Vista - Vista's Gaming Performance Issues

Ok so I've tried everything to get my games to run smoothly on Vista, and
nothing seems to work very well. Its not so much as my computer sucks, cause
when I downgraded to XP, just to try it out, my games were running perfectly
smooth. And don't say, "Just stick with XP then!" cause I love Vista in its
many other ways.

The only reason I can come up with as to why my games run much slower on
Vista is because Vista is a DirectX10 supported OS, but has a DirectX9
"emulator". And since all my games, and video card are DX9 compatible, it
runs in the emulated mode. Now we all know running emulators makes our
computers run a bit slower, so thats the only solution I can come up with.

Well I know alot of others have had this problem, and Microsoft knows its a
problem, so they have said, and I've been told that Vista SP1 would fix that.
Well I downloaded SP1 RC Refresh, yet nothing seems to have changed at all...

So heres my questions - Do you guys feel that because its a DX10 supported
OS, and im running DX9 software/hardware, that thats a reason why my games
run slower? Also what do you guys think on Vista SP1 RC Refresh? Also any
info on why Vista has such gaming performance issues would be great.

"Ver!tas" <Ver!tas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Run the download from this website..

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

It improved my DX9 gaming experience no end. If it works for you too, please
come back to this thread and tell us, or tell us that it didn't do
anything.. ok?

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Mike Hall - MVP
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i had endless dissapointment with when i was using a directx 9 card just get a cheap little directx10 card such as the ati sapphire 2600 xt 256 from overclockers.co.uk
and that should sort you gaming problems out because directx 9 cards arent really made to understand the whole of the vista operating system whare as the dx10 ones were made just for vista when it comes down to the dx10 sides of it although dx10 cards do work in xp but not wiv dx10 enabled

Well I DL'ed that, but nothing seems to have changed at all ;(. What im going
to consider is that Vista is just built for more higher end PCs than the one
I am running on, and if I want to be able to play my games to their fullest
potential, then I will either A: have to upgrade to a better PC, or B:
Downgrade to XP. I really don't like the thought of downgrading, and I really
do not have the $80+ to spend on a downgrade. I really wish I could have had
the option of XP or Vista :/

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

Well I did what you suggested and it still runs the same as before. Im just
gonna conclude that Vista is made for more higher end PCs that what I have,
and if I want to use my PC to its fullest potential, then I will need to
downgrade to Xp to do that..Im not sure whats more sad though, forking out
$80+ for a downgrade, or that I need to downgrade in order to upgrade, Lol!
Well thanks for the help.

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

"Ver!tas" <Vertas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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What is the spec for your system?

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx