Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games

PetManimal writes "Computerworld is reporting that gamers who have installed Vista are reporting problems with first person-shooter titles such as CounterStrike, Half-Life 2, Doom 3. and F.E.A.R. (Users have compiled lists of games with Vista issues.) The complaints, which have turned up on gamers' forums, cite crashes and low frame rates. Not surprisingly, the problems relate to graphics hardware and software: 'Experts blame still-flaky software drivers, Vista's complexity, and a dearth of new video cards optimized for Vista's new rendering technology, DirectX 10. That's despite promises from Microsoft that Vista is backwards-compatible with XP's graphic engine, DirectX 9, and that it will support existing games. Meanwhile, games written to take advantage of DirectX 10 have been slow to emerge. And one Nvidia executive predicts that gamers may not routinely see games optimized for DirectX 10 until mid-2008.'"

Comments

People Were Right!

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone who accused Vista of copying OS X were dead on!

Re:People Were Right!

[Anonymous Coward]

Except that Vista already has more games and more users than OSX...

Funny how the world works.

Re:People Were Right!

[Brian Gordon]

They copied OS X's inability to play mainstream games.

Re:People Were Right!

[IntergalacticWalrus]

Fanboy indeed. Since when did slashdot become pro-Microsoft territory anyway?

Re:People Were Right!

[Tim Browse]

Game developers are too stupid to write portable code but that's unrelated.

You're right. It's because they're stupid. Game developers don't do Mac versions of games because they're too stupid. It's not because the PC games market is pretty small compared to consoles, so the much smaller Mac market is objectively tiny. And you don't ever see games that run on more than one platform. And game developers are never beholden to deadlines or budgets that make producing a Mac version not only uneconomical but also a pain in the neck.

No, it's because game developers are stupid. And probably lazy, too.

Thanks for your piercing insight.

Re:People Were Right!

[windsurfer619]

So you paid Microsoft for software you won't use! I think we just found Microsoft's new marketing strategy! If you keep the software SO BAD that no one will use it... every sale is just pure profit!

Nothing surprising

[Red Moose]

Did anyone not see this coming? I am no hardcore gamer, but from what I can gather having not read the article as usual is that DX9 runs in Vista by means of what is like a wrapper like for the 3Dfx days. Of course this shit will run slower, it's MS trying to actually do something new for a change. Like NT - took them until 2000 and basically XP to get it right. DX12 will rock.

Now, off topic, I must confess that I no longer even read the Slashdot paragraph, but I just read the headline and then go straight to the comments to see what the controversial parts were.

Re:Nothing surprising

[OldManAndTheC]

...I just read the headline and then go straight to the comments to see what the controversial parts were.

You must not be new here.

What???

[oojah]

games written to take advantage of DirectX 10 have been slow to emerge

Since when has gentoo had DirectX 10?

Cheers,

Roger

They even copied THAT from the Mac

[Space cowboy]

Vista - so like a Mac that you can't even play games on it :-)

[And yes, this is a dig at *both* sides, so let's see how that goes down :-]

Simon

Thats all right

[antifoidulus]

When Duke Nukem Forever comes out, PC gamers will forget about all those old, now dull looking toys.

Re:Why?

[Danse]

If everyone waits for a confirmation that Vista works before using Vista, no one will ever use it. Think about it.

I'm thinking about it now... it's... it's so beautiful...

Slowed by Security

[QuantumFlux]

An enemy has fired upon you... Cancel or Allow?

I'm putting mine in a safe deposit box!

[FatSean]

I don't care if Microsuck won't release a DST fix for W2k, I'll be running that sucker until the Civilization series requires an OS upgrade.

Therefore, I've got a few backup copies of my w2k pro install disk, and I will be putting the original in a safe deposit box at the bank next week.

I didn't see a damn thing in XP that warranted the time spent, much less the money spent, on upgrading. Vista is no different.

Re:What did you expect?

[Anonymous Coward]

The audio stack is completely new. It bypasses your video card

Damned. How will I watch my MP3s now?

Re:It beats

[dbIII]

Who needs anything other than WoW?

Re:Tips for Vista Gaming:

[Tatsh]

I got a tip. If you just bought a new PC, you probably got Norton with it (most likely for HP, Acer, Sony, etc). KILL IT. Speed problems solved.

Re:NVidia certainly dropped the ball

[StikyPad]

just using windows can cause the machine to spazz out randomly

That's not a bug, it's a feature designed to engage the user emotionally.

I guess that settles it

[gosand]

Windows just isn't ready for the desktop.

Why upgrade?

[NavyTim]

I don't get it. I'm having no problem playing Leisure Suit Larry on my Windows 95 machine...