Games and Windows Vista

[midnightservice]

Okay fellow gamers. I have been doind some testing this weekend with Windows Vista and 2 Games so far.

1. EQ2 <Works>
2. BattleField 2142 <Works>

Ventrilo 2.3.xx Works great also

I had some issues at first but i finally found out that Vista installs Microsoft versions of ATI/NVidia drivers, but gives you full control of the card. After updating the drivers from the manufactor the games ran better than before and the netwrok throughput is better than XP.

Just some heads up.

-Mid

[Aiur]

Hey you know when they plan on having SLI support?

[midnightservice]

NVidia currently has SLI support in there current beta driver. All reports show negative results. So i am hoping by the end of summer.

Furthur note i am having problems with vista and Intel 10/100/1000 nic, for some reason no matter what i tell vista it still powers down the nic and this accurs during game play. Re-Searching this currently.

[Aiur]

Bah im going XP on my laptop then......

Processor: AMD Turionâ„¢ 64 Mobile ML37 2.0GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 - With Media Center Remote Control
Chassis: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD with Clearview Technology - Saucer Silver
Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: 24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Burner w/ Nero Software
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Primary Battery: Alienware® m9700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack

[XoR]

XP > Vista

my 10 cents

[midnightservice]

got the Nic issue fixed. Vista really dislikes DHCP(letting router assign IP) after fixing this i played sunday afternoon on EQ2 for 6 hours straight till a storm came through and wiped out the cable.

[Aiur]

Is raid 0 config really that much faster then a single drive setup?

[midnightservice]

yes it is, but there is no redundancy with it. if a drive fails the bad drive must be replaced and both drives wiped clean. the reason it is faster both drives get information but only one drive gets all information the other gets system information in portions. which makes the reaction faster as you only have to searcha single drive with exact location information instead searching and intire drive with not exact location information.