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N2003 and Vista

Bill Jone

N2003 and Vista

by Bill Jone » Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:34:15

No, it is NOT a lost cause to get NR2003 running with Vista!!!!

I have Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and I got NR2003 running without an issue.
I simply installed it from the CD, applied the official patch, and it worked
right away.  I have the current NVidia 64-bit Vista WHQL drivers.  Basic
system specs:

Intel 35DP35 motherboard

2GB Crucial DDR2-800 RAM
500GB Western Digital Caviar hard drive
eVGA 8800GT 512MB video card
Logitech Momo Racing Force Feedback steering wheel

FWIW, I have no issues whatsoever with Vista.  Every game I have tried works
without issue, including Bioshock, Orange Box, Crysis, Mass Effect,
Assassins Creed, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, NR2003, F.E.A.R., ...

The only driver issue I have ever encountered with Vista is with a 5-year
old Canon scanner - there is no 64-bit driver available.  New scanners work
fine, and most importantly for NR2003, the steering wheel works fine.

The main reason I went with Vista 64-bit when I built this PC is because I
didn't want any memory limitations (32-bit has a 3GB limitation because of
hardware address space).  On the plus side, I find Vista much more stable
than XP - I've never had a BSOD, and never had the OS lock up or crash.
Everything about it seems superior to me over XP.

-Bill



Interesting...simulation drivers. Safe to say it is a lost cause
getting this game to run within Vista?

I originally planned on moving forward with Vista. Once XP is no
longer supported things will eventually change. However yes I use
mostly XP at home however Vista is now used for those tech support
calls coming in from friends, associates,etc. who use proprietary
machines and have issues.

DC


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