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Taedrin
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Posted - 2009.03.17 21:24:00 -
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Presuming you have a good enough computer to handle Vista, it runs fine. Unfortunately, Vista is such a resource hog that if you have an older computer, it will probably be pretty laggy on Vista.
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Taedrin
Gallente Golden Mechanization Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.03.17 21:41:00 -
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Originally by: Andromeda1 i have an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50 GHz
2.00 GB of RAm
GeForce 7600 GS 512mb card pci express
will it handle vista fine and run eve fine on that?
As the guy above me mentioned,upgrade your RAM. 2GB isn't enough for Vista + games, TBH. Get 4 GB.
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Taedrin
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Posted - 2009.03.17 21:57:00 -
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Edited by: Taedrin on 17/03/2009 21:58:22
Originally by: Khlitouris RegusII
Originally by: Taedrin
Originally by: Andromeda1 i have an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50 GHz
2.00 GB of RAm
GeForce 7600 GS 512mb card pci express
will it handle vista fine and run eve fine on that?
As the guy above me mentioned,upgrade your RAM. 2GB isn't enough for Vista + games, TBH. Get 4 GB.
2gb of ram is absolutely fine for vista and eve if your vista is consuming a gig+ of ram learn to optimise your pc and vista instead of *****ing and moaning about it.
The issue isn't that you run out of memory, the issue is that Vista will use the swap file instead of RAM. The more stuff you have running, and the less RAM you have, the more likely that Vista will decide to put stuff into the swap file. Remember - the only way to prevent Vista from using the swap is to disable the swap file entirely. 2GB is not enough. This issue is highlighted if you minimize and maximize applications frequently - if you minimize an application, Vista has a tendency to put in the swap to make more room for other applications. This makes switching between applications take longer.
Having 4 GB of memory is even more important if you want to have more programs running while you play EVE, like a media player, virus scanner and/or web browser, for example.
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Taedrin
Gallente Golden Mechanization Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.03.17 21:57:00 -
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Originally by: Chucky I'm holding out hope for Windows 7 personally. Windows 7
/me <3's his Windows 7 beta.
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Taedrin
Gallente Golden Mechanization Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.03.18 04:58:00 -
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Originally by: Angus MacMorn
Actually Vista, unlike XP, will avoid using the swap and use system RAM when possible. XP likes to hit swap all the time as its memory management was designs for 256MB and 512MB systems. Vista was intended for 2GB+ configurations and has some inherent issues on low-memory systems due to its avoidance of swap.
The other issue with Vista is the excessive number of inefficient services running. It's quite speedy once you turn off the useless crap running by default. So optimize your service list and enjoy a nice upgrade over XP.
As a note, My desktop system is an Athlon 64 X2 6400+ with 3GB RAM and a ATI 3850 running Vista and gets 70+fps at 1600x1200 with middling quality settings.
That's interesting. I was under the impression that Vista's improved memory management was focused on preloading frequently used applications, and perhaps some reductions in memory fragmentation. Didn't know that Vista actually reduced the swappiness of the virtual memory manager. I guess that means I might want to re-enable the swap file on my Vista install.
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Taedrin
Gallente Golden Mechanization Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.03.18 05:00:00 -
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Originally by: Skillzero Edited by: Skillzero on 18/03/2009 02:30:23
Originally by: Tressin Khiyne Runs well... vista still sux... but Eve runs fine.
Vista is perfect, Had it for 1 1/2 years and no problems whatsoever once you learn to turn User Account Control off.. and a few other settings..
I run EVE flawlessly..
Oh yeah -
Vista 64bit is fine, 32bit seems to have some issues
Turning off UAC is probably one of the WORST things you can do to the security of your computer. Why is it that windows users demand to do everything as an administrator? This is the reason why so many people get infected with viruses these days.
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