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I tried World Of Warcraft with Vista 5308 on the weekend and found two issues:
1. With both the included driver and with the updated Feb 24 driver from nvidia.com, World Of Warcraft only detected 4:3 resolutions with a max of 1600x1200. Under XP, I play in the 16:10 resolution of 1920x1200.
2. The graphics are very flickery and no amount of tweaking changed this.
The video card in question is a 512mb GF6800 Ultra.
Has anyone had a similar or perhaps a better experience with WoW and Vista?

I got a 7800GTX (Lappy version) and WoW played at 55FPS but it did have odd flickers, it would only run at one res and this was not a wide screen one.
I am going to Duel boot to XP to get my WoW fix :)
Steve
"Derek" wrote in message

I tried World Of Warcraft with Vista 5308 on the weekend and found two issues:
1. With both the included driver and with the updated Feb 24 driver from nvidia.com, World Of Warcraft only detected 4:3 resolutions with a max of 1600x1200. Under XP, I play in the 16:10 resolution of 1920x1200.
2. The graphics are very flickery and no amount of tweaking changed this.
The video card in question is a 512mb GF6800 Ultra.
Has anyone had a similar or perhaps a better experience with WoW and Vista?

Steve Drake wrote:

I got a 7800GTX (Lappy version) and WoW played at 55FPS but it did have odd flickers, it would only run at one res and this was not a wide screen one.
I am going to Duel boot to XP to get my WoW fix :)

How about using VMWare Server under Linux/Window$?
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I dont think directX would work :)
"Man-wai Chang" wrote in message

Steve Drake wrote: I got a 7800GTX (Lappy version) and WoW played at 55FPS but it did have odd flickers, it would only run at one res and this was not a wide screen one.
I am going to Duel boot to XP to get my WoW fix :)
How about using VMWare Server under Linux/Window$?
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Steve Drake wrote:

I dont think directX would work :)

If it's a complete x86 emulation, DirectX would work.
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its a GPU thing not x86 but VMWARE do support it a little :
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d_audience.html
Steve
"Man-wai Chang" wrote in message

Steve Drake wrote: I dont think directX would work :)
If it's a complete x86 emulation, DirectX would work.
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Steve Drake wrote:

its a GPU thing not x86 but VMWARE do support it a little :
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d_audience.html

Don't forget that we have toys that doesn't required M$ Window$, like plastic models and regular sports.
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I can't play any games at all. Well I can, but they all run so poorly.
"Derek" wrote in message

I tried World Of Warcraft with Vista 5308 on the weekend and found two issues:
1. With both the included driver and with the updated Feb 24 driver from nvidia.com, World Of Warcraft only detected 4:3 resolutions with a max of 1600x1200. Under XP, I play in the 16:10 resolution of 1920x1200.
2. The graphics are very flickery and no amount of tweaking changed this.
The video card in question is a 512mb GF6800 Ultra.
Has anyone had a similar or perhaps a better experience with WoW and Vista?

Use the XP drivers, and everything works as well as it does on XP.

Use the XP drivers, and everything works as well as it does on XP.

"Don't forget that we have toys that doesn't required M$ Window$, like plastic models and regular sports."
LOL never thought skinny-dipping was a toy ; )
-- Nicholas...
"Overclock Your Life, Then The World"