Recent content by Richard_R_W

I for one can't see how the OS, in this case, Vista will make games run any faster. It's hardware that does this work for us. For example; the game Oblivion. It's both CPU and GPU dependent. The faster your CPU and video card the better the game plays. The OS is the platform for letting you run...

I just bought the game Oblivion last week and have been enjoying it, but frame rates are low because of the high system requirements on both the CPU and Video Card. Forum after forum have tweaks on how to turn off Windows XP features so that frame rates will be a bit better, and this is even for...

I fix a lot of computers too Josh, and you are right for the most part you don't need a tool like this bootable OS on a CD, but on those systems that have crashed hard, and will not boot at all, I have been able to back up peoples photo's, music, .doc files, email, etc as I can burn to CD or...

If you don't already have a Live version of a Linux CD, then you should look into getting this version of Knoppix. 4.0.2 http://www.knoppix.net/ I fix a lot of PC’s, those really messed up by viruses, or the OS has crashed and needs reinstalling, etc. Using Knoppix, you can get into any PC and...

Does anyone know what Game developers think about Vista? With Microsoft moving much of the display work to the video card, what is left for the high end games we are, or will be playing in the months ahead? Games, like, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, need lots of video horse power, but...