Is age of empires 3 compatiple with vista

luckylemming

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Hi just a quick question. i have instaled age of empires three on my laptop and pc,
surprise surprise the game instals ok and then it gives me the option to play game, ok fair enouth my laptop wont run game, and i quote it Even tells me straight from the off that my video card needs to be 64mg when i have 32mg, so this is fine i no what the problem is, however with the pc the game instals just like before, and when i get actually into the game believing i have overcome obsticles i go to
campaign mode. know this is my problem i have sound no problem i have main menu of game no problem, but when it goes on to the map of the campaign i have lines going across my screen forever moving so this prevents me from playing. now does this mean that my graphics card or video card is damaged or is this because it is not compatible.

And are the graphic card and video card the same thing as i get the impresion thay are different. also this will be a very basic rocky question but if something is incompatible does that mean without a doult that it just cannot be run on windows vista, or can patches resolve this.

ps please can someone answer these questions otherwise i will never understand this issues.
 

My Computer

Hi luckylemming,

Can you post you system spec's?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Elite
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Some Amount of Motherness
    Memory
    6.O GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA nVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Some Amount of Soundness
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Two Monitors: HP w1907 & Acer P191w
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 & 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Blue 500GB
    PSU
    Some Amount of Voltageness
    Case
    Hp Pavilion Elite Case
    Cooling
    Some Amount of Coolingness
    Keyboard
    HP: Model Number: KB0911
    Mouse
    HP: M/N:M-SBQ133
    Internet Speed
    Comcast: 20 MB/S
    Other Info
    I have two monitors! I play Call of Duty: Black Ops & Modern Warfare II - Both on PC. Contact me through my website: ChaseKurry.com
i know for a fact that AOE3 is compatible with vista. it will prompt you with a dialogue box saying it isnt, but just ignore it and continue. however from what i see, it may be hardware related
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom ii 940 - 3.60GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX 2x2GB 1066MHz 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 1GB
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonix VX2240w
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm
    PSU
    Corsair AX850
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 932
    Cooling
    Scythe Mugen 2 rev.b
    Keyboard
    Das Keyboard Silent Professional
    Mouse
    Logitech G500
    Internet Speed
    iunno.
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