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The Bard's Tale - the game
Vista doesn't use 800MB after booting, and Vista won't require 4GB for running games (which would be nonsense as in 32bit Windows a program can only use 2GB anyway). Vista 32bit will run acceptable with 512MB memory, and for games 1GB - 1.5GB will be enough for most games. Of course YMMV depending on the game,

Running Games under VISTA
Nigi N...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista games I have similar problem with Doom3. My cursor runs out of screen, and i can't control it. Patch can't fix it. Drivers up to date. E6600, abit ab9pro, 400giga samsung, 8800gts 320mb. STALKER goes nice. Any solutions or ideas?

Running Games under VISTA
Ross Ridge rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca comp sys ibm pc games action comp sys ibm pc games rpg comp sys ibm pc games adventure FoolsGold wrote: Apparently the DirectX 9.0L which is used for backward-compatibility in Vista is missing these files. Instead of coping these files from another installation, you can always

New PC Specs - Opinions Welcome
Andy [YaYa] android8...@MAPSONhotmail.com microsoft public windows vista games Unfortunatly LoL, what EA is going to tell you is your video card isn't You might also try http://www.sis.com/download/index.php - the SiS site has 1 driver for notebooks running Vista, stands to reason that one will work with your

Should I use 64 bit Windows XP?
The Bills are looking for Travis Henry to spearhead a running game that must improve. Preseason schedule: Aug. 9, Cincinnati; Aug. 16, Minnesota; Aug. ..... Location: Lake Buena Vista, Fla. In: Head coach Jon Gruden, TE Marco Battaglia. Out: Coach Tony Dungy, WR Jacquez Green, CB Donnie Abraham.

Help with running games on Vista
I could understand if you wanted to get the maximum frame rate while playing games you might want to turn off services, but generally it doesn't seem Hey gang, Ok , now that I have Vista Ultimate 64 bit installed and running good, on a different hard drive, are there any tips for leaning it out a little?

Problems running games on Vista
Dustin Harper dhar...@vistarip.com microsoft public windows vista games Make sure you have the newest drivers for your video card. AoE3 should work out of the box with no patches (but patches do fix the other things!). I've got it running on several Vista machines. Since it is happening with both games,

What kind of moron puts out a game in 2008 that doesn't run on ...
johns johns...@moscow.com comp sys ibm pc games action comp sys ibm pc games rpg comp sys ibm pc games adventure They kludged it in right after the last beta in the summer 06. It wasn't there then. Also, that stinking dll library updates every 3 months it seems, and it would not surprise me if the dlls are straight

Running Games under VISTA
Tony, I doubt that running games on x64 will benefit from Vista development. The LDDM driver model is very different from XP. -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperl...@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message

Windows Vista and WinXP x64 Issues
VRG Scotty vrg-sco...@vistareadygames.com microsoft public windows vista games "gwr102558" <gwr102...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message As posted in the previous post have you tried the usuall stuff IE running as administrator and using compatibility mode, turning off UAC ?

UAC
http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/ StreamMyGame launches Linux player ; Play PC games on your PS3 ,----[ Quote ] StreamMyGame.com announced today the release of its free Linux Player, an application that enables you to play any PC game via a PlayStation 3 running

NVIDIA Graphics Drivers + Vista = BSOD?
Just watching system information while the computer is running was scary. 50% of CPU was being used at idle because of the desktop crap they put on there, causing the fan to turn on constantly. Half the RAM is used just to run vista, so there is just enough RAM to play a game of solitaire. So who really "owns" your

vista appearance
"~Deo" wrote: Hi, While installing it make a right click on the Istaller file and run as administrator after wards on the game icon make a right click -> compatibility tab -> check run as administrator. it should work fine as had same issue with Vista with APPCRASH it has something to do with the UAC so above

Leaning out Vista 64 a little?
Why would one want to have a power draining hog needed for current games running all the time? Beside that, games market currently moves from PC to game consoles. As you say, even on XP there are compatibility issues with games, for which plenty of people have no use (and I didn't even mention Vista,

Problems running games on Vista
NOcom microsoft public windows vista games If it says it's designed for XP, odds are pretty good it's a new game and will work. If you're happy with your system right now, there isn'ta good reason to switch over to Vista yet. If you're planning on playing DX10 games like Crysis, then I would wait until Crysis

Problem installing downloaded programs on Vista
Thats not a problem with Vista, it sounds more like a problem with >> the cd drive itself. I know this is not a real problem for the people here but I have heard, and have had no luck myself, with running games made with version 6 of Game maker under Vista. They will run under XP though. Version 7 of Game maker

What kind of moron puts out a game in 2008 that doesn't run on ...
Colin Barnhorst colinbarha...@msn.com microsoft public windows vista general If you are talking about Farstone's virtual drive software, no it doesn't. "Trekkie" <Trek...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C1AE9E99-75BD-40EE-AD4E-7A203936FCEF@microsoft.com... Does GameDrive 9 work on windows vista?

General perfomance tips for gaming in Vista
Under Dungy, coordinators Mike Shula, Les Steckel and Clyde Christensen usually threw deep only once or twice a game. Gruden all but promised he will throw deep more than that. ``We want to try to get six to seven explosive plays per game,'' he said. One thing throwing deep usually does is open the running game.

Even Microsoft knew that "Vista Capable" was bogus
Attempt to install a cheap non-vista game: Program installs without a prompt. Allow computer to sleep: Nag upon return to life. all installed programs to seek those that were now confused and not functioning correctly as a result of switching UAC modes, but if UAC is still running, there should be no problems.

Running Games under VISTA
"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" Darre...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Hello, If you have media, you can boot to the Repair option Another thing I will do is to continue running sfc to see if other files are getting corrupted. It would have been great if sfc could mount the image from the