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Windows Vista (PC Games)

  • 07-06-2007 9:13pm
    #1
    bazwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭


    I will be purchasing a new PC soon with windows vista and was wondering if i will be able to play not so old pc games like Half - Life 2 and StALKER etc ...that recommends Windows XP


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Half Life 2 and Stalker play 100% for me on Vista with latest Nvidia drivers, actually, they play better on Vista than XP ;)

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  • #3
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    yoyo wrote:
    Half Life 2 and Stalker play 100% for me on Vista with latest Nvidia drivers, actually, they play better on Vista than XP ;)

    Nick

    Same here!

    You will more than likely run into UAC (user account control) problems but they are nothing!
    Had a problem with Chaos Theory but with a bit of googling it was fixed within five minutes.
    I have however heard some people going on about losing some frames per second playing games in Vista.


  • #4
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    King Nothing wrote:
    I have however heard some people going on about losing some frames per second playing games in Vista.

    Between 10-20fps for most games.


  • #5
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    The dip in frame rate varies from game to game as not all optimizations for games are in place in the drivers & they had had a long time to fine tune XP.

    I would go with an ATI graphics card if they offer the option in the PC if you want the minimum of fuss as ATI's Vista performance is about on par with XP now whereas NVIDIA's is much more erratic.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    krazy_8s wrote:
    Between 10-20fps for most games.

    Pure toss. The immature drivers for Vista are the main cause, not vista itself.

    10-20fps is rubbish also, those figures were bandied about by so called experts when the Vista betas were released. Drivers were the main cause.


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