Gaming on Windows Vista, 13 years later

[@91Tech]

Hey at least Vista is still better than Windows ME, right? Right? I'm going to have to do a video on Windows ME eventually aren't I

[@theskullyboneboy7257]

windows vista had been a not so successful when I was 15 in 2006 the system would crash because my phone had no hard drive only 1 gb of ram and the public had fan problems but when I upgraded my phone the vista Os worked fine gaming worked amazing presentations where crisp graphics was well and I loved it i still use it today

[@BubonicMapping]

Hi

[@theskullyboneboy7257]

@@BubonicMapping hi

[@stye_]

yes

[@DEXXXO]

Nice Review and Thanks for All ant the info Steam works again! Vista is Realy a Great OS especialy the Ultimate versions . in my onest opinion Vista not only looks at best from all other Version, it also feels like the Ultimate Windows Experience becouse iz like a Complete finish developet Windows. instead other newer version looks like half finished and also more with spy @ background. For Example you deavtivate on Win 10 System Updater Service anfter a while days it reactivates automatecly ! without your permis etc. A Still Use Vista on my Triple Boot System and a like it @ most from all other Os 's

[@jamesmason4361]

just me or did vista look the best?

[@pedroroberto4109]

Vista does look the best

[@ILoveMylarBalloonsForever]

just u. Vista was ugly the worst looking Windows version. Windows 2000/ME looks the best

[@MJ-uk6lu]

Yes, it did. Probably the best looking OS ever made.

[@Slavolko]

I'm a big fan of Windows 7 Aero, but I'm partial to Vista's Aero theme as well. It has a very futuristic atmosphere.

[@tobiasnielsen8483]

It sure did! :-)

[@sburton015]

For me, 2007 was a big year for the tech world. First, Microsoft released Windows Vista in January, then later that year, the first iPhone and iPod touch were released. Also dual and quad core CPUs were really taking off during this year. This was also the year when I started learning and speaking Spanish as well. During this time as well was also the peak or when things were going the best of my job that I had at Publix from 2004 before it tragically ended in 2010, but I guess the rise and fall of Publix in my life could be another topic for another video.

[@Ad3ptwastaken]

Halo 3

[@MausTechDroid]

4:10 Windows Live Messenger.....nostalgia....right in the feels

[@ВоваТочкин-ц5я]

Type in Google: msn escargot. People have made msn messenger again! And it works. Sorry for bad English.

[@thunderbolt10031]

Fun fact, that security feature of blocking applications from launching is actually a thing in Windows 7 too. I run into it from time to time on my PC, since I still use 7.

[@samyt4813]

I used vista from 2007 and enjoyed it a whole lot, and still prefer the design to W7 even in some areas. It was soooo slow, but so was 7 so it was probably the Athlon 64 x2 in my laptop lol

[@sali-ali]

I used it with Athlon 4000+ and it was perfect, I didn't had a single problem with it and never understand why everyone complained so much.

[@santafe37s]

Alway's loved Vista myself. I still use Windows Vista and 7 today. To many ads in these videos!

[@coolergames2259]

I remember the bubbles on windows vista I used to love popping them

[@aminareddead]

To be honest... i love the wallpaper of Windows Vista

[@cinnamaon]

I just like Vista cause I find it nostalgic, I believe my first gaming computer had Vista on it? I'd love to get that thing running again.

[@bizznick444joe7]

Vista according to the dictionary a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening. "a vista of church spires" a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events. "vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him" Sounds about right

[@Valrax]

During windows vista era I was just playing HP games from WildTangent tbh, polar bowler, desert strike, and others I can’t remember. Oh and GTA sa, I still remember installing like 4 HD car mods on the windows vista pc and everytime one of the cars spawned you could hear the fans go full VRRRRRRT

[@sburton015]

My favorite laptop that I'm using now is a Dell Precision m6400 laptop which actually still has Windows 7 professional. It seems like Dell's most powerful and expensive laptop from 2008. Mine has a Core 2 Quad QX9300 cpu with 12 gb ram and a 1 gb AMD Firepro m7740 and a 1920 by 1200 display.

[@MCJonCRLKLLR]

Shawn Burton I have a Dell latitude win 7, and it's very show but I'm too lazy to upgrade

[@sburton015]

@@MCJonCRLKLLR lol, actually, I don't think you have to upgrade your PC as often as you used to have to back in the 90s and early 2000s. Another smaller laptop that I have, a Dell Precision m4300 from 2007 with a Core 2 Duo CPU runs the 2019 version of Windows 10 just fine at least for general tasks like web browsing, office work, 720 p KZbin playback, and even some light gaming.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

@@MCJonCRLKLLR If you update it's just gonna get slower

[@RoboticaTube_]

*MINECRAFT* 6:27 para os Brasileiros que queriam saber se dá pra jogar Minecraft tá aí, é só aperta no minuto do vídeo azul: 6:27

[@bizznick444joe7]

I do think the best way to get out of a gaming addiction is to only have Windows Vista installed in your computers. It's basically having massive parental controls on it.

[@RuruFIN]

Why people complained about Vista was that they used it with way too underpowered PCs. With a dual-core and at least 2GB RAM, it ran without problems.

[@maggiela1235]

broski i have a laptop that runs on vista that we've had since 2007. Until this year it hadn't been used since 2011. Its on a Dell Inspiron 1720, and it takes a minute for it to entirely work at a normal speed and for everything to load. I tried to open Purble Place which was a game already installed on it, and the system entirely froze. vista didnt crash, but it froze, so i ran down the battery on it to be able to use it. Your computer is probably easier to run on because 1) You just recently put vista on 2) it has msi computer parts, and msi computers/parts run REALLY well with everything. we have msi's for e sports that run on windows 10

[@virvyzz]

2021 almost 2022, im still using Window vista Home premium.

[@bluewaves1927]

honestly windows vista was underrated, I grew up with windows vista so maybe I just like it for the nostalgia idk

[@DarázsBálint]

you should have tried extending the kernel

[@youtubeuser8522]

5:22---this 'super dumb security feature' is not dumb at all! it is not even exclusive to Windows Vista and was introduced in Windows XP SP2.

[@esexavo]

have to tried right clicking a install in compatibility mode?

[@OmegaQtip]

Does the Nvidia control panel work in Vista? If so, you can change your refresh rate in 'change resolution' depending on the graphics driver.

[@devilzuser0050]

The hardware isn't capable doin it.

[@OmegaQtip]

3:39 I see. The monitor driver could factor in the inability to push the pc itself to 144 hz, but I agree that the pc the video shows wouldn’t be capable of 144 hz

[@texemplarstudios5481]

2:25 DX10, right? I though XP was DX9, Vista was DX10, 7 was DX11, and 10 was DX12?

[@caprature]

A core 2 quad would have probably helped with the frame times a bit.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

4:08 you don’t have Aero, 4:16 now you do

[@Liderc16]

I thought that there is gonna be a chapter called: “BSOD”

[@ferhat1983aydin]

Windows 8.1 2023 over

[@zer0366]

2:10 GPU in the bg magically disappears. 2:27 GPU magically appears back in the bg

[@91Tech]

Mysterious...

[@MobileRecordingsRo]

So I am the ony one who used Vista as a normal windows and everything worked fine ?

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

My local library had Win 7, very nice!

[@kristiant96]

Hands down the best UI Windows has to offer, unfortunately.

[@aldwinpanny10]

Haha! Trina Vega is using Windows Vista.

[@MrAzrealDragon]

I actually liked Vista and with the tech we have now it would run well I would say.

[@rylansparks3782]

I have a windows visa home edition computer. If I replaced the GPU, CPU, RAM and install windows 10, will it be a good enough pc?

[@ching-chenhuang8119]

I have the CD package version of Half Life 2, I could install and play from it back in the days, but now I'm stuck with the damn Steam, it keeps popping up program error message every time I run it, but I couldn't download the latest one, because it will pop up another message saying Vista is not supported. How did you bypass Steam to play Half Life 2 in Vista?

[@megakarlach2]

You have to install all Windows Update. and to install Steam on Vista you have to use older version of Steam from: archive.org/details/steam_201901

[@CharlieQ7400]

Just was installing drivers for my old machine for the gt520 and it was taking forever , so i turned it off , the drive is from 2006 80gb and has ran on power 5 years or so , used to run windows 7 for few years , now going back to windows xp sp3 since vista wasn't nessacary for older games with a gt210 and 1gb of ram..

[@Onic83]

Oh yeah? Well guess what..I'M USING WINDOWS VISTA RIGHT NOW!

[@kingstonpickett2827]

Great video!

[@caspersj3727]

Did you try to change the settings in the Nvidia control panel? Also you can't run 144hz through a HDMI cable unless it's version 1.3 or something

[@shockwaveexp3465]

Casper SJ HDMI is designed to only do 60hz, as it was meant for HDTVs. You need a monitor and a graphics card that both support HDMI 2.0 to even get high refresh rates and even then not many manufacturers support it as DisplayPort is preferred and the more superior display interface. For a PC this old, I highly doubt it is even capable.

[@gopikrishnannair2384]

Try to play crack version of Red Dead Redemption 2 on Windows Vista Extended Kernel,as RGL and steam version are no longer supported in Vista.

[@soumen8624]

144hz may not work with HDMI, did you use display port or HDMI?

[@techdetected9357]

Pls make a windows 7 video

[@broke880]

I honestly use a 750 Ti and love it

[@FaramirandEowyn2012]

beautiful Canucks hat my man!

[@toxy3580]

tomb raider benchmark uses virtually no cpu.

[@Dash120z]

I miss the aero transparency feature that Vista/7 had

[@XMANIAFLYYY]

Dash120z windows 7 is nostalgia for me.

[@jkjkmahboi5856]

didnt win 8 had that?

[@MatadorShifter]

I still use 7

[@pedroroberto4109]

Aero was awesome, Metro sucks

[@ILoveMylarBalloonsForever]

Aero is ugly

[@stye_]

Windows 2000: Good, easy and fast. Windows ME: Adds almost nothing, and it's slower. Windows XP: Legend Windows Vista: Legend, but also Failure

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Yes you are

[@Jaoheah]

Windows 7: a new legend Windows 10: spyware Ditch windows. Linux ftw.

[@Jaoheah]

@Windows ME windows is more evil

[@Jaoheah]

@Windows ME a window is a cold surface with a dead heart

[@zsin128]

@Extundo lol true. That was main resaon of failure. It still supported usb tho

[@parkeryocum6830]

I remember the bubbles when vista is on idle and it’s so nostalgic

[@robertetzenhouser]

Parker Yocum ikr

[@zsin128]

Thos still exist in windows 7. Maybe win10

[@robertetzenhouser]

zsin128! Definitely in 7, but I don’t believe they’re in 10.

[@parantezadam6293]

Copy them from a VM ;)

[@damian9303]

I remember it on Windows 7

[@painzrt7928]

Vista is most underrated windows.

[@assumed7]

I have an xp, vista and 7 in my house, nothing beats 7 but xp comes next, I just feel the layout was just better than vista, but hey my vista has lasted 13 years so I'll give it that

[@yamica_2428]

Tbh it’s kinda dumb that 7 and vista are losing compatibility from like everyone even Microsoft

[@texemplarstudios5481]

PaiN ZRT For sure Vista is awesome I made a video on it

[@IWANT94]

You mean overhated

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

Why

[@jackirvin]

Whenever people talk about windows, they mention that windows xp and how nostalgic it is and how great it was. While windows vista wasn't great, my parents used it as a kid and its very nostalgic for me. Is it nostalgic for you?

[@lucamihailmurafa]

for me windows 7 is. i used to go through all the themes and sound schemes when i was younger and even download additional themes like the angry birds one. dang do i miss it. i also miss its games... and its sample songs.

[@daisymae3717]

Ahh, yes...I remember finally beeing able to play zoo tycoon 2. I remember being asked "are you sure", "do you trust this program" every time I inserted a disk. And most of all I remember our, printer not working and my dad flipping out about it. I hated Vista.

[@springytaco7587]

Im nostalgic at vista lol My old 14-16 vista computer was quite really good

[@jackirvin]

@@daisymae3717 Eh, I never used vista but my parents thought it was okay. BTW we named our dog daisy mae lol.

[@daisymae3717]

@@jackirvin lol, Daisy mae isn't my actual name I just picked it sort of randomly for online stuff, good name for a dog though, my husband had a Pomeranian named Daisy.

[@xpmyt341]

The beautifulness of vista is unexplainable

[@xpmyt341]

@Ben Bristow only if they made windows 7 the final os or remove the modern ui

[@xpmyt341]

Imagine if windows longhorn was unscrapped

[@aretard7995]

ikr

[@faristurjman2134]

Beauty is the word your looking for

[@javieraravena3972]

it looks sooooooooo much better in 1440p

[@MG42AA2WorldSuperCars]

"Hey Mom can we put RGB on our PC?" "We have RGB at home" RGB at home: 1:27

[@greenleafy6942]

It’s like rgb make your pc stronger

[@santafe37s]

Sure junior. What ever that is?

[@smipy]

2:08 Did mario just threw off that graphics card in the background? 😂😂

[@suism1034]

Throw off*

[@suism1034]

@TheMadPooper no dude your so late, it doesn’t even matter any more

[@scarscore16]

@TheMadPooper nope

[@greenleafy6942]

@TheMadPooper no

[@HansCampbell]

FYI, Windows 7 is Windows Vista. After working out the bugs in Windows Vista Microsoft decided to rename it to Windows 7 and release it with the new name. Yes, Windows Vista is actually the best version of Windows. I love it and have NEVER had any problems with it. I still use Windows Vista today (January 2024), works great. All of my software and games run beautifully. 😁

[@Me-eb3wv]

How are you running vista in 2024? Isn’t it slow or unsafe?

[@jonathanrequena4361]

Hah the real challenge would be gaming on Windows 98

[@armandasm3810]

Druaga1 played mc on it

[@hackn001]

I discovered and old Toshiba from the very early 2000s in my roof and i want to install win 2k or 98 on it! I have Just to figure out where i left the cd's 😝😝😝

[@frfoljek68]

That’s nothing. Gaming on win 95!

[@namedude_dev]

@@frfoljek68 it’s possible if you’re dedicated enough

[@g0th1cc0ff1n]

*The real challenge is Gaming on the first Windows os.*

[@laks6299]

Every night Satan checks under his bed to make sure windows vista is not there

[@damian9303]

Your name isn't 'Windows Vista'

[@dragonspear570]

He then makes sure to keep a torch by his bed in case Windows ME comes for him.

[@Starpaintbrush]

@@dragonspear570 but beware! Windows 8.1 is coming and its full of viruses

[@mendozairis]

I understand people are supposed to hate Vista but I still liked it despite the popular issues. Windows looked and felt organic. Modern flat and minimalist interfaces are nice but there's something about the 3D and glossy look of Vista along with Aero.

[@FinnLovesFP]

I can tell you exactly why the PC had a low fps in CS:GO even with the 750 Ti. Cause the game has gotten so bloated with updates and stuff lately, that pretty much any dual core CPU without hyper threading is going to suffer. it does not like anything less than 4 cores or 4 threads anymore.

[@melih1528]

My friend plays it 60 fps low on a E8400 a gt 120 and 3.5gb of ddr 2 ram, dont ask me how.

[@thecoishiking5768]

I dunno, I run school on a laptop with inter graded graphics and it gets 40 FPS most of the time

[@pattv5515]

You left out Gta IV which works as far of my knowledge

[@pedroroberto4109]

Even GTA V works on Vista SP2 x64, but the Core 2 Duo wouldn't handle it

[@megakarlach2]

GTA 4 works but it's lagging, even you have strong hardware, GTA 4 PC version have poorly optimized (worse when using Patch 7 - version 1.0.7.0)

[@DJTechYT]

9:15 OH NO! MINECRAFT GOT ATTACKED BY COMMUNISTS!!!

[@beszt95]

You can't disagree with the fact that Windows Vista was the best version of Windows aesthetically. I currently have an extra PC with Vista for some older games, it's a Dell Precision T3400 with a Core 2 Duo E6800 and a GTX 750 TI I bought on eBay. Watching you play Minecraft on that brought back some memories of using my sister's old Dell Inspiron 531 from 2007 with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2GB RAM, and I believe some Nvidia 7000 series card with 512MB of VRAM. I used that computer from release 1.4 to 1.7 to play and got pretty much 30 FPS at best, 15-20 usually, and lots of lag spikes to like 1 FPS.

[@fur1us556]

Csgo is a game that utilizes the cup more than the gpu. That's why you can run it with an gt 710 but for optimal results you will need at least a 4 core cpu

[@TrolleyMC]

@Nocturn Adrift i think a world cup might be the best

[@fur1us556]

@Nocturn Adrift I beleieve that a Pepsi cup is ideal but a Sprite one could work

[@fur1us556]

@Nocturn Adrift 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@eUploads]

You should try to live with Vista as your only OS for a whole week

[@namesurname4666]

I could, internet browsers still kinda work so that's the important thing

[@pepsico.4445]

I did that and it was beautiful

[@V1VISECT6]

Too easy to do.

[@pedroroberto4109]

Vista is my main OS and i love it

[@pedroroberto4109]

(Vista Ultimate SP2, 64-bit, fully updated)

[@mrsmiithxix]

For the refresh rate depends the version of the HDMI for 144hz or higher you need DisplayPort

[@lold6d2]

I never had any issues with Vista, like 10 years ago I remember I could run every game on it easily, fallout 3/nv, Crysis was running quite well on medium/high and 720p

[@landonjarred3420]

Ikr I still use it add it’s nice

[@landonjarred3420]

I have new components but not many and still word great

[@MrOgone4ek]

0:35 - И тебе привет, Minecraft

[@emefafrank]

Ëÿ

[@ibishudrive]

rush b

[@RoboticaTube_]

Eu queria jogar Minecraft nele, aí eu tava vendo uns vídeos pra ver se da

[@zsin128]

6:53 actually ur playing in windows mode that uses cpu for graphocs. Try full screen mode

[@91Tech]

Really? I’ll have to try that, very interesting

[@TheBoredEditor]

This isn't true at all. The rendering is still done on the GPU regardless of what display mode you use

[@spikefallyt3350]

@@TheBoredEditor I think they meant it uses iGPU

[@zsin128]

@@spikefallyt3350 yeah

[@TheBoredEditor]

That isn't true either. If you have a dedicated GPU installed the integrated graphics is disabled

[@pedroroberto4109]

I'm glad to see someone making a video on the subject, i'm a big fan. Loved to see Vista in 1440p :-) Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 is an excellent OS, and it's my main OS today, i wouldn't replace it by 7 or 10 even if someone gave me a license for free. Vista has a lot of stuff i like and no other Windows have. Buuut... a Core 2 Duo would be great to test what are the newest and most demanding games you can run on Windows XP, not Vista (what i mean is, on a powerful PC, Vista can do more). My PC specs: Intel Core i7-870, Intel DP55WB motherboard, 16GB of Kingston DDR3-1333 RAM, PNY NVIDIA GTX 970, Crucial MX500 500GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD, PCIe USB 3.0 card. Full HD monitor, gaming mouse, headset and RGB mechanical keyboard). I play GTA V and Far Cry 4 on Ultra settings at 1080p on Vista. I already became an expert in Windows Vista (every component you have to install in order to run the newest software Vista can run, patches, hotfixes, tips, settings, useful tools, etc.). Some advices: 1-The newest NVIDIA GPU series that have drivers for Vista is the GTX 900 series (and the Titan X), and the last Intel platform that has drivers for Vista is socket 2011 (X79), that is the best hardware Vista can be used on. GTX 1000 series and Intel 2011-V3 (X99) only have drivers for Windows 7 and newer. I don't know about AMD, though. 2-The web browser i use on Vista today is Maxthon Browser, it's very good and is an updated browser that still supports Vista (the last version of Chrome that works on Vista is from 2016, still works OK, but doesn't support the latest features of some websites). - If you're using an SSD: 3-Since Vista acknowledge SSDs exactly as HDDs, you should disable the automatic disk defragmentation for the SSD on Disk Defragmenter. 4-Vista doesn't support TRIM out of the box, but you can install 3rd-party SSD optimization tools to perform the TRIM optimization, keeping the SSD at peak performance (i use SSD Tweaker Pro). A lot of people consider Vista close to XP, with Windows 7 being the revolution, but the revolution was Vista. Windows XP (NT 5.1, 2001) is of the same generation as Windows 2000 (NT 5.0, 2000). Windows Vista (NT 6.0, 2007) is of the same generation as Windows 7 (NT 6.1, 2009). From the point of view of the OS internal architecture, Windows XP is cavemen stuff compared to Vista, and Windows 7 is an updated Vista.

[@thyrassword9698]

Thanks for the info, i think he would have gotten better results with a q6800

[@TiredOfImbecileLibtards]

Pedro Roberto i have a Dell XPS 8910 desktop. Will a SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMe work for Vista?

[@RyanM6]

As much as I enjoyed Reach, I'd definitely say Halo 3 was the best.

[@brobroant6205]

The problem was the dvd rom wasn’t fast enough for the ssd I had the same problem and the usb solved it

[@erikrajk]

Make video about Windows 7 before getting unsupported by microsoft, I'am personally using Windows 7 until january 2020, for a lot of reasons,.. for example it is a lot faster experience than Windows 10 on my gaming laptop from 2012, I got more FPS than on Windows 10 and I still more like the AERO design of Windows Vista / 7 era, than flat design of Windows 8, 8.1 & 10 era. btw sry for my bad english xD

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

You might want to try 8.1 as it should perform the same as 7 and has about the same privacy features as 7

[@AntJoseph_]

I may be the only one but the VISTA has got a special place in my heart tbh

[@KingSteven77]

This is still better than my main pc in 2020 😭 Intel Core 2 Duo e6650 2.33ghz 2gb ram ddr2 Q35 Express family chipset (GMA 3100) 256 HARD DRIVE CD DRIVE

[@sas4666]

Сделай лучше топ пк на windows vista, i7 3770k gtx 980ti 16gb ddr3

[@NeroCat9999vr]

You definitely installed the wrong drivers. I have a much worse gpu and was able to play all these games at 240/100 FPS. Fnf now runs at 700 FPS lmao

[@hackedsword]

I ran Minecraft 1.11.2 on WIndows 2000 with 4gb of ram, Pent 4, Int Graphics and it worked without lags. IDK whats ur issue. Also to install the latest version use "TLauncher" not the MC Launher.

[@stanfordsweird4607]

my 2011 iMac can game better than vista, thats actually depressing..

[@ywhh]

bcuz Vista was from the 2000's

[@TimothyRichard12345]

Considering Vista was first released in 2006... I would hope so

[@shockwaveexp3465]

Well you iMac is about 5 years newer than Vista, so that’s a no brainer.

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Windows Vista and Window 7 were the best looking. When Windows 8 came out, I hated it. The interface was cheap and blocky looking, and there were so many freaking advertisements on the interface. It made me feel like I had a cheap, rip-off version of Windows.

[@mrguestgamez7549]

That Machine Can Run Roblox In The Lowest Graphics Possible I Have A Windows 10 Computer But Its Really Weak And It Can Run Roblox In The Lowest Graphics In 29 FPS

[@zhayward3190]

Why you using windows vista ultimate with minumum requirements no wounder it ran like garbage you needed basically a super computer to run it

[@Rcxd2009]

honestly after vista was “fixed” i think it would be on of my favorite os

[@program_ist]

0:34 в правом верхнем углу! Есть русские?

[@theyura3446]

Йес ви хере))0))

[@hoyoreverse]

и на 9:20

[@ifeelluckytoday]

Without Vista we wouldn't have legendary Windows 7

[@MaruAngelo-bg4vm]

Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 runs like Windows 7

[@nahpets2345]

Now try gaming with Windows 8.1

[@pattyoneill91]

Vista is pretty good now, just most pcs were too weak to run it back then. It loved ssds, lot of ram and a good cpu

[@peragamer5418]

Vista with Sp2 is awesome, i used it form 2012-2016 and this os worked perfectly :)

[@blatantlyjohn6234]

What overlay program are you using to show fps, etc?

[@qouteler6092]

He's using msi after burner

[@user-jh9nx6tl1n]

Maybe maxing the graphics can help since gpu would be handling most of the work.

[@JayStevinson]

Love these vids there very interesting you should try runing windows vista on modern hardware

[@V1VISECT6]

Odd how Dirt 3 crashed, that came out in 2010 or 2011 and was totally playable on XP and Vista, hell the retail version used Games for Windows Live. Probably something to do with the audio renderer in Dirt.

[@Aruk02]

Pretty sure the cable you used might have been the issue with the 144hz feature. That is if you used some random HDMI, or maybe it was actually the modern HDMI but the 750 ti's port wasn't modern enough? Idk, I think a displayport cable would fix it.

[@jdhix_]

Windows Vista actually worked fine, for casual and normal use, not really for gaming. I liked Vista!

[@jacquisanderson8563]

How did you get steam because it says for me that my operating system is not supported by steam anymore?

[@mixermaster10]

Used vista myself from 07-12 and didn't have really any problems. Guess I got lucky.

[@oatmealtheecat8188]

As someone who started out on windows 8 on my first computer, i am proud to see these things hold up. (Yes I do have a MSI gaming laptop and I get max 87 fps on some games) What I am saying is that these old systems have hold up REALLY well.

[@6k911Channel]

Hey 91tech, not even jokeing 3 years ago my windows 7 PC died, because the hard drive was really old and got corrupted, so I used a vista. Being a gamer, this was terrible, and got the same issues you did but worst. Its not the CPU limiting you, its your DirectX. Its i think 8 on vista. Its 12 on windows 10. I am sure there is 3rd party software that lets you upgrade, so can you do that? Thanks!

[@ivandfx]

I know this is an old comment, but Windows Vista with SP2 has support for DirectX 11

[@6k911Channel]

@@ivandfx Couldn't get it working but I think mine just to weak or to old to run, well, anything.

[@Solidcancer07]

Windows Vista still looks drop dead gorgeous today. Lives up to its name i guess.

[@Qingep]

Windows Vista and 7 are my favourite OS!

[@ScienceAlliance]

My first computer was a core 2 duo windows vista laptop. Minecraft and those older tycoon or sim games ran well enough. But yeah, windows 7 is my favorite probably cuz it’s like vista but newer and works much better.