JEDI_MASTA Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Vista eats rescources on older machines, but I'm running a 2GHz centrino duo with 2gb Ram and i'm running games at 30 FPS (anything over 22 can't be picked up by the human eye anyway). Here's the trick. Do NOT upgrade your old xp install to vista, wipe your harddrive and do a completely new install. Most programs that have problems on vista after upgrade work fine after a reinstall. I've been running vista since release without an AV program just to see how win defender holds up. No problems yet, so it's pretty stable. I have seen the blue screen of death though, kinda like seeing an old friend from the Win ME days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 30 FPS isn't all that great. http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_5.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelastraz Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Vista... For gamers it is a double-edged sword. On the one side there is Direct X 10, which means, at one time or another, i will just HAVE to get vista as a gamer... On the other side? The insane hardware power it needs. A game magazine (Gamestar) tested it. With 1 GB RAM, it took them 15+ minutes to load a single map in Battlefield 2. Uhm. Wtf? I will eventually get Vista, due to direct x 10, but not before I have purchased a high end computer. If your PC isn't up to date, FORGET vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 That just drives even more players to consoles. But maybe that's what MS wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 That just drives even more players to consoles. But maybe that's what MS wants. hahaha, spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdisco Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 You can turn off Aero(3D GUI). Is it still as bad of a resouce hog with a normal 2D desktop? Running Aero has to be brutal on playing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 actually, you shouldn't have any difficulties playing a game with Aero active since the only GUI that's being rendered is apart of the game itself. and since the GPU is only rendering what is going to be displayed, it shouldn't have an impact. i would also imagine that the effects used for the Aero system would be turned off during intensive 3D apps for better resource management. however, i don't have Vista, and thus, i can't test that theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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