running Vista? I was wondering do any of you play the sims 2 using windows vista and how does it run? Here SimPE always crashes and the Sims runs more slowly, but other than that it runs fine...
Vista is not yet in general release. I'm sure that the game manufacturers have been working with pre-release copies of it so that the games will be compatible when it does come out. As to any of us using it, if they do they probably can't yet talk about it. (Generally pre-release use of a program like that is limited by "non-disclosure" agreements.)
True, it is still beta and as such not optimized for speed yet. Combined with the fact the drivers are beta as well it is no wonder it isn't fast yet. Though i didn't sign a non-disclosure agreement. It is a public beta after all.
Vista is due for release in Jan 07 but the beta version may be ordered on CD (or downloaded for evaluation and bug reporting) as of 8th June .... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5059110.stm http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx
SimsPE is probably not running at all because it's programming is third party and they don't test for cross compatibility. As for Sims 2 itself it is most likely several factors, mainly Sims 2 isn't optimized for Vista yet (probably a patch is being worked on atm), and majority of drivers needed to use on Sims 2 hasn't been written to interface with DirectX 10
Early next month I should have Vista running (on a second hard drive, I'm not stupid ) and will see if there's any noticeable performance issues.
I've needed a second hard drive for quite some time now, and may just get another one now so I can run Vista on it.
Isnt Vista 64 bit? Anyway I know there is SIMPE QA version that will be coming out shortly (or its already in testing - I forget) that will utilize net framework 2.0 which I think if I recall correctly is what Vista runs on doesnt it? So unless you are running the simpe qa I am not suprised that that simpe would be running poorly at this time, but I know they are gearing up for it. I am sure there will likely be a new EP or patch to upgrade Sims to utilize and be compatible with net framework 2.0 or something when the appropriate time comes.
