new pc with vista

[joeclank]

Got a load of games and looking to buy a new pc and that only comes with vista. Need to know if games will play or will I need to download patches, and if so where can i find them and what do I do, I am a complete biff on things like this so feel free to laugh at me its ok.

 

The games are;

Medieval total war

Medieval total war Viking invasion

Rome total war

Rome total war barbarian invasion

Medieval 2 total war

warhammer mark of chaos

warhammer 40000 dawn of war

warhammer 40000 dawn of war dark crusade

warhammer 40000 dawn of war winter assault

civilization iv

call of duty deluxe edition

The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth

The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth II

The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth II the rise of the witch king

Lord of the ring the fellowship of the ring

[danzil]

these games are vista compatible at the moment as far as im awware

 

Aliens versus Predator 2

Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit)

Anno 1701

Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion

Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion

Armed and Dangerous

Arx Fatalis

Blade Runner (32-bit)

Baldur's Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2

Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.)

Battlefield 2142(32bit)

Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower.

Black and White 2

Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.)

Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Call of Duty & United Offensive

Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.)

Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit)

Championship Manager 2007

Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode)

Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Command & Conquer: Generals

Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty

Company of Heroes (32 bit Home Premium) No prob's.

Condemned - Criminal Origins

Continuum

Counter-Strike 1.6

Counter-Strike Condition Zero

Counter-Strike Source

Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix)

Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64)

Darwinia

Deal or No Deal

Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre

Deus Ex

Diablo I

Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut's properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition).

Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly)

Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4

Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if you don't install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.)

Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project

Dungeon Keeper

EA Link for EA Games

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Everquest

Everquest II

F.E.A.R (32-Bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility

F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode)

FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium)

Flight Simulator 2004

Flight Simulator X

FBI: Hostage Rescue

F.E.A.R

FIFA 07

Football Manager 2007

Freelancer

Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update)

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64 bit))

Grand Prix 4

Grand Theft Auto II

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Guild Wars: Factions

Gun

GunBound WC

Half Life

Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One

Halo: Combat Evolved(need a patch windows tel you about it)

Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884)

Hitman: Blood Money

Hitman: Contracts

Hugo: The Evil Mirror

In The Groove + Impact dancepad

Jazz Jack Rabbit 2

Little Fighter 2 (32 bit)

KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend

Lego Star Wars II (64-bit)

Max Payne 1.01

Max Payne 2

Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate, plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet.

Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991)

MU Online

Need for Speed (32-bit)

Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit

Need for Speed Most Wanted

Neverwinter Nights 2

NHL 06

NHL 07

Outrun 2006

Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode)

Pacific Warriors

Phantasy Star Universe

Prey (Requires working OpenGL support)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?)

Pro Evolution Soccer 6

Psychonauts

Quake 2

Quake 3

Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64bit

Race - The WTCC Game

Ragnarok Online

Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit)

RollerCoaster Tycoon [With the Loopy Landscape Add-On](Vista 32-bit)

- Add the "Windows 95" compatibility mode for the file "rct.exe"

- Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)

- Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT2 and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)

Rome: Total War

Savage (32-bit)

Second Sight

SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit)

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Star Wars Galaxies

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns

Star Wars Jedi Academy (32bit)

Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32bit)

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32bit)

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility

Starcraft

Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59)

Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista still appears on the screen. Ignore it.)

SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit)

The Elderscrolls Oblivion (32-bit)

The Sims II (32-bit)

The Simpsons - Hit & Run (32-bit)

Titan Quest

Tomb Raider Legend (32bit)

Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit)

Unreal Tournament 2004

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode)

Warhammer Mark of Chaos

Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit)

World of Warcraft - May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on Hardware Installed)

WarRock - Run with XP/SP2 Compatibility Mode (32-bit)

Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista)

World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Worms 4: Mayhem

Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit)

Worms World Party

regards

danzil

[joeclank]

thanks for the reply danzil. Shame a lot of me games aren't on the list

[danzil]

no problem

any other questions just ask.

regards

danzil

[Lone_wolf_S117]

give it time. Vista will be as good as xp one day. I got vista because i wasn't really happy with XP and i didn't want to downgrade back to 2000. (2000 will be missed)

[danzil]

vista already is as good as xp ,y opnion...it has a lot lees flaws then when xp firt cam out.......it has some many features that will help everyone...like shadow copies etc.....system restore when you cant even boot the os...

just my views but xp does indeed still rock

danzil