Vista - GeForce 7300LE compatible with Vista Ultimate ?

Hello friends !

I have a GeForce 7300LE graphic card and I use Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
I've bought a new computer with an Intel Dual Core 6400, @ 2.13 GHZ , 2GB RAM.

A very good system for playing games, and this wonderful pc is a gift to my
son.

He would like to play the follwing games:
Call of Duty
Lord of the Rings I
Lord of the Rings II
Half Life

For some reason, you can play the games only with the lowest resolution
800x600.
If you want to increase the resolution, the image is flickering and
sometimes it stuck completly. I could find out, that the performance from the
graphic card is to slow, so it's not possible to play these games.

Nvidia's support told me, we can't help you anymore. You have to get sure,
that you have the newest driver installed. I did, but the problem is still
there.

Now, I am wondering and asking myself: Maybe the graphic card is not
compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit system.

By the way:
I've bought the whole system at Best Buy, and I didn't touch the hardware.
It's this computer here:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840382678

Maybe someone can help me out here, would be great.
Thank you for every little help,
Bernhard

I don't know about the LE, but the 7300 does work with Vista.
However, it's not as fast as I would like, so I promptly replaced it with an
8800.
What a difference! The Vista hardware rating (Computer Properties) went up
to 5.9 (max).

-- Andy

"Bernhard" <Bernhard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3485F311-B19E-441F-84FF-22DCAFBD2B83@microsoft.com...
> Hello friends !
>
> I have a GeForce 7300LE graphic card and I use Windows Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit.
> I've bought a new computer with an Intel Dual Core 6400, @ 2.13 GHZ , 2GB
> RAM.
>
> A very good system for playing games, and this wonderful pc is a gift to
> my
> son.
>
> He would like to play the follwing games:
> Call of Duty
> Lord of the Rings I
> Lord of the Rings II
> Half Life
>
> For some reason, you can play the games only with the lowest resolution
> 800x600.
> If you want to increase the resolution, the image is flickering and
> sometimes it stuck completly. I could find out, that the performance from
> the
> graphic card is to slow, so it's not possible to play these games.
>
> Nvidia's support told me, we can't help you anymore. You have to get sure,
> that you have the newest driver installed. I did, but the problem is still
> there.
>
> Now, I am wondering and asking myself: Maybe the graphic card is not
> compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit system.
>
> By the way:
> I've bought the whole system at Best Buy, and I didn't touch the hardware.
> It's this computer here:
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840382678
>
> Maybe someone can help me out here, would be great.
> Thank you for every little help,
> Bernhard
>
>
>
>
>

Agreed. 7300 LE is not one of those high performance cards. I have the same one installed, and the Win SAT rating for Gaming is rated @ 2.7 which is very low.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Andyistic" <andyistic@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OP2Nv8UXHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
I don't know about the LE, but the 7300 does work with Vista.
However, it's not as fast as I would like, so I promptly replaced it with an
8800.
What a difference! The Vista hardware rating (Computer Properties) went up
to 5.9 (max).

-- Andy

"Bernhard" <Bernhard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3485F311-B19E-441F-84FF-22DCAFBD2B83@microsoft.com...
> Hello friends !
>
> I have a GeForce 7300LE graphic card and I use Windows Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit.
> I've bought a new computer with an Intel Dual Core 6400, @ 2.13 GHZ , 2GB
> RAM.
>
> A very good system for playing games, and this wonderful pc is a gift to
> my
> son.
>
> He would like to play the follwing games:
> Call of Duty
> Lord of the Rings I
> Lord of the Rings II
> Half Life
>
> For some reason, you can play the games only with the lowest resolution
> 800x600.
> If you want to increase the resolution, the image is flickering and
> sometimes it stuck completly. I could find out, that the performance from
> the
> graphic card is to slow, so it's not possible to play these games.
>
> Nvidia's support told me, we can't help you anymore. You have to get sure,
> that you have the newest driver installed. I did, but the problem is still
> there.
>
> Now, I am wondering and asking myself: Maybe the graphic card is not
> compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit system.
>
> By the way:
> I've bought the whole system at Best Buy, and I didn't touch the hardware.
> It's this computer here:
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840382678
>
> Maybe someone can help me out here, would be great.
> Thank you for every little help,
> Bernhard

Aha, so my Graphic Card is not the best. Okay, so which one would you suggest
for playing the games, and where I can see if the graphic card is compatible
with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit ?

Thank you so much and best greetings,
Bernhard




"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Agreed. 7300 LE is not one of those high performance cards. I have the same one installed, and the Win SAT rating for Gaming is rated @ 2.7 which is very low.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Andyistic" <andyistic@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OP2Nv8UXHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I don't know about the LE, but the 7300 does work with Vista.
> However, it's not as fast as I would like, so I promptly replaced it with an
> 8800.
> What a difference! The Vista hardware rating (Computer Properties) went up
> to 5.9 (max).
>
> -- Andy
>
> "Bernhard" <Bernhard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3485F311-B19E-441F-84FF-22DCAFBD2B83@microsoft.com...
> > Hello friends !
> >
> > I have a GeForce 7300LE graphic card and I use Windows Vista Ultimate
> > 32-bit.
> > I've bought a new computer with an Intel Dual Core 6400, @ 2.13 GHZ , 2GB
> > RAM.
> >
> > A very good system for playing games, and this wonderful pc is a gift to
> > my
> > son.
> >
> > He would like to play the follwing games:
> > Call of Duty
> > Lord of the Rings I
> > Lord of the Rings II
> > Half Life
> >
> > For some reason, you can play the games only with the lowest resolution
> > 800x600.
> > If you want to increase the resolution, the image is flickering and
> > sometimes it stuck completly. I could find out, that the performance from
> > the
> > graphic card is to slow, so it's not possible to play these games.
> >
> > Nvidia's support told me, we can't help you anymore. You have to get sure,
> > that you have the newest driver installed. I did, but the problem is still
> > there.
> >
> > Now, I am wondering and asking myself: Maybe the graphic card is not
> > compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit system.
> >
> > By the way:
> > I've bought the whole system at Best Buy, and I didn't touch the hardware.
> > It's this computer here:
> > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840382678
> >
> > Maybe someone can help me out here, would be great.
> > Thank you for every little help,
> > Bernhard
>

Hello Bernhard,

Sorry, I don't have any data on the list of games vs recommended video cards. Perhaps you can post this question in windows.vista.games group. I'm sure that would attract more posts. Also note that NVIDIA is issuing updated drivers every now and then, and that can have an impact on performance and also the WinSAT scores for gaming graphics.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Bernhard" <Bernhard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FFD4859-DA3F-4E4A-8DF5-D7D82BFEBAD1@microsoft.com...
Aha, so my Graphic Card is not the best. Okay, so which one would you suggest
for playing the games, and where I can see if the graphic card is compatible
with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit ?

Thank you so much and best greetings,
Bernhard




"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Agreed. 7300 LE is not one of those high performance cards. I have the same one installed, and the Win SAT rating for Gaming is rated @ 2.7 which is very low.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Andyistic" <andyistic@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OP2Nv8UXHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I don't know about the LE, but the 7300 does work with Vista.
> However, it's not as fast as I would like, so I promptly replaced it with an
> 8800.
> What a difference! The Vista hardware rating (Computer Properties) went up
> to 5.9 (max).
>
> -- Andy
>
> "Bernhard" <Bernhard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3485F311-B19E-441F-84FF-22DCAFBD2B83@microsoft.com...
> > Hello friends !
> >
> > I have a GeForce 7300LE graphic card and I use Windows Vista Ultimate
> > 32-bit.
> > I've bought a new computer with an Intel Dual Core 6400, @ 2.13 GHZ , 2GB
> > RAM.
> >
> > A very good system for playing games, and this wonderful pc is a gift to
> > my
> > son.
> >
> > He would like to play the follwing games:
> > Call of Duty
> > Lord of the Rings I
> > Lord of the Rings II
> > Half Life
> >
> > For some reason, you can play the games only with the lowest resolution
> > 800x600.
> > If you want to increase the resolution, the image is flickering and
> > sometimes it stuck completly. I could find out, that the performance from
> > the
> > graphic card is to slow, so it's not possible to play these games.
> >
> > Nvidia's support told me, we can't help you anymore. You have to get sure,
> > that you have the newest driver installed. I did, but the problem is still
> > there.
> >
> > Now, I am wondering and asking myself: Maybe the graphic card is not
> > compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit system.
> >
> > By the way:
> > I've bought the whole system at Best Buy, and I didn't touch the hardware.
> > It's this computer here:
> > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840382678
> >
> > Maybe someone can help me out here, would be great.
> > Thank you for every little help,
> > Bernhard
>