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date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:03:01 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
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Re: WINDOWS VISTA GAMES
I have no idea what games "my games" refers to.
That said--
There have been a heck of a lot of speed related complaints concerning Vista
that were fixed by the service pack and updated Video drivers. Running
Vista in classic mode may help. Reducing non essential background services
and programs will help.
If at all possible, for off line games, disable programs such as Norton.
Finally, you may find that specific video settings make an improvement.
These are closely tied to the video card/chip that is in your system.
For specific help, you should identify your hardware, such as make and model
of your video card. Sound chip/card,
The game(s), etc.
Many of the major games have web sites that are dedicated to them, and will
usually have advice, patches, etc.
For example, Crysis ran very poorly on an HP (Vista) "Multimedia" laptop I
purchased late last fall.
A combination of classic mode (Non Aero), Vista patches & SP 1, along with
updated Nvidia drivers (from HP)
really made a difference for the better.
"Zabeth" wrote in message
news:89ABD514-CAFF-4D5B-B8B5-C6E5C9B2DD94@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know why and how I can fix my games in Windows Vista so they
> will
> not run in slow motion?? I will apreciate the help. Thanks
date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:42:41 -0400
author: Chuck
Re: WINDOWS VISTA GAMES
thank you for the information about "specs2 that was nice and something more
i learned. HP Compaq Notebook tc4400, WINDOW VISTA BUSINESS, RAM 1015 MB, 32
BITS,
OPERATING SYSTEM,INTEL(R) CORE (TM) DUO,CPU T2300 1.66GHZ ,1.67 GHZ. WITH
THIS INFORMATION COULD YOU HELP?
"Joan Archer" wrote:
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> By specs they mean what make is the computer, how much RAM does it have
> installed what video card do you have or is it onboard graphics what is
> the processor, is it AMD or Intel.
> What version of Vista are you running and is it 32 bit or 64 bit.
>
> Hope that makes it a little clearer for you and gives you a better idea
> of what they are asking ;)
>
>
> --
> Joan Archer
>
> Joan Archer
> http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
>
date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:00:01 -0700
author: Zabeth
Re: WINDOWS VISTA GAMES
I believe that your first problem is your system has less than 1GB of RAM.
I'm surprised Vista Business installed at all because the system you have
appears to below the minimum specs to run that version of Vista.
The system requirements for Vista Business listed here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx,
specifically it requires 1 GB of system memory, and 128 MB of graphics
memory (minimum).
You don't mention anything about a dedicated graphics card or memory so I
will assume this system does allocate a portion of system RAM to
video/graphics
Solution 1: add more memory (at least another 1 gig if not 2 gigs).
Solution 2: If not going for the above suggestion, I suggest you change the
theme in Vista to "Classic" mode e.g. turn off all the themes and effects
(drop shadows, aero, flip 3d and so on), go back to the grey theme like
Windows 2000 and earlier. This may get a little improved performance.
Check the "Windows Experience" performance rating of your system, and for
the game you're playing, compared with the required rating to play them.
You can check the rating in the Games Explorer.
"Zabeth" wrote in message
news:E4726439-EEB0-4AD6-B133-16C2CC106CEB@microsoft.com...
> thank you for the information about "specs2 that was nice and something
> more
> i learned. HP Compaq Notebook tc4400, WINDOW VISTA BUSINESS, RAM 1015 MB,
> 32
> BITS,
> OPERATING SYSTEM,INTEL(R) CORE (TM) DUO,CPU T2300 1.66GHZ ,1.67 GHZ. WITH
> THIS INFORMATION COULD YOU HELP?
>
> "Joan Archer" wrote:
>
>>
>> By specs they mean what make is the computer, how much RAM does it have
>> installed what video card do you have or is it onboard graphics what is
>> the processor, is it AMD or Intel.
>> What version of Vista are you running and is it 32 bit or 64 bit.
>>
>> Hope that makes it a little clearer for you and gives you a better idea
>> of what they are asking ;)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Joan Archer
>>
>> Joan Archer
>> http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
>>
date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:13:11 +0900
author: Andrew Murray
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