Windows Vista compatibility

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  1. liquid_gen

    liquid_gen What's a Dremel?

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    I know that some games aren't playable (or at least not well) in Windows vista but will updates be made or something which will change this or will some games always be unplayable on vista? the reason i'm asking is because i have a tendency to lose or throw away OSes when new ones come out but it seems like i should keep XP so that I can play older games on it. Your thoughts?
     
  2. Ramble

    Ramble Ginger Nut

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    At the moment I believe it's mostly a driver problem, the games themselves have been fine.
    I know CSS was unplayable a while ago but now it's just fine. But if you give us a list of games that you play we can try and check them.
     
  3. liquid_gen

    liquid_gen What's a Dremel?

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    well i play a lot of games but there i often see old games that i havn't played in a long time and feel like playing them. So i just want to know if eventually all games will be playable on vista or at least most and what will determine whether games will be playable on vista
     
  4. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    There's a thread in PC gaming I think about peoples experiences.
     
  5. Hazardous

    Hazardous What's a Dremel?

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    Don't "throw away" XP!

    Use it to dual-boot with Vista, for any games which you can't run under Vista :idea:
     
  6. bassboi72

    bassboi72 My dremel is broken.

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    Thats exactly what I did...

    Dual-booting Vista and XP Pro... as I fiddle with Vista and get accustomed to it, maybe i'll clean install vista as a whole, but for now, dual boot!
     
  7. Buzzons

    Buzzons Minimodder

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    Vista + VMware/virtualPC = win, no need for a dual boot :)

    also, its more a "you can no longer use stupid copy protection" standpoint that MS has that is breaking games - hooza!
     
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