Mar 05, 2007, 03:06 PM // 15:06
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2005
Profession: Mo/
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well its not vista problem ;] my guess is ... ati drivers suck ;]
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Mar 05, 2007, 03:29 PM // 15:29
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Guild: [ROSE]
Profession: A/
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My GW runs fine on vista 32. Be sure to get correct drivers. I think I might go look for some others for my 8800 gtx because asus' enhanced drivers sometimes fail to render some GRAW textures(near-unplayable), and my loading screen always go blank in GW, for about 1/4 of a second. Doesn't change gameplay, but it's annoying
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Mar 07, 2007, 05:24 AM // 05:24
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Anchorage Alaska
Guild: Haz Team [HT]
Profession: R/W
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Try switching your Gw.exe settings down to Direct x 8 settings... Just to see if it makes a difference. Edit you shortcut link to say the following in the target field.
Quote:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -dx8
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The new VISTA drivers will have some glitches with some hardware, I'm sure it will improve as the drivers update over time.
Just FYI there are a ton of Switches to try out. see them here:
Guru GW.EXE Switches thread
Last edited by =HT=Ingram; Mar 07, 2007 at 05:26 AM // 05:26..
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Mar 07, 2007, 07:39 PM // 19:39
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alabama
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Also check all of your other drivers. Chipset & sound. Quite often, drivers will make other things act squirly.
About 2 years ago, I had a problem with The Sims 2. I had a Audigy sound card, and kept having "phantom sounds" appear, even after I turned items in the game off. I replaced the sound card drivers several times, with no success.
Finally I wrote a letter to EA, and they told me to change to a different chipset driver. Sure enough, once I changed the chipset driver, the problem went away.
I have been running GW on Vista for around 6 months now, and have had no problems at all.
Also don't forget to check for motherboard BIOS flashes. Asus makes a rock-solid board, but for some reason they have a history of having problems with ATI cards on initial release. This is normally quickly fixed in BIOS patches. I have already had to flash 3 different series of MB (Asus & MSI) in order for them to work right with Vista.
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Mar 07, 2007, 08:33 PM // 20:33
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Stoke, England
Guild: The Godless [GOD]
Profession: W/
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One word of warning though. We've had people experiencing the dreaded re-activation of Vista when flashing their BIOS or upgrading other motherboard drivers. If you're running the OEM version of Vista then that's a problem as you're not allowed to change motherboard and for some bizarre reason Microsoft has plugged a BIOS flash as a new board.
If you're running the retail version then it's not a problem.
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Mar 07, 2007, 09:02 PM // 21:02
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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Changing/Updating motherboard SATA drivers have also been known to "trip" windows activation as well.
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Mar 08, 2007, 02:02 AM // 02:02
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Anchorage Alaska
Guild: Haz Team [HT]
Profession: R/W
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Yea isn't that insane!!!??? MS needs a Enema...
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Mar 08, 2007, 03:45 PM // 15:45
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alabama
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The activation is no big deal. At the most, you simply have to call them and request a new key.
I am a "frequent caller" for windows activations, doing probably 20 of them a week. At most, it takes me maybe 5 minutes between making the call, and getting the "Thank You" message on my computer.
This however is why I reccomend doing all BIOS updates before installing an OS, be it Vista, XP, or anything else.
And BTW, MicroSoft removed the "changing motherboard" restriction to Vista. They did that even before it went for public sale. I am sure that the screams from small computer shops (like me) and from "early adapters" and "power users" (like me) finally made them wise up, and see that it was an excessive restriction.
And I have even had to reactivate XP because of BIOS flashes, new video cards, and new NIC cards. So this is nothing new.
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