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[Revising Ocelot]

My old PC was Vista 64, so er I dunno. Didn't need admin mode. Operated fine for the most part but ME2 definitely had a better framerate.

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

Apparently it's not compatible with Vista 64. It's not a matter of graphics or anything like that-- Apparently it'd only run on my computer if I run it in Administrative Mode, and even then it's a "maybe."

Yeah Vista sucks when it comes to compatablity with anything (hello removing the Legasy systems means that 99% of what worked before now has to be rewritten and companies and engineers are freaking lazy about that) but many places will give you a free update to 7 if you ask politely. Many more places will charge you $20 to upgrade up.

[mauve]

Originally Posted by Revolving Ocelot

My old PC was Vista 64, so er I dunno. Didn't need admin mode. Operated fine for the most part but ME2 definitely had a better framerate.

Really? Neat! Might have to try it then!

[synkr0nized]

Your computer aside, it's a much more rewarding experience playing through from the first game. There are enough callbacks -- some of which depend on your choices, some of which are just great elements that connect everything into the overall narrative -- that it's definitely worth it, even if the Maco is a giant piece of shit.

[Revising Ocelot]

What's the specs of your machine like anyway, Mauve? A updated SP2 Visa 64 is rather similar to Windows 7 AFAIK, and it never really gave me any major problems before I switched over to my new machine a few months ago (W7 Pro). In fact I think half of Windows 7 was just to get rid of the Vista stigma, which really was a complete piece-of-cat-regurgitation for too long.

If you're thinking of upgrading sometime Nvidia are still doing a "buy a GTX700 series, get some Arkham Oranges, Ass Pirates and somegamenobodycaresabout for free" promotion thingy, I believe. But that's significantly more money than your average Steam sale. My 760 has successfully consumed all I've thrown at it so far.

[mauve]

A new pc might be something I'd look into eventually, but I'm not too keen on Windows 8 and that seems to be all that's available around here.

I couldn't tell you the specs off the top of my head; I'm on my phone atm. It's a Gateway FX somethin-or-other, probaby 4-5 years old, from an age when Vista 64 was brand new and exciting. So it's fairly old in computer years, but I don't really want a new one till I can afford to move somewhere with better internet. Otherwise I'll spend the rest of my life re-downloading my steam library.

But if you guys have had good luck with ME1 on a Vista 64, maybe I'll grab a copy. It's probably pretty cheap if ME2 is $10.

[MuMu]

Can't you just buy the better parts and keep the HD?

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

A new pc might be something I'd look into eventually, but I'm not too keen on Windows 8 and that seems to be all that's available around here.

I couldn't tell you the specs off the top of my head; I'm on my phone atm. It's a Gateway FX somethin-or-other, probaby 4-5 years old, from an age when Vista 64 was brand new and exciting. So it's fairly old in computer years, but I don't really want a new one till I can afford to move somewhere with better internet. Otherwise I'll spend the rest of my life re-downloading my steam library.

But if you guys have had good luck with ME1 on a Vista 64, maybe I'll grab a copy. It's probably pretty cheap if ME2 is $10.

if its that old, unless you had an especially good PC its time to upgrade.

Also I have heard windows 8.1 is pretty good if you can adjust to the new UI

[mauve]

Originally Posted by MuMu

Can't you just buy the better parts and keep the HD?

Oh, I hadn't thought of that! Huh. Guess I'd have to look into costs and the pros/cons of doing that instead of just getting a whole new pc with more hard drive space. (Hardware's not my area of expertise.)

Also I have heard windows 8.1 is pretty good if you can adjust to the new UI

I guess. To me it feels too much like a tablet OS ported to a PC at the last minute. It works wonderfully for touchscreens, I'm sure, but I find it a bit annoying with the mouse.

[Revising Ocelot]

Haven't used 8.1 much, but while it's a little easier to use than regular 8 it also has a bunch of driver issues.

If you want to keep the old HDD, I'd recommend checking around your friends to see if anyone can build a PC for you. Order the parts, throw them at friend, and they'd probably "get" you W7 as well. As for what parts to get, well, draw up a rough budget and we can probably plan a nice setup on the tech forum.

When I got my new machine I had two old 500GB HDDs and bought a new 1TB HDD. Decided to get rid of the oldest HDD and copy everything over to the new 1TB. Most of the installed Steam games on that drive copied over nicely and worked again without a hassle. There were 2 or 3 tricky ones Steam wanted to download again and yet still ran the original copied install afterwards, leaving me with a weird dummy second-install of some stuff that ate my HDD space for a while, until I noticed them and deleted. They were Fallout 3, Bioshock 2* and Arkham City*. All GFWL stuff. SHOCKING COINCIDENCE.


*These aren't GFWL'd now, but I & everyone else had to redownload fresh installs. A dying act of spite.