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    vista gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by chesieofdarock, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. chesieofdarock

    chesieofdarock Notebook Deity

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    I'm going to get a new laptop soon and i was wondering what games will vista not be able to play. I want to know more than these, but here is a list of ones I already own
    Age of empires 3
    Battlefield 2142
    star wars galaxies
    battle for middle earth 2
    lord of the rings online
    company of heroes
    star wars empire at war

    thanks
     
  2. Lollerskates

    Lollerskates Notebook Geek

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    Vista will be able to play them all. But will it be to your liking? Probably not. If the laptop you have in your sig is the one you have then you will not have a good time running some of those (like SWG). BTW what is your GPU?
     
  3. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    these are the ones i play

    AOE3
    bf2142
    coh

    and all work fine. just a few frames less then with xp.

    the only games that i have had problems with are old games like Patrician 3.
     
  4. chesieofdarock

    chesieofdarock Notebook Deity

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    no, the computer in my sig is my old computer that does absolutely nothing at an acceptable speed. I am going to buy a new compal with the 8600gt, 2.16ghz duo core, 2gb ram. I was talking compatibility issues
     
  5. chesieofdarock

    chesieofdarock Notebook Deity

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    the gpu in it is the radeon in the sig to answer your question
     
  6. GlueEater

    GlueEater Notebook Evangelist

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    Is the SP1 for vista set to release soon?
     
  7. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    now thats slightly off topic.....

    Not too sure. i have heard rumers saying their not going to release one, however, i'm sure that they will, for all the users on dial up or without net connections. i would say in the next couple of months.
     
  8. sinistertwo

    sinistertwo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ran across a legit site a few weeks ago, it was a compiled list of games that have issues with Vista. I wish I could find it again =\

    Its practically the only reason I decided not to buy a laptop right now. Only game I know that has an issue with Vista atm, is World of Warcraft, but I think Bliz' forums have a fix in it. But alot of posters there are reporting the sound quality is messed up and theres no fix for it.
     
  9. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Creative just released new vista drivers for xfi cards the other day that fixed all the sound issues.

    If your SC is based on creative you should have no issues with sound in vista with the newest drivers.

    If its sombody else.... you gotta wait for them to release some drivers.
     
  10. Syrus

    Syrus Notebook Consultant

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    Wait, World of Warcraft has a problem with Vista?? What problem, I've been playing it for a while now... [on vista]

    I haven't encountered a single thing that hasn't worked on Vista yet, including games, programs, etc. Dunno where all that Vista hate comes from.
     
  11. sinistertwo

    sinistertwo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm just repeating what I read over and over again on the Bliz forums from users. I'm glad it works for you 100% though.
     
  12. Halloween

    Halloween Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my Dell XPS M1710 with Vista Home Premium.

    Counter Strike Source, Half Life 2, Guild Wars, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl = All work very well.

    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 = Installation went well but game play didn't work. Started a carreer & all I could see was black. :mad:

    My gaming notebook :cool:
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    LCD DISPLAY 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
    MEMORY 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
    HARD DRIVE 100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
    OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW)
    GRAPHICS CARD 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX
     
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  13. Imations

    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    I try to play Game in my G1s ,,, n i no have problem for now ^_^...
    Because this is my first notebook...
     
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    Two games not working for me are: Cod2 and Dh2005
     
  15. Mimino

    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    what are the drivers u're using?
     
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    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    again, what drivers are u using?