windows vista beta 1 and games?

[batmang]

question to anyone using vista beta 1... have you had any issues with games?

if this is a repost thread, sorry. i couldnt find a thread relating to my question.

 

[remagavon]

Wondering the same thing. Could someone run 3dmark on vista/xp to see the difference.

 

[batmang]

hrmm... i can try and perform these tests if i can get everything working properly.

 

[batmang]

machine

athlon 64 3000+(2.0ghz) @ 3200+(2.2ghz)
micron 768mb ddr 333
ati x800xl 256mb AGP


windows xp tests

winxp - open gl settings
winxp - direct3d settings
winxp - dxdiag
winxp - video driver version
winxp - 3dmark 2003 results

windows vista beta 1 tests

still installing it and stuff...
edit: i cant get vista to install right... and theres no support for dx9 anyway. so.. nm.

 

[Ronin]

Vista doesn't have DX9 support atm (regardless of whether it's installed or not), and the drivers are very much immature (for both ATi and nVidia..heck, neither even have a CP if you use the LDDM drivers).

 

[Nothinman]

That and I'm betting that Vista (or at least large chunks of it) are compiled with debug settings to make reporting bugs easier.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: Ronin
Vista doesn't have DX9 support atm (regardless of whether it's installed or not), and the drivers are very much immature (for both ATi and nVidia..heck, neither even have a CP if you use the LDDM drivers).

I don't see why? I had a earlier version of longhorn and was able to run Warcraft 3, but it would start chugging really badly after 5 minutes.

 

[batmang]

hrmm, welp. i cant even really do a test with vista. it wont load right on my machine, keeps freezing during before installation starts, kinda werid. casue it worked fine on a pc at work.
winxp installs fine on my home machine, oh well. ill have to finish up this test later, or... if you guys want me to do a win2k3 server test i can do that, since im bored, hah.

 

[remagavon]

It might be due to your overclock. Runing the A64 with 64 bit software has proven to further stress the chip than conventional 32 bit programs. Quite a few people on planetamd64 have had to clock their chips down a bit from their o/c settings. Just a guess.

 

[hater2win]

I had no trouble installing at all. I just used the virtual drive that I have and it installed perfect. It rebooted itself and stayed on this one screen for about 15 minutes, maybe that where you thought it froze. It doesn't really freeze there, just does something.

 

[RamIt]

Dell inspiron XPS2
XP - 3dmark05 - 5700
Vista - 3dmark05 - 4075

 

[batmang]

hrmm, welp. im running the 32 bit version of vista, and i tried putting my cpu back to default settings, i reset the bios etc.
and it still kept freezing at the same spot, and im not talking software freeze, as in... just the install freezing, im talking the entire pc taking a crap.

pinkish/greenish colors come up at the top of the screen, almost like a video card problem, but its not the vid card cause its brand new, works fine in winxp. its not my memory, etc. my machine is fine, vista beta just happens to hate it unfortunately.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: RamIt
Dell inspiron XPS2
XP - 3dmark05 - 5700
Vista - 3dmark05 - 4075

Due to immature drivers, no doubt.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: RamIt
Dell inspiron XPS2
XP - 3dmark05 - 5700
Vista - 3dmark05 - 4075

Due to immature drivers, no doubt.

Most likely. This probably won't be worth testing in earnest for another 6-12 months. Maybe longer...

 

[Nothinman]

It won't be worth testing until at least the RC candidates are out.

 

[wakawaka]

Originally posted by: hater2win
I had no trouble installing at all. I just used the virtual drive that I have and it installed perfect. It rebooted itself and stayed on this one screen for about 15 minutes, maybe that where you thought it froze. It doesn't really freeze there, just does something.

You can boot up on a virtual drive?!?! How cool! I've been wondering how to check out Vista without a DVD burner