Planning on Building a PC next month

[Shixx]

Alright, pretty much done except for the Mobo and still kinda iffy on the OS.
I hear alot of bad things about Vista and when I used vista it was just a pain in the a$$
but then people say Vista is getting better. Might just go with XP pro 32bit and update later(but that's more money I'll have to spend later..). Does Vista have any real benefits for games? besides Directx10?