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Vista 64 ?
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The_Techie
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I used Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on my computer, had drivers for everything except my sound card. Didn't see any speed increase over x86 though...
killadoob
Honorary Master
vista 64 bit is awesome man
much faster than 32 bit version i first bought
gaming wise 64 bit gives 32 bit carrots
there is nothing i have that i could not find drivers for even my old creative sound card had drivers
albeit they only worked at the 3rd set of drivers that came out
64 all the way baby!!!!!!!!!!
much faster than 32 bit version i first bought
gaming wise 64 bit gives 32 bit carrots
there is nothing i have that i could not find drivers for even my old creative sound card had drivers
albeit they only worked at the 3rd set of drivers that came out
64 all the way baby!!!!!!!!!!
feo
Honorary Master
That drivers thing is load of bat guano. The hardware manufacturers were initially slow to develop 64 bit drivers but it's almost all sorted now.
The_Techie
Resident Techie
killadoob
Honorary Master
yea, i remember the days of xp 64 bit omw you still dont get drivers for 80% of the stuff on that OS
lol beanie yea man it sucks your fps drop so much but like i said xp is not so bad, its just now vista thats all
lol beanie
yea man it sucks your fps drop so much but like i said xp is not so bad, its just now vista thats all feo
Honorary Master
If only they could sort out the FPS drops...
But I'm digressing, never mind me
No dude, FPS drops is a problem specific to you. Which game was it? What drivers were you using? What processes were running? You can't come and say Vista is bad just because you experienced some FPS drops, did you try to find out what exactly was causing it or did you just assume it was the OS?
The_Techie
Resident Techie
yea, i remember the days of xp 64 bit omw you still dont get drivers for 80% of the stuff on that OS
lol beanie
I know, I have Windows Vista Ultimate x86 installed on two computers at home. No need to tell me about Vista vs XP, I have a daily comparison
I'm not the only one who has experienced it, I know of 3 people who have experienced it as well. Every single game, every possible driver from latest to the first one made for Windows Vista for every series of graphics cards from the 5-series to the 8-series, no processes in the background.
I've tried it on at least 12 different hardware configurations and my results were similar every time. Still want to tell me it's specific to me and that I haven't done enough to try to pinpoint the problem?
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killadoob
Honorary Master
yep it is
cause i know something like 30 bf 2 games who use vista and their games run sweet, slightly slower than xp but still sweet
have u tried the latest mobo drivers? cause they can cause kuk to
maybe its cause most use 64 bit
cause i know something like 30 bf 2 games who use vista and their games run sweet, slightly slower than xp but still sweet
have u tried the latest mobo drivers? cause they can cause kuk to
maybe its cause most use 64 bit
The_Techie
Resident Techie
yep it is
cause i know something like 30 bf 2 games who use vista and their games run sweet, slightly slower than xp but still sweet
have u tried the latest mobo drivers? cause they can cause kuk to
maybe its cause most use 64 bit
Every possible driver for every possible piece of hardware. Would you guys mind telling me what I'm doing wrong, then?
*cue feo*
feo
Honorary Master
I'm not the only one who has experienced it, I know of 3 people who have experienced it as well. Every single game, every possible driver from latest to the first one made for Windows Vista for every series of graphics cards from the 5-series to the 8-series, no processes in the background.
I've tried it on at least 12 different hardware configurations and my results were similar every time. Still want to tell me it's specific to me and that I haven't done enough to try to pinpoint the problem?
Well you are by no means in the majority, Vista runs great for games for most people. I don't have Vista so I can't speak from experience but you are probably part of the small group of people that have actually been impacted negatively by Vista gaming wise.
killadoob
Honorary Master
you have all your windows updates?
all your drivers are up to date?
then i dunno i will put it down to 32 bit because thats the reason i changed to 64, i was getting choppy performance in games tried every driver but gave up and thought just before i give up on vista lemme try 64 bit
since going 64 bit everything runs smoothly, although a friend of mine told me they fixed the vista 32 gaming issue
all your drivers are up to date?
then i dunno i will put it down to 32 bit because thats the reason i changed to 64, i was getting choppy performance in games tried every driver but gave up and thought just before i give up on vista lemme try 64 bit
since going 64 bit everything runs smoothly
, although a friend of mine told me they fixed the vista 32 gaming issueThe_Techie
Resident Techie
Then your first statement about the FPS drops wasn't accurate
Can't blame the hardware you have all your windows updates?
all your drivers are up to date?
then i dunno i will put it down to 32 bit because thats the reason i changed to 64, i was getting choppy performance in games tried every driver but gave up and thought just before i give up on vista lemme try 64 bit
since going 64 bit everything runs smoothly
Windows completely up to date, as I said the drivers have varied between latest and first (everything in between). It also occurred using Windows Vista Ultimate x64
killadoob
Honorary Master
no then your doing something wrong
cause since i went 64 ultimate all my gaming issues are now gone
damn u must have spend a fortune on your ms software
2 x vista plus 64 ultimate eina
cause since i went 64 ultimate all my gaming issues are now gone
damn u must have spend a fortune on your ms software
2 x vista plus 64 ultimate eina
The_Techie
Resident Techie
beanie you should lend my cd for vista to test it out man 64 bit anyhow
then we know for sure
yes its not a legit copy but i did buy vista business 64 bit so i think im entitled to this considering i dumped my 1.3k vista
I have 3 32-bit and 64-bit retail licenses so even if it was one's fault I'd find that out pretty quickly...
no then your doing something wrong
Please, enlighten me
feo
Honorary Master
Then your first statement about the FPS drops wasn't accurate
OK you can't blame the hardware (you have an awesome rig BTW) but that doesn't automatically mean the OS is at fault (maybe all the people out there blissfully gaming on Vista64 are wrong then)
Ummm, I think we should stop right here, the OP asked about driver support so we should just stick to that topic.
The_Techie
Resident Techie
killadoob
Honorary Master
are we not discussing drivers
i mean does bad gaming in vista and drivers have nothing in common
i mean does bad gaming in vista and drivers have nothing in common
feo
Honorary Master
Back to topic, I'm not sure whether Creative have sorted out their audio driver issues for Vista 64 but yeah, that's pretty much the only major problem with drivers I've heard of. Rest is fine so you can jump on the 64bit bandwagon no problems.
well im running Vista 64.. Firstly managed to get drivers for every component.. and this is a laptop... Initially things did seem abit slower and i was cursing quite abit bt after abt a week and doing all the updates that come out (there are tons).. my laptop runs like a dream.. i can run crysis med/high 1680*1050 smoothly no AA tho bt yah.. so dnt see much problem with vista 64 and it sees all 4GB of my RAM