Vista compatiblity for MTW2, BF2142 and warhammer games

I want to get vista (ultimate or premium, whats the difference? ) but I wont unless I know that those games will work, then it is back to good old xp.

Unless of course someone can suggest other reasons to avoid it (vista).

 

I use Vista Ultimate, which is more expensive than Premium and gives you a few silly extra features you probably don't need. But it's cool so I got it.

Otherwise, I can attest that the Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War games all work just fine on Vista. I use Steam, but I have also installed the games off the disk and they play well with Vista.

I do not have normal Warhammer, but it is used in several benchmarks on tech sites, and I assume they test in Vista and XP, so I think it should work.

I cannot give you advice on the other two games, what does MTW2 stand for?

 

Medieval 2: Total War.

I cannot comment on 32bits Vista, but MTW2 sometimes doesn't work, and the next time I re-install windows it works

 

Your sig says you are using Windows Server 2008, which is not meant to run games.

 

So no-one has both vista and MTW2?

 

All of the Warhammer series work fine with my notebook, on Vista 32bit. Total War does as well (Rome, medieval 1 and 2). Can't help on battlefield though, I don't have it.

 

Thanks mate

 

Well yeah I just haven't updated it >_>. I've switched back to Vista X64. But Server 2008 works well with games. Vista SP1 is based on Server 2008, which is a modular, security-enchanced derivation from Vista.

 

bf2142 worked perfect on vista

 

I guess it must be because it is 64 bit then.

 

Yeah the disk protection softwares have difficulties on 64bits. I had to use a no-dvd for WiC because it would take 1 minute to identify it and fail half of the time.

 

all those games tried and work on the 32bit

i love dawn of war and ive got all 4 games

medieval works fine also and rome total war

 

Thanks for the help everyone