RACE 07 and Vista 64bit?

[Karl Westman]

Hi All,

I'm planning to upgrade my gaming rig, but before I do:

Will Race 07 run in a Vista 64-bit environment? Is there any special configurations or "hacks" that are needed?

Future PC configuration:
Intel E8400
Evga n790i
8800GTX
SB X-FI
DDR3 ram

Kind regards,
Karl

[Simon Trendell]

Nope Vista Business 64-bit here, the 64-bit Windows can run any 32-bit program pretty much.

[Attila Domján]

Vista Ultimate 64 bit here, game runs without issue, no special thing needed for it.

[Sven De Nys]

Vista Home Premium 64bit here, No problems... It just runs in 32bit environment

[Karl Westman]

Excellent! Good to hear, I were afraid of that it was only possible to run it in 32-bit...

I've been breathing new life in my 3 year old gaming rig - with some healty cash from my tax refund I'm going to get a nice new configuration ( that'll last me another 3 years ... yeah right... )

Current config:
DFI Lanparty nF4 SLI-DR motherboard
AMD Opteron 185 (installed about a year ago)
Corsair 2 GB ram
MSI nVidia 8800 GTX ( I will reuse this)
SB X-FI XtremeGamer ( I will reuse this)
OCZ GameXstream 1000W PSU ( noisy as h**l, will be replaced)
WD Raptor 36 GB
WD Raptor 74 GB
Maxtor 300 GB
WD 150 GB

Idea for new config:
EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz
Corsair TWIN3X 1600MHz DDR3, 2GB,
MSI nVidia 8800GTX ( from old PC)
SB X-FI ( from old PC)
Corsair Powersupply 750W
Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA 16MB 10000RPM
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA2 32MB 7200RPM

My 24" Dell and Logitech G25 will be kept.

Any thoughts or recomendations?
:smurf:
Kind regards,
Karl

[Simon Trendell]

If you're not afraid of overclocking, try and see if you can find a lower GHz quad and clock it to E8400 levels.
Not so sure if DDR3 is quite worth it yet, Corsair power supplies are brilliant, otherwise there's not much else I can say

[Christopher Aponte]

Karl,

if you are planning to go with the 64bit
why not go then with a 4 gb ddr2 ram (2x2gb) or higher......it's cheaper going that way....plus 64 bit os can handle more than 3 gb of ram

[Attila Domján]

ye, i agree with Christopher, for Vista get 4G RAM.

[Karl Westman]

So, you guys recomend 4 GB DDR2. Is it because of the price that you think I should stick with DDR2, or isn't the gain worth it in money for the DD3? I plan to put in another 2GB (of DDR3) in the next few months.

As I tend to keep my motherboard for some time, and stick to upgrading single components as better ones comes along, I thought I would be better of with a "future proof" nForce 790 ( DDR3 etc.) instead of the already ( more or less) outdated nForce 780.

Right or wrong?

Kind regards,
Karl

[Christopher Aponte]

well, some time ago i read that (back when DDR3 went on sale) the DDR3 doesn't really much gain over the DDR2....or the current generation that is......but it does use a bit more energy than the DDR2..

so going with DDR2 tends to be much better (& a whole lot of cheaper of course)
but i know that most guys does recommend vista to use 4 gb or more just to run smoother (maybe this has changed with the SP1 a bit)