Progrmas on VISTA?????????

zaroba · 04-19-2007, 07:01 PM

currently playing hitman bloodmoney on 64bit vista with no trouble at all.

Irishwhistle · 04-19-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zaroba

i think the main issue with games on vista that many overlook is that vista needs around 512mb ram to run while xp only needed a minimum of 64mb. unless you upgrade your ram to counter this, then you'll have less ram available for games etc causing them to run like crap or not at all due to your pc not having as much free memory.

looking at your sig, you only have 1gb of memory. if your using xp now and upgrade to vista you will most definatly notice a slowdown in games. i only had 1gb of ram when i upgraded to vista from xp and i went from being able to have medium-high settings in oblivion to having to set everything on low and i still had low fps.

as for the games in your list, i'll install hitman bloodmoney now and see if it works on my pc.

That's right, Vista does need loads of RAM. I'm not a gamer, but for some high graphics things I've done on Vista it worked fine under 1GB of RAM. I did try Blackhawk Striker once running on 1GB and it ran fine. Your games probably use more graphics though.

~Jordan

PC eye · 04-20-2007, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

LimeWire, BitLord, CoD2, all Steam games, and many other programs work on my laptop under Vista x86.

The only problems seen with any Steam games here was with tow separate spots in HL2 addon Episode one when certain sounds saw game crashes to the desktop. This was seen with the intial Creative beta drivers available when RC1 was first released until lately when the new non EAX full drivers for the Audigy 4 line of cards came out. HL2, EP1, CSS(multiplayer only

), and some older games like Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix(GOLD version here), EA's James Bond NIGHTFIRE, Return to CastileWolfenstein, and Duke Nukem Manhattan Project all have seen good results.

The few that did have problems besides EP1 was Metal of Honor: Allied Assault that failed to even install. "wrong version of Windows" was the actual message seen then. For other apps I am waiting for Cyberlink's newer version of their PowerDirector, PowerProducer, and PowerDVD with backward compatibility with XP as well. I contacted their support staff directly on that.

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Originally Posted by JordanII

That's right, Vista does need loads of RAM. I'm not a gamer, but for some high graphics things I've done on Vista it worked fine under 1GB of RAM. I did try Blackhawk Striker once running on 1GB and it ran fine. Your games probably use more graphics though.

~Jordan

For the average occasional gamer and otherwise basic system 1gb of a good brand of memory will work quite well. For heavy gaming, video capturing, and other far more memory intensive programs the obvious need to boost the amount of memory installed as well as having a good video card will always be a plus and provide some surplus! You don't need a 512mb video card.

But a 256mb is a good average for a gaming setup.

shawn_selig29 · 04-21-2007, 07:54 AM

most programs will work..especially games.... go for vista...you might not like it at first, but after u use it...u'll like it especially with new features..

PC eye · 04-21-2007, 10:18 AM

After the intial problem expected with any new version of Windows when you sit and wait for drivers, software patches, and whatever else is needed I haven't found the 32bit version of Vista Home Premium to be that much of the problem many have complained about. This includes running just about every game run on XP while some desktop applications will need newer versions. Each new version of Windows sees that anyways!

Here the classic theme is still set as default for a variety of reasons. But those are more for personal preference. The XP style also got the boot originally there too! ("new theme?"

"no!" "classic view?"

"yes!") What can I say?

When the beta versions initially came out everyone rushed to play their games on the evaluation only type releases and did what when they didn't see the instant performance gain? "complain! Anyone really familiar with MS products knows one thing. "It takes forever!" at first.

04-19-2007, 07:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
zaroba Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hereford PA Age: 27 Posts: 602	currently playing hitman bloodmoney on 64bit vista with no trouble at all. __________________ The Universal - the internet's most unique and enjoyable game. Mobo: Asus P5N32-E \| CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz \| PSU: Coolmax 650watt Case: Lian-Li PC-V2100plusII \| OS: XP Professional - 64bit \| Monitors: Dual 19" Hanns-G 2ms LCDs HDs: 3x320gb, 3x500gb, 2x750GB \| Disc Drives: 16x DL dvd +/- rw Ram: 6 gb ddr2 \| GPU: 640MB GeForce 8800GTS

04-21-2007, 10:18 AM	#15 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,311	After the intial problem expected with any new version of Windows when you sit and wait for drivers, software patches, and whatever else is needed I haven't found the 32bit version of Vista Home Premium to be that much of the problem many have complained about. This includes running just about every game run on XP while some desktop applications will need newer versions. Each new version of Windows sees that anyways! Here the classic theme is still set as default for a variety of reasons. But those are more for personal preference. The XP style also got the boot originally there too! ("new theme?" "no!" "classic view?" "yes!") What can I say? When the beta versions initially came out everyone rushed to play their games on the evaluation only type releases and did what when they didn't see the instant performance gain? "complain! Anyone really familiar with MS products knows one thing. "It takes forever!" at first. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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04-21-2007, 07:54 AM	#14 (permalink)
shawn_selig29 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 169	most programs will work..especially games.... go for vista...you might not like it at first, but after u use it...u'll like it especially with new features..