Gaming on vista?

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Has anyone gamed on vista? Is there any problems that you have been having?:o

[Alaron]

Give this a read through: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2090571,00.asp

[TimPoet]

Give this a read through: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2090571,00.asp
Well, I'm actually mildly surprised Vista did so well.

[TwoRails]

I've read only one article (PC World.. I think) on Vista's speed, and it was 3 - 25% slower than compared to XP rigs.

[franz_matthaus]

I haven't tried running my games on Vista yet. Some say that they didn't encounter any problem when they tried to play their games on the new OS, while some say that their favorite games refused to run or load. Just in case you encounter any problem with Vista when trying to run your games on it, try to install the proper driver. You can download Vista drivers at http://www.radarsync.com/vista.

[pam123]

UAC (User Account Controls) have been a problem with games, otherwise no.
Also, death to Starforce.

[mevensen]

So far, all I've really checked out is Dark Messiah for a short bit. Ran smoothly, looked great (just as before). I look forward to having more time to test my other games.

Mind you, this is with an 8800 using the 100.59 beta drivers.

[TwoRails]

... Also, death to Starforce.I go along with that! StarForce has mess up my machine more than once... :(

[TimPoet]

Which games use Starforce so I can avoid them?

[pam123]

Which games use Starforce so I can avoid them?



the Starforce games list : http://www.glop.org/starforce/list.php

[TimPoet]

Ouch.
Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory

Oh well, hopefully they'll release a de-activating patch in the next ten years....

[newbuilder14]

Someone I played with had major problems with gaming on vista due to drivers (7800GT I believe). I don't know if this was lack of Vista support or video card support.

[jonbth]

I installed Halo on Vista and think I was directed to XBox servers when I tried multiplayer mode. Everything worked except for the sound which was audible but somewhat garbled.

I think Vista does audio different and don't think XP games will have good audio without some kind of patch.

[TimPoet]

Yeah, MS deliberately pooched advanced audio on Vista.

[Marke522]

So far everyone I in my clan for Call of Duty 2 has had trouble with Vitsta, wether it was retail or BETA. Microphone doesn't work, game will not install properly, and after it does you have to run it as an administrator. One guy got everything to work, but it took him a number of days.

All of their hardware was listed as compatible. Found out later it wasn't as compatible as it was suppossed to have been.

Games for Windows does not seem to be off to a good start.

[pam123]

Creative has a work around, if you have one of their sound cards, otherwise most of what you knew as DX sound, like EAC, no longer functions in Vista.

[glc]

You people who are having issues are simply suffering through what early adopters of every previous M$ operating system did. You just have to be patient and wait for fixes and new drivers. XP was miserable when it first came out and people who upgraded from 98SE had a rude awakening - and now look at it - it's probably the most stable and best supported OS ever.

[TwoRails]

... I think Vista does audio different and don't think XP games will have good audio without some kind of patch.If I remember right, I read somewhere that Vista has done away with hardware sound support, which will obviously hurt cards makers like Creative. I also read that Creative, as pam123 mentions, has, or is at least working on a fix so folks with Audigy cards and the like will still be able to get full benefit from them. For me, that's just another reason to not rush out and get Vista...

[jonbth]

If I remember right, I read somewhere that Vista has done away with hardware sound support, which will obviously hurt cards makers like Creative. I also read that Creative, as pam123 mentions, has, or is at least working on a fix so folks with Audigy cards and the like will still be able to get full benefit from them. For me, that's just another reason to not rush out and get Vista...

My Creative Audigy 2 card works fine with the drivers I downloaded from creative.

[TwoRails]

That's good news, jonbth.

[computermstr]

I was thinking about purchasing Vista just to see what it is like (dual boot a system at home) and if I didn't like it i'd just never use it again. But from what some of my friends tell me, is that Vista is pretty cool, but I still beg to differ about GLC's comment

XP was miserable when it first came out and people who upgraded from 98SE had a rude awakening - and now look at it - it's probably the most stable and best supported OS ever.
I agree that it is a stable operating system, but don't get me wrong, I think Windows 2000 is much more stable (In my humble opinion) then again I might be wrong about that, I really haven't had much trouble with 2000 just a couple driver problems with my video card (This is probably not the place to talk about Windows 2000 sorry if that 'violates' something)

[TwoRails]

Looks like a valid statement to me. Even Win 98 wasn't a smooth roll out with it's own share of driver issues and the like. I was one of the first to get 98 (the day it was released) but I stayed away from XP on my own machines for a long time due to all the problems / issues that were reported.

[jonbth]

I was thinking about purchasing Vista just to see what it is like (dual boot a system at home) and if I didn't like it i'd just never use it again. But from what some of my friends tell me, is that Vista is pretty cool, but I still beg to differ about GLC's comment



I have a dual boot with seperate hard drives for XP and Vista. This allows me to use all my programs and games until I can get everything I want on Vista.

[glc]

I was thinking about purchasing Vista just to see what it is like (dual boot a system at home) and if I didn't like it i'd just never use it again. But from what some of my friends tell me, is that Vista is pretty cool

Interesting. Let me point out what you said in another thread:

There is also another problem with that computer has a real big virus called -VISTA- get rid of it and all your problems will be gone

I need an explanation, please. I have a hard time believing that this is one and the same person making these 2 posts. I refer you to the forum rules concerning account misuse.

Account Accountability
A user account is to be used by one person only. This does not mean "one person at a time". A user account being used by more than one person may be terminated.

- Forum Administrator -

[TeeRex]

I am a pc gamer so I'm quite disconcerted about all that's going on gaming wise with Vista. What's worse is that I invested not too long ago in a $300 or so video card (Evga 7800 GS 256MB Ram), and from what I see it's useless in Vista. This was just before the revelation of Direct X 10. So now I'm stuck having to upgrade again! I can't even run Halo smoothly, which is at this point an older game. My sound card, which is an Audigy 4, runs, but I can tell that it is not fully functional.

GLC is right though, patience pays so I hope we will be showered with awesome drivers soon! And I'm willing to tought it out. I still think Vista is going to shape up to being great.

[TwoRails]

Wow... Can't run Halo with a 7800 in Vista!?!? That's terrible. Heck, it ran great with my old 9800 in XP. Hopefully some new drivers will do the trick for you.

[Marke522]

I've heard news that Vista will be like ME, and phased out or passed over within a year or so, and the REAL OS will be released early next year.

Someone was trying to tell me that M$ has made so many flaws and mistakes with this new OS, that the only way to do it right is to start over and make a new system. Service Packs and updates will not be enough to make this think as smooth as XP is now. Of course this could just people making up stuff so they can hear their own voice, but I did hear it from quite a few different sources.

But if you take a look at Service Pack 2 for XP, it's almost as big as the OS itself. Real large file, LOTS of data. I don't remember XP being like this, I waited until the first SP was allready out, but I DO remember ME. WOW was it terrible.

[mevensen]

FWIW, have now played Neverwinter Nights 2 and Supreme Commander Demo. SC Demo works great. NWN2 has had a couple of screen freezes (probably due to the NVIDIA driver issues), but otherwise has run great.

Still haven't taken the time to run Oblivion yet.

[TeeRex]

Nvidia just released a new driver version 100.x for Vista. I will try it out and post my findings. Let's hope.

[tomster2300]

I've heard news that Vista will be like ME, and phased out or passed over within a year or so, and the REAL OS will be released early next year.

Someone was trying to tell me that M$ has made so many flaws and mistakes with this new OS, that the only way to do it right is to start over and make a new system. Service Packs and updates will not be enough to make this think as smooth as XP is now. Of course this could just people making up stuff so they can hear their own voice, but I did hear it from quite a few different sources.

But if you take a look at Service Pack 2 for XP, it's almost as big as the OS itself. Real large file, LOTS of data. I don't remember XP being like this, I waited until the first SP was allready out, but I DO remember ME. WOW was it terrible.

I highly doubt that will happen. Vista works very well. I have an audigy 2 card and the vista driver from creative works great - don't see what all the fuss is about.

[TimPoet]

Vista works very well. I have an audigy 2 card and the vista driver from creative works great - don't see what all the fuss is about.
There is truth to be found between the two extremes of Vista is another crap OS like ME was (how did they get away with that?) and there is no cause for fuss.

Plenty of people have been disappointed in Vista, it's highly documented. One only has to read the articles.
Some here defend Vista as a worthy OS just needs some fine tuning like a Service Pack or so.

I;ve read where MS disabled certain high end audio features in Vista. That's got to be a major bummer for audiophiles.

[glc]

I'm just doing what I always do when M$ brings out a new OS - I'm sitting here happily computing with an older OS and watching everyone else debug it. I'll upgrade when I HAVE to and when it's more mature. I don't plan on selling or supporting any Vista machines at this time - I'm gonna wait till the headaches are all solved by OTHER people. I did the same thing when 2000 came out and when XP came out.

[tomster2300]

Well I went into buying Vista knowing that I'd be having problems. So far I've had less than I was expecting, but I've also yet to try everything out that it offers. I know Microsoft left certain options out as well, but I haven't been too affected by them yet.

Overall, I'm personally very pleased with my purchase. Is it perfect? Not by a long shot, but I know it'll only get better as time passes and updates come out. Would I recommend it for my parents? No. I think of the present moment Vista is only for people who have the patience to work with it and the know-how to fix problems that arise. You have to go into it knowing you're going to run into some kind of problem every now and then, but you get used to it. I'm keeping XP on my laptop though.

[TeeRex]

Well the new drivers are an improvement, but not all there yet. I wonder what would happen if i tried to install Direct X 9 on Vista?!? I better not mess with that idea. I think that most games should do well under Direct X 10, but any game that heavily relies in OpenGL is going to suffer GREATLY. For instance: the game that I have the most trouble with is Need For Speed: Carbon. Even on the lowest settings it plays in slow motion! What a dissapointment!

One more thing. Yes the Soundblaster drivers work, but they don't work as well as before. EAX is no longer supported.