extremetech.com — Extremetech tests Vista's ability to run the latest games. Games in the article included World of Warcraft, Splinter Cell, Half Life2, Battlefield2, Fear and a few more. Conclusion, Mr Vista got a B- rather than a full A+.
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jk1150Jun 4, 2006
The question is:Is this a problem with Vista that Microsoft will have to fix, or is this a problem with the games that software developers will have to patch?
rainmanbkJun 4, 2006
Vista blows.
agimatJun 4, 2006
If its already getting a B at this stage then that is a good thing.
khuffieJun 4, 2006
There was nothing really wrong with the article itself, it's how people interpret it (OMG! VISTA SUCKS!). They listed a bunch of games they tried out and described the issues they had with them. Frankly I'm surprised it faired so well, and most of the issues they have seem to be down to driver support.
conceptjunkieJun 4, 2006
Funny, when NT 4.0 was in beta, I and many other people were gladly using it because it was obviously so much better in so many ways than NT 3.5 and especially Windows 95. Vista has very little for us to look forward to and nothing compelling, which wasn't the case for NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, (and to a much lesser extent XP), each of which had lots of reasons for people to get excited about using them.I run Windows 2000 on all my desktop machines not because I'm too cheap to upgrade (although I am), but because it does everything I need. They solved the problem with Windows 2000. They gave us a good OS. Sure it has bugs and problems, especially with newer technologies, but it works pretty darn good. More bloat and features of largely questionable quality and often no obvious use aren't going to change that.
flatlineJun 6, 2006
No one ever said a Beta would kick ass...still has a long ways to go, hence the 100 "release date" push backs.2 outta 5 hot karls----------------------------------Hot Karl Rating System Brought To You By:Flatline