in this situation) ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171/2 "2008-03-05T15:47:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] My machine is a quad core 2.4ghz pentium, 4gb of ram, geforce 8800 ultra, sound blaster xfi gamer. [/QUOTE] I hate you. But seriously, MOST stuff should work fine in Vista. I’d actually recommend format/reinstall of Vista too, just to get rid of all the pre-bundled software and crap they usually install (unless you built the rig yourself, in which case, you rule). ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171/3 "2008-03-05T15:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] I hate you. But seriously, MOST stuff should work fine in Vista. I’d actually recommend format/reinstall of Vista too, just to get rid of all the pre-bundled software and crap they usually install (unless you built the rig yourself, in which case, you rule). [/QUOTE] Didn’t build the rig myself, but I did re-install vista very soon after i got it. I needed to to set up raid 0 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171/4 "2008-03-05T15:57:41Z")
I’d use XP for all my non-DX10 gaming, given Vista’s poor gaming performance compared to XP. The 8800 Ultra is a nice card; it’s a shame to see it wasted in Vista. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-installed-xp-alongside-vista-on-my-spand-branking-new-machine-tell-me-what-do/440171/5 "2008-03-05T15:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I’d use XP for all my non-DX10 gaming, given Vista’s poor gaming performance compared to XP. The 8800 Ultra is a nice card; it’s a shame to see it wasted in Vista. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Part of my reason for deciding to dual boot was so I could play my older splinter cell games, having completed Doulbe Agent.