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    Asus G1S, Vista 64, Support and Compatibility

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by cinohpa, Aug 7, 2007.

  1. cinohpa

    cinohpa Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've been using vista64 since I got my G1s about a month ago. For the most part I've been incredibly please with stability and etc, but I have had a few issues and I have a few observations.

    First, Sigh. Asus support of vista 64 seems 30 to 1 in favor of 32 bit. I know this is to be expected, but it makes me a little worried hearing about things like problems with the eSATA port until updated the driver for it. (Then again they probably aren't running vista 64, but who knows the real source of the problem. . .?)

    Also, Far Cry has been freezing every time it gets to a certain point in the game. (The loading screen right after the ship where you have to swim in the side hole. Pretty early in the game.) I'm not using the 64bit patch, but has anyone had problems with it using an intel as opposed to AMD?

    Also has anyone encountered driver problems with magic iso/the mounting utility for it? Whenever I try to run certain aspects of it it tells me I'm missing a certain driver and I need to reinstall to fix the problem, however reinstalling doesn't fix it.

    Even with "compatibility mode" has anyone not been able to run some games? I can't get system shock 2 to work.

    Um. . .besides that, Vista 64 owns. I have 4gb ram and it's pretty sweet. Takes a lot to slow my machine down. I'm excited for some of the faster chips coming out later in the year which I'll be able to upgrade to.

    Thanks.
     
    cinohpa, Aug 7, 2007
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  2. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I have been using Windows XP Professional x64 since it came out, and lemme tell you, Vista x64 has WAY more drivers and WAY less problem than XP x64. Farcry works fine for me (IIRC) on all 3 of my machines.
     
    Patrick, Aug 7, 2007
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    solargaze27 Notebook Consultant

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    I used to have the same problem you have at the very same point in the game. When I installed Vista-64, that problem went away. If you haven't already tried, you might want to try running in XP SP2 compatibility mode and also run as an administrator. Also, make sure you have patched Far Cry. I am using 1.33 because I had read that 1.4 had some problems.
     
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  4. cinohpa

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    Cool, Thanks
     
    cinohpa, Aug 7, 2007
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    isumaru Notebook Guru

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    wich chip were you talking about upgrading?
     
    isumaru, Aug 7, 2007
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    cinohpa Notebook Enthusiast

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    I meant the cpu
     
    cinohpa, Aug 9, 2007
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    Vista 64 in general, or vista 64 and the g1s, I think the drivers I need are a little different?
     
    cinohpa, Aug 9, 2007
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