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06-25-2008
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| 64x2 Windows Home Basic | Need Help I am having trouble playing normal computer games on Vista. When i enter the games the graphics look all staggered and flashy and i can't play them. What can i do to fix this problem? |
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06-25-2008
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| Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... | Re: Need Help Hi, pokerdaniel, and welcome to the forums. Define normal games. |
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06-25-2008
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| 64x2 Windows Home Basic | Re: Need Help The orginal sims goes but the expansion packs dont go. Empire earth doesn't go. Ghost Recon |
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06-25-2008
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| Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... | Re: Need Help Have you read their respective websites to see why they will / won't go? Most game manufacturers, if their game can be made Vista compatible, put out patches to that effect.... |
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06-25-2008
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| 64x2 Windows Home Basic | Re: Need Help Yes i have read the websites and they say it should go fine and suggest no patches. |
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06-25-2008
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| Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... | Re: Need Help Check your drivers and make sure they are up to date, and check your BIOS - are you running SP1? Do you have the latest DirectX 9 release from this month? |
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06-25-2008
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| 64x2 Windows Home Basic | Re: Need Help Drivers are okay. I got DirectX 10. Not running SP1 |
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06-25-2008
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| Vista home premium 64 bit | Re: Need Help Try running 3dmark, if you get the same problem it may be defective graphic ram. Take a photo of your screen and post it here. List your system specs. Run dxdiag. Run a memory test. Look in your error and performance logs. |
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