Quake 3 / Vista
Posted by admin on Dec 24th, 2006
Hello,I encountered a problem in gaming experience while using Windows Vista Ulitmate 32bit. I noticed a framedrop of more then 200 fps, this framedrop can be reduced by setting the graphics lower. My default settings on winxp for this game are: 1280x1024 32bit (quality settings maximum). On Windows XP Pro i will get over 250 fps. (since no more is allowed, capped at 250). On windows Vista Ultimate with exactly the same settings i will get about 50 fps.Specs: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2.20 GHZ) 1023 RAM Radeon x800 GTO Question: 1. Is Microsoft aware of this problem? Since this will not be the only O.S/Game problem yet to come.2. Am i correct when i say this is not mainly Microsoft but Radeons problem? Since MS is not responsible for the power a grphxcrd can give.3. Can i expect this to be fixed within the time to buy new hardware anyways. Theory meaning: after 2 years everybody is bound to buy new hardware anyways so why bother fixing it.=== The answers to these questions do mean alot to me, and im sure to many other people aswell as this will affect all financial and IQrated thinking of getting over xp and start using Vista.I hope to get an answer soon,Regards,Remco Lagendijk
Dec 29th, 2006 at 07:14 am
In article , R.Lagendijk says... game. You also really need 2GB for gaming in Vista.2) Yes. Drivers are very immature at the moment. You may recall nVidia a few years ago when they suddenly had a massive jump in performance on the release of a specific driver.3) Yes. Next 6 months should see things improve dramatically. ConorLight travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Dec 30th, 2006 at 01:09 pm
i had this problem with nvidia, i uninstalled old drivers and installed new ones, it worked great..but i HAD to UNINSTALL OLD ones..now if they can just fix that stupid punkbuster and vista i will be goodEggHeadCafe.com .NET Developer Portal of Choice eggheadcafe.com
Jan 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 am
i had this problem with nvidia, i uninstalled old drivers and installed new ones, it worked great..but i HAD to UNINSTALL OLD ones..now if they can just fix that stupid punkbuster and vista i will be goodEggHeadCafe.com .NET Developer Portal of Choice eggheadcafe.com