Vista 64 Bit Gaming

[Ferral]

Been trying out a few older games under Vista 64 Ultimate. Elite Force 2 and Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon can be run in 1024x768 and everything maxxed out no probs. Guessing that Alice and other games on the Quake 3 engine will be the same as EF2.

However I have tried Enclave, Judge Dredd and Warcraft 3 on it and they are running in maximum detail settings no probs, however I cannot up the resolution past 640x480.

Has anyone else come across minor niggles like this while gaming under Vista (either 32 bit or 64 bit). If you have do you know any workarounds? I have looked into config files but the games mentioned don't appear to have them so I cant up the res that way.

[TiG]

I had a few small issues with my Dad's new machine running a 8800GTS, but they are known driver issues rather than anything else.

TiG

[mathewdbarlow]

I am having a problem with UFO: Afterlight on 32bit Vista, using a xfx 7900gs.

It only runs in 1 resolution and cuts out half of the display making the game unplayable.

Fortunately it is crap and I don't want to play it anyway!

[Blademrk]

I've been playing Rise of Legends & Dawn of War without many problems on x64 Ultimate.

[Spitfire01]

stupid question but.. in the 64bit does it have the option in the .exe proerties to select the compatability mode for the games? might be worth a try, if you haven't already.

I've tested soem "oldies" on my machine (32 bit vista) and so far so good, grim fandango being one of those.

[Ferral]

Yeah, tried compatability mode. Like I mentioned the games are working great but for some bizarre reason older titles won't allow me to up the res.

Just wondering if it was a common problem with other Vista users. Thankfully I decided to dual boot with XP so I can run some of my older games no probs. However I am wanting to change over to Vista completely eventually and with a bit of luck it will get sorted.

[Spitfire01]

I'll dig out Alice later today and give it a run through, see if it is indeed just an engine based thing.

Just curious are you sure these old games ran at a higher res before? although I would have thought atleast 1024x768 was available.

[Ferral]

Yeah. Been through them on my XP boot in 1024x768 no probs in the past. Thing that happens is when you go into the vid options in a game where you can up the res it is locked on 640x480 and won't let you adjust up or down. Must admit it is really strange, at least the games actually work under Vista which is one consolidation but a higher res would be much better for image quality basically.

[Odc]

I would imagine that it's something to do with the drivers as they presumably still aren't up to scratch yet. Odd that the games work though without you being able to change the resolution