Windows Vista and Games

[Gandalf501]

In the massive vista thread I mentioned that Oblivion was running slowly on Vista. I had done an upgrade, and was complaining generally about the slowness of Vista compared to XP. But it was really late. I have installed a fresh install and Vista is now running faster than XP.

However Oblivion still runs slowly. Reading on the microsoft.windows.vista.games newsgroup iit appears I am not the only one to have this problem with oblivion.

"The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Version 1.1 (Performance is poor compared to
how it ran under Windows XP)" - Mike Gillingham

"Elder Scrolls 4 keeps crashing on me... can't get more than 2 minutes into
playing before it dies. Worked 100% on XP. Any ideas on how to make it
better?" - Bscoug.

Perhaps it is a compatability problem. I think a patch will solve. I havent tried any other games as yet, but I will post back on here when I do. Has anyone tried any games and come accross any issues?

 

[Gandalf501]

I find that even harder to believe

Don't take this the wrong way, but please, if your going to quote something make sure its the right person your quoting.

""Elder Scrolls 4 keeps crashing on me... can't get more than 2 minutes into
playing before it dies. Worked 100% on XP. Any ideas on how to make it
better?" - Bscoug

So the credit is due to Bscoug. Beleive me, Oblivion does not work 100% for me on XP. Its just thats its a lot slower on Vista.

Oh, and before any one else tells me, but its a beta, let me assure them - I know. And what I am doing by reporting issues such as the one mentioned is BETA testing.

Sorry for coming accross a bit petulant. Im tired and grumpy, and I guess I aught to go to bed, before I become pedantic.