Vista - Quake 3 / Vista

Hello,

I encountered a problem in gaming experience while using Windows Vista
Ulitmate 32bit.
I noticed a framedrop of more then 200 fps, this framedrop can be reduced by
setting the graphics lower.
My default settings on winxp for this game are: 1280x1024 32bit (quality
settings maximum).
On Windows XP Pro i will get over 250 fps. (since no more is allowed, capped
at 250).
On windows Vista Ultimate with exactly the same settings i will get about 50
fps.

Specs:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2.20 GHZ)
1023 RAM
Radeon x800 GTO


Question:
1. Is Microsoft aware of this problem?
Since this will not be the only O.S/Game problem yet to come.

2. Am i correct when i say this is not mainly Microsoft but Radeons problem?
Since MS is not responsible for the power a grphxcrd can give.

3. Can i expect this to be fixed within the time to buy new hardware anyways.
Theory meaning: after 2 years everybody is bound to buy new hardware anyways
so why bother fixing it.

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The answers to these questions do mean alot to me, and im sure to many other
people aswell as this will affect all financial and IQ-rated thinking of
getting over xp and start using Vista.

I hope to get an answer soon,

Regards,

Remco Lagendijk

In article <46062153-60C8-45DB-93BA-4F444FA58328@microsoft.com>,
R.Lagendijk says...
> Hello,
>
> I encountered a problem in gaming experience while using Windows Vista
> Ulitmate 32bit.
> I noticed a framedrop of more then 200 fps, this framedrop can be reduced by
> setting the graphics lower.
> My default settings on winxp for this game are: 1280x1024 32bit (quality
> settings maximum).
> On Windows XP Pro i will get over 250 fps. (since no more is allowed, capped
> at 250).
> On windows Vista Ultimate with exactly the same settings i will get about 50
> fps.
>
> Specs:
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2.20 GHZ)
> 1023 RAM
> Radeon x800 GTO
>
>
> Question:
> 1. Is Microsoft aware of this problem?
> Since this will not be the only O.S/Game problem yet to come.
>
> 2. Am i correct when i say this is not mainly Microsoft but Radeons problem?
> Since MS is not responsible for the power a grphxcrd can give.
>
> 3. Can i expect this to be fixed within the time to buy new hardware anyways.
> Theory meaning: after 2 years everybody is bound to buy new hardware anyways
> so why bother fixing it.
>
> -=-=-=
> The answers to these questions do mean alot to me, and im sure to many other
> people aswell as this will affect all financial and IQ-rated thinking of
> getting over xp and start using Vista.
>
> I hope to get an answer soon,
>
1) Kind of. OpenGL isn't really supported in Vista and Q3 is a OpenGL
game. You also really need 2GB for gaming in Vista.

2) Yes. Drivers are very immature at the moment. You may recall nVidia
a few years ago when they suddenly had a massive jump in performance on
the release of a specific driver.

3) Yes. Next 6 months should see things improve dramatically.


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i had this problem with nvidia, i uninstalled old drivers and installed new ones, it worked great..but i HAD to UNINSTALL OLD ones..now if they can just fix that stupid punkbuster and vista i will be good

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