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Vista issues - 64bit/32bit


Dragonperil

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I'm thinking of going Vista, mainly for Shadowrun and Halo 2, and of course the xbox live crossover.

 

I have a direct x 10 geforce btw...

 

But i'd heard the 64bit version was incompatible with older games, and i heard the 32bit version only uses half your processing power. does anyone know of any developments by microsoft to make the 64bit version compatible with the 32bit games?

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I'm thinking of going Vista, mainly for Shadowrun and Halo 2, and of course the xbox live crossover.

 

I have a direct x 10 geforce btw...

 

But i'd heard the 64bit version was incompatible with older games, and i heard the 32bit version only uses half your processing power. does anyone know of any developments by microsoft to make the 64bit version compatible with the 32bit games?

 

yes vista is a real pig for older games and it dosn't matter if it's 32bit of 64bit. My laptop will not run over half the games it use to now vista is installed. It has the same drivers in (but vista) and basicly has the same hardware in the amount of ram and CPU. The games either work for so long then encounter a problem or right of the bat don't install.

 

The basic games like the one you download from refective arcade work but anything big like high end graphic DVD based it don't like at all.

 

I've also read that SLI on Vista dosn't work so far, games lag and basicly underclock the cards. If i was you i'd get XP pro and stick with that till Nvidia sort the drivers and Microsoft pust Sp1 out for Vista.

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yeah, SLI / Cross Fire isnt currently supported under vista... Vista 64bit has MAJOR driver and Software issues, and anything pre windows 2000 will struggle to work...

 

Vista 32bit, anything windows 98 or before will struggle to work, compatability mode lets you use some applications, but its not very good for games...

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