Windows Vista RC1 compatibility with games

**HorseArcher** · October 21, 2006, 02:06 PM

I am trying to come up with a list of games of which game does or doesn't run under windows vista.

My specs:

AMD 64 3000 CPU
ASUS K8N Motherboard
1.5 GB of Corsair DDR 2 RAM
ATI Raedon 1600 XT card (256mb AGP 8x)
120 GB + 80 GB Hard Drive
Creative Audigy 2 - soundcard
Windows Vista 32bit

So far I have tried 3 games to run under windows Vista.

1. MT2W demo - runs ok, I think it's a bit slower than winXP

2. Lock On : Modern Air Combat - Doesn't run at all. Tried 3 different compatibility ways (winxp; win2000; win98). It gives an error message at the game loading.

3. Far Cry. Will not run. It hangs on the loading screen to eternity. (tried 3 compatibility ways)

4. Company of Heroes - Will run, but I have texture corruptions and missing textures in game (could be the beta version of ATI drivers)

these games not running, makes me worried a bit about the retail version of Vista.

I will refuse to install this OS if it will have major compatibility issues with older games.

Please list games you have tried under Windows Vista - working or not working.

**wipeout140** · October 21, 2006, 02:10 PM

Rome Total War 1.5 - Works as normal
RTW Barbarian Invasion 1.6 - works as normal

Thats it so far. All Tested on 5744 Build (RC2) 32bit

Laptop Specs

AMD 64 3200+
1024mb Ram
80GB HD
128mb ATI card

**Reidy** · October 21, 2006, 02:16 PM

Ahem...

Gamespot already did this :tooth:

**HorseArcher** · October 21, 2006, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by wipeout140

Rome Total War 1.5 - Works as normal
RTW Barbarian Invasion 1.6 - works as normal

Thats it so far. All Tested on 5744 Build (RC2) 32bit

Laptop Specs

AMD 64 3200+
1024mb Ram
80GB HD
128mb ATI card

Reidy's link above lists RTW as "flat out broken" in Vista. I think, there were testing the Beta version of Vista, not the RC1.

Regardless, RC1 stands for "release candidate 1" , which means, it suppose to be a very close version to the actual product than a "beta" - version.
That is what worries me.

**wipeout140** · October 21, 2006, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by LovasIjász

Reidy's link above lists RTW as "flat out broken" in Vista. I think, there were testing the Beta version of Vista, not the RC1.

Regardless, RC1 stands for "release candidate 1" , which means, it suppose to be a very close version to the actual product than a "beta" - version.
That is what worries me.

And about to say that aswell. RC2 is even more stable then RC1. Oh well it seems to work as normal and thats good

**HorseArcher** · October 21, 2006, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by wipeout140

And about to say that aswell. RC2 is even more stable then RC1. Oh well it seems to work as normal and thats good

so you have RC2?

**wipeout140** · October 21, 2006, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by LovasIjász

so you have RC2?

Yes i do have RC2 but i have read there is a new build 5808 out but only for Technology Adoption Program (TAP) customers. Source

**Vanquisher** · November 13, 2006, 11:27 AM

All games but the ones built on open GL work for me perfectly. Now i'm not using the ATI drivers. The original driver that comes with windows works way better for the moment.