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.'"

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[sogoodsofarsowhat]

I currently run 4 computers at the house and 2 at work. The following information is only about the home computers. 1 - doesnt count its Linux and doesnt run any good games. 1 - is this machine i have used for general work for about 2.5 years and its about to be replaced by a MAC 1 - Macbook Pro that also goes whereever i go and then there is the GAME MACHINE! It is a special purpose Windows box running XP. Its gota nice fast Athlon and SLI Nvidia boards :) A very fast 70GB HD 15000rpm :) 4gb of ram, gigabit ether (dual) and a widescreen 24" on it. Wire mouse and Zboard keyboard :) It plays wonderfully...now it never has seen anything but a few specific titles i decided were worth being on there (1942, CoD, DDo,...etc) it does great...but then again...its never browsed (not even once)...its never had AV...its never used for anything but games. Probably the most stable Windows box i have ever owned. But also extremely limited and not real damn cheap...but then again this middle aged (mf when did that happen) guy can compete with those sugar-pumped-13 year olds and still remain competitive :) the graphics are almost always run all the way up with best detail with no noticeable loss in performance. :) But again the key is not to load ANYTHING not absolutely needed....especially the windows stuff!!! While this may seem (ok maybe it is) a but extreme. Its also the only way i have found that ANY version of windows after a few months was still basically rock solid. Now you must excuse me....i gotta go ruin somebodies day online :)

Re:Nothing surprising

[The_Wilschon]

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.

Pshaw, old man. I've known a lot of geezers who got crotchety and impatient in their age. Us young whippersnappers with the >500000 UID have enough energy to read the summary still.