Hey, i recently upgraded to vista and i am generally satisfied but i cant play certain games anymore because they crash. I try playing company of heroes and the bsod pops up randomly, and i am also having crummy performance. The game takes longer to load and it lags(when i had xp it was smooth sailing). I also try playing guild wars and the same happens. I deleted my nividia 7900gs go drivers and let vista download and install a new driver because the one i downloaded didnt work. I upgraded my system bios to the most recent one. Can anyone help? i am pretty knowledgeable and can follow directions and download and install anything you recommend, therefore any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks again
2007-05-20 22:19:14 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
My Specs: Dell Ispiron E1705
Processor : Intel Core Duo @ 1733 MHz
Memory : 1024 MB
Video Card : GeForce Go 7900 GS
2007-05-22 08:57:54 · update #1
Sounds very much like a driver problem, look around and see if you can get an nVidia driver rather than using the Vista's own one, if not, then most likely your card is not totally supporting Vista
As to slow performance, how much memory do you have ?
2007-05-20 22:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well generally the BSOD signifies that there is something wrong with your hardwares, my suggestion to you is that first of all check your RAM compatibility issues/or in case faulty RAM with MSVista and if this seems OK for you then go for the compatibility for Nividia hardwares as well as it's drivers .... well as told by you that are knowledgeable then you can look for the type of STOP Error displaying in BSOD the type can give you more detailed explanation of the problem you are getting .... Best Of luck from my side ...... :-)
2007-05-21 05:28:54 · answer #2 · answered by Juyal Hemant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no expert, but vista needs a fair amount of memory to run. if you're only running 512 RAM, you might have some trouble with games that require a bit more power.
2007-05-21 05:25:33 · answer #3 · answered by nyxavenger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switch back to XP wait for service pack from MSoft. New OS is a waste of time
2007-05-21 05:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by freethinker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the game may not be compatible to windows vista, or might short in RAM. you need to have at least 1GB of RAM. if you do then the game is not compatible. use the compatibility feature to try to make compatible.
2007-05-21 07:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
guild wars is really a huge game, you must pay much time on it, and at the sametime you should pay for it.
if you want to find some of these website ,there are some. hope it is useful.
http://www.guild-wars-online.com/004.html
http://guildwars.igsky.com/
http://www.igsky.com/
2007-05-21 22:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋