(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:32 pm
Post subject: Is Vista 64 good for games? Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>vista>games (more info?)
hey,
Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
hopefully playable frame rate.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:20 pm
Post subject: RE: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I run games on vista 64 and I have not had any problems with newer stuff. Most everything that works on vista 32 will work just fine on vista 64. The only time I have had an issue between the 2 versions of vista is when the program tries to install a driver. Believe it or not some programs that you wouldn't think need a driver do but for gamming you should be just fine. Some newer games such as crysis can even run a little faster since they include a 64bit executable. If it were me and I was really worried I would dual boot vista 64bit and xp but I have yet at home had a reason to do this. My biggest gripe about vista 64bit is the fact that drivers need to be signed or microsoft just won't let them be installed. If you do manage to install it after messing around vista will error out on boot and you will have to choose to boot vista with unsigned drivers. It is really really annoying at times. Still I don't regret going 64bit. It seems to now be getting good driver support and I never experienced what other poeple have. I have been running 64bit since the day vista was released. Now xp 64bit was a mess in my opinion and you couldn't even get hp printer drivers at times. Good luck.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:10 pm
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"roach_779" <guest.DeleteThis@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
>
>
> --
> roach_779
Vista 64 bit is working fine here. I have run games as old as Kingpin and
Diablo without problems, Crysis, COD4, Bioshock all work fine.
Play WoW daily without any problems.
Core 2 6750 at stock 2.66
Asus P5N-D 750i Motherboard
8 gig's PC1066 DDR2
2 X 8800GT in SLI
Asus Xonar DS PCIe audio card
3 X Seagate 320 gig SATA HD's in raid 5
4 gig SanDisk USB flash drive (ReadyBoost)
Enermax Liberty 550W Power Supply
Antec 900 Gamer Case
20" LG Widescreen Monitor
LG DVD burner
You should be ok with your rig as is and SLI will be that much better.
(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:51 pm
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"roach_779" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
Your specs are fine and will play games easily with 64bit, I run BF2 great
with 64bit
--
VRG Scotty
www.vistareadygames.com
Register, it's free, and use the 'search for solution' tab for any problems
(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:15 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I have a 9600GS which played the old Age of Empires 1, 2 and 3 ok and the
online game GuildWars..
What I am doing now, is running my Vista 64 as Primary and XP on a different
partition with the latest Farstone's Virtual Drive to run local computer
games.
Right now Farstone's VD is messing up my Windows DVD Maker, which I use a
lot.. (I contacted Farstone, hope they get that fixed soon)
After Farstone get that fixed then I'll be back to Vista with all my games..
I like to play the games with the VD so there isn't any slow down with the
DVD player reading etc..
I really like Vista 64 myself.. I suggest you go for it..
--
RJB
"roach_779" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
>
>
> --
> roach_779
(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
The 64/32 bit thing has no impact on games.
However, if you do have 8 Gigs of RAM, 64-bit is pretty much the only way
you can get your system to use all that.
"roach_779" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hey,
>
> Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad
> cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2
> mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My
> worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but
> is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but
> hopefully playable frame rate.
>
>
> --
> roach_779
(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:52 pm
Post subject: Re: Is Vista 64 good for games? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I have got COD4, Crysis, Vegas 2 and Frontlines fuel of war on my
machine with all graphic settings on full with no problems at all.
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