Games that doesn't work in Vista?

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#1 janti_hakouz
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I'm thinking of upgrading to vista, but i'm afraid that most of my games won't work, like Age of Mythology, Medieval 2, NFS Carbon. I have a eVGA 7950GT 512mb.

So, do you know any games that doesn't work in Vista now, or have bugs?

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#2 henri1960
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Double agent and Vegas
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#3 Staryoshi87
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Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.
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#4 jfelisario
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Notepad runs at a constant 60+ fps, Minesweeper lags like nuts though.... this using sli-ed 8800 gtx btw.
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#5 janti_hakouz
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Good to know that notepad works on vista. I might be able to view it as a slideshow on my GPU, but who cares. It works!!
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#6 jfelisario
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Good to know that notepad works on vista. I might be able to view it as a slideshow on my GPU, but who cares. It works!!janti_hakouz

To add, solitaire works fine, I just need to tone down on Anisotrophic Filtering and Anti-aliasing settings down a notch from my usual defaults. No more AF-AA x16 :( 

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#7 j3ninja10
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i have a 8800gts, do you think i can run freecell in vista on max?
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#8 janti_hakouz
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Ok. Anyone know other games that doesn't work. If that's all, i'm good, cause i'm not into RPG's. I heard that call of duty have problems with vista is it true? and does COD 2 have it too?
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#9 Staryoshi87
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CoD2 is flawless on mine, but I don't have CoD1 anymore =/ (CoD:UO was the best in the series...)

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#10 janti_hakouz
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CoD2 is flawless on mine, but I don't have CoD1 anymore =/ (CoD:UO was the best in the series...)

Staryoshi87

Yeah, that is what i was intending to play.

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[QUOTE="janti_hakouz"]Good to know that notepad works on vista. I might be able to view it as a slideshow on my GPU, but who cares. It works!!jfelisario

To add, solitaire works fine, I just need to tone down on Anisotrophic Filtering and Anti-aliasing settings down a notch from my usual defaults. No more AF-AA x16 :(

that joke is now very old :) 

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#13 markop2003
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have a look here: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/software/List-Vista-Supported-Hardware-amp-Software-ftopict232602.html
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Im having some trouble with Half Life 2: Episode 1, but I can't tell if it's because of Vista or just the 8800 drivers.
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#15 MondoCool
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Bf2 and 2142 don't ike my soundcard its an audigy 2 zs or its just cause im using vista x64
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#16 LouieV13
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Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.Staryoshi87
I just bawt DM it works perfect! Idk what os you talkin bout lol the only game that hasnt worked is ... uh none I guess I have played alot of popular games that work great STALKER CoD2 BF2 AoE3 CoH FEAR HL2 CSS etc ETC!! Vista is GREAT! Dontl isten to ppl who dont have vista and say it sucks!
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[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.LouieV13
I just bawt DM it works perfect! Idk what os you talkin bout lol the only game that hasnt worked is ... uh none I guess I have played alot of popular games that work great STALKER CoD2 BF2 AoE3 CoH FEAR HL2 CSS etc ETC!! Vista is GREAT! Dontl isten to ppl who dont have vista and say it sucks!

Are you using the steam version or dvd version of DMoM&M?

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[QUOTE="LouieV13"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.Staryoshi87

I just bawt DM it works perfect! Idk what os you talkin bout lol the only game that hasnt worked is ... uh none I guess I have played alot of popular games that work great STALKER CoD2 BF2 AoE3 CoH FEAR HL2 CSS etc ETC!! Vista is GREAT! Dontl isten to ppl who dont have vista and say it sucks!

Are you using the steam version or dvd version of DMoM&M?

I did not know it wasnt on STEAM im using steam tho lol
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#19 runejedi
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If the games don't work try right clicking the game icon click properties  click the compatibility tab and run it in compatibility  mode 4 xp sp2 that works 4 call of duty 2 multiplayer.
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#20 janti_hakouz
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I ran the Windows Upgrade Advisor and it showed that only my audio chipset needed an updated driver, everything else would work. Also, Thanx markop2003, that really helped.
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#21 PikaPichu
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I've tested my Vista system with Need for Speed: Most Wanted and it works fine. City of Heroes has issues with the mouse pointers though.
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#22 Samulies
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Vista is fine, Nvidea stated that games on vista and xp are nearly identicle now, in frame rate also.
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#23 sn4k3_64
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Hmmm, well I have just bought a new power mesh computer with vista premium and I tried running bet on soldier(which I know isnt a very good game) just to test out my hardware. Guess what.....the computer freezes and you have to end the program. So bet on soldier is a definate no no. Although CSS and half life 2 work fine(so ive heard).
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#24 Staryoshi87
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[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

[QUOTE="LouieV13"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.LouieV13

I just bawt DM it works perfect! Idk what os you talkin bout lol the only game that hasnt worked is ... uh none I guess I have played alot of popular games that work great STALKER CoD2 BF2 AoE3 CoH FEAR HL2 CSS etc ETC!! Vista is GREAT! Dontl isten to ppl who dont have vista and say it sucks!

Are you using the steam version or dvd version of DMoM&M?

I did not know it wasnt on STEAM im using steam tho lol

There's the Diff, I got the dvd version w/my video card. It was free, though, so w/e ;)

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[QUOTE="LouieV13"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

[QUOTE="LouieV13"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]Dark messiah of might and magic won't let me go past the first level and Silverfall won't work. Other than that, every single one of my games works (DMoM&M was free, so who cares ;)). Even Age of Empires 2 works.Staryoshi87

I just bawt DM it works perfect! Idk what os you talkin bout lol the only game that hasnt worked is ... uh none I guess I have played alot of popular games that work great STALKER CoD2 BF2 AoE3 CoH FEAR HL2 CSS etc ETC!! Vista is GREAT! Dontl isten to ppl who dont have vista and say it sucks!

Are you using the steam version or dvd version of DMoM&M?

I did not know it wasnt on STEAM im using steam tho lol

There's the Diff, I got the dvd version w/my video card. It was free, though, so w/e ;)

 in my case, I can't get the game to work at all when I try to install from the DVD. it appears to install normally, but when I go to my games list in steam it still says not installed. when I tried to download the game from steam was when I encountered the same problem as staryoshi with not being able to make it past the first level.

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#26 blazethe1
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Double agent and Vegashenri1960

both of these run BETTER in vista for me actually. well, double agent is still full of bugs, but they are more consistent than when i was running on XP. vegas however runs noticablely smoother on higher settings.