will old pc games work on vista?

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#1 nyczfinest2300
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will old pc games, like half life 2, rainbow 6 ravne shield, and ageof empire 3, etc. work perfectly on vista?

 

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#2 DirkVDV01
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Yes, they will run fine, since they aren't actually old games.
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#3 Samerzz
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will old pc games, like half life 2, rainbow 6 ravne shield, and ageof empire 3, etc. work perfectly on vista?

 

nyczfinest2300
I couldnt get DOOM3 or F.e.a.r. Comcat/ F.e.a.r. to Install. I also couldnt patch BattleField 2.
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no. you will try for hours to get them to work and then quit. Just like me! On the pc i build im gonna have a partition for xp and vista
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#5 supergamer1289
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[QUOTE="nyczfinest2300"]

will old pc games, like half life 2, rainbow 6 ravne shield, and ageof empire 3, etc. work perfectly on vista?

 

Samerzz

I couldnt get DOOM3 or F.e.a.r. Comcat/ F.e.a.r. to Install. I also couldnt patch BattleField 2.

I had a problem patching BF2. The problem was that I would click the patch and I just would not opne. If this is the problem for you what your should do i click on them and just wait. It opens soon enough. 

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#6 Samerzz
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[QUOTE="Samerzz"][QUOTE="nyczfinest2300"]

will old pc games, like half life 2, rainbow 6 ravne shield, and ageof empire 3, etc. work perfectly on vista?

 

supergamer1289

I couldnt get DOOM3 or F.e.a.r. Comcat/ F.e.a.r. to Install. I also couldnt patch BattleField 2.

I had a problem patching BF2. The problem was that I would click the patch and I just would not opne. If this is the problem for you what your should do i click on them and just wait. It opens soon enough.

Battlefield 2 isnt worth the wait. :P
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AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

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#8 supergamer1289
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AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

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Will you stop changing you sig? LOL! 

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#9 Staryoshi87
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[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

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Will you stop changing you sig? LOL! 

Haha, I get bored and hit up adobe photoshop from time to time. Next week I'll probably start working on a "permanent" sig. I just wanted to give Corsair the props they deserve this week :)

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some games work on vista, others dont. If you want to circumvent this problem, reformat your hard drive, and have a dual boot configuration if you are not getting a new PC
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#11 j3ninja10
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[QUOTE="supergamer1289"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

Staryoshi87

 

Will you stop changing you sig? LOL!

Haha, I get bored and hit up adobe photoshop from time to time. Next week I'll probably start working on a "permanent" sig. I just wanted to give Corsair the props they deserve this week :)

you should make me a sig, no photoshop for me:( 

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#12 j3ninja10
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[QUOTE="supergamer1289"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

Staryoshi87

 

Will you stop changing you sig? LOL!

Haha, I get bored and hit up adobe photoshop from time to time. Next week I'll probably start working on a "permanent" sig. I just wanted to give Corsair the props they deserve this week :)

you should make me a sig, no photoshop for me:(

ive heard steam games take a hit on fps in vista, is that true or a noob problem? 

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#13 Samerzz
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[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"][QUOTE="supergamer1289"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

AoE3 and HL2 work perfectly from my experience. Heck, age of empires 2 works great =P I get 999 fps in that game! =P ;) :D

j3ninja10

 

Will you stop changing you sig? LOL!

Haha, I get bored and hit up adobe photoshop from time to time. Next week I'll probably start working on a "permanent" sig. I just wanted to give Corsair the props they deserve this week :)

you should make me a sig, no photoshop for me:(

ive heard steam games take a hit on fps in vista, is that true or a noob problem?

yes, a huge hit! CSS test I scored 112 on XP and 68 on Vista. AAx4/AFx8 on XP-AAx4/AFx2 on Vista
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#14 sn4k3_64
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Are you sure CSS will have lower FPS because i havent heard about that one yet when running it on windows vista??? Will hl2 deathmatch be the same?

 

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HL2 doesnt run for me. doesnt make it to the menu after the intros.
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#16 Samerzz
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HL2 doesnt run for me. doesnt make it to the menu after the intros.TheDarthvader
half life 2 closes on me,  after I hit the .exe or click on it on Steam. Stupid Vista! :P

 

AND YES, Source games have a huge hit on Vista. like I said. went from 112 fps down to 68fps FOR ME. 

In some other games ive played on both,  performence inscreased..Far Cry, Oblivian, Stalker(very odd). F.e.a.r. Extraction point demo ran a lot worse, as well as CSS, HL2 Deathmatch, BF2. 

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#17 Stinger78
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Lost Coast benchmark at 1600x1200, 4xAA, 16xAF everything else highest, vsync off, I avg 90 fps in XP, and I got 32 fps in Vista (I am now back to XP)