Vista/XP Compatibility Thread

[HiFi]

This is just a quick idea..
Here you post your systems and how versions of Need for Speed work on them, so you can see what drivers fux up nfs or what patches you need.

System I: Dell 4500S
OS: XP Home (no service pack)
Pentium 4
128 mb. ram
20 gb. hd
Intel Integrated Chipset

Runs:  Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit
Fails: Need for Speed 6: Hot Pursuit 2 - Gfx card does not support H and L lighting.

System 2: HP Media Center
OS: XP Media Center 2005
Pentium D 3.00 ghz
1 gb. ram
200 gb. hd.
ATi Radeon X600

Runs:  Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed 4: High Stakes, Need for Speed 5: Porsche 2000, Need for Speed 6: Hot Pursuit 2, Need for Speed 7: Underground, Need for Speed 8: Underground 2, Need for Speed 9: Most Wanted

System 3: HP nx6100 notebook
OS: XP Professional SP2
Pentium M 1.66 ghz
512 mb. ram
60 gb. hd
Intel Integrated
Runs: Need for Speed 4: High Stakes, Need for Speed 5: Porsche 2000, Need for Speed Most Wanted (barely)

System 4/5: hp dv8000/dv9000
OS: Media Center/Vista Ultimate
Core duo 1.83/Core 2 duo 1.66
1 gb. ram/2 gb. ram
2 x 100 gb hd
7600 go
Runs: All need for speed above 5

[monkey.wesley]

I have two computers, however they both are horrible.

System 1: emachines T2482
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (installed over original Windows XP Home Edition SP1)
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 1.99 GHz
512MB RAM (installed over 256MB RAM)
80GB HD
128MB nVidia GeForce 6200 (installed over original 32MB S3 ProSavage8)

Runs:
NFS2SE, NFSHP, NFSPU, NFSHP2, NFSU
NFSU2 - half gfx
NFSMW - half gfx with lag >.<
NFSC - low gfx with lots of lag @_@

Fails:
NFSHS - why? just does.

System 2: Custom Compaq Deskpro EN
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (installed over original Windows 2000 Professional)
Intel Pentium 3 930 MHz
512MB RAM
20GB HD
32MB nVidia Riva

Runs: NFS2-6 - default gfx settings
Fails: NFS>6 - why? just look at my specs. -.-

The COMPAQ obviously is way worse than the emachines but the stock emachines couldn't even play NFSHP2. I'm planning on getting a Vista soon... except I'll probably get a custom-made. I didn't request the custom Compaq by the way. I got it from my piano student's dad. He doesn't pay me but he gets me free computer stuff.

My custom system:
Windows Vista Ultimate
Intel Core Duo or Viiv (therefore, HP) 3.2 GHz
2GB RAM
320GB HD
1GB nVidia GeForce 7950 X2

Runs? All please.

[FerrariMan]

I don't know everything about my PC; I'm not a huge computer wiz, but I do know these basics:

Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2
960MB Ram :eek:
160GB HD  :eek2:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Physical Address Extension

I don't remember my graphics card, but It's quite good. I think it's a Nvida GeForce or something.

Runs: NFS 5 & 10.
Crashes: 3 & 4*
I don't have: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9


*I'm working on High Stakes as we speak though

[bucksavage]

I have an old crappy comp:

Celeron 533 mgz cpu
16b meg Voodoo 3 2000 vid card I am using 3rd party drivers.  it is a altered version of the latest version for the card compatible with Win98se.  
96 megs SDRAM

So far..I have played NFS 3: HP and NFS 5:PU..they both run great.

[FerrariMan]

Hi, it's FerrariMan again. Does anyone know how to help me with High Stakes. It ran great, but when I reinstalled Carbon, (NFS10) all of the sudden it didn't work ( once again: Any help?

Hope so

[SAURABH]

My System Configuration is

Windows XP X 911 Edition(My Custom Xp)
AMD ATHLON 4600+ 64X2 2.6GHZ
GEFORCE 6800ULTRA 512 MB
1 GB OF RAM
250 GB HARDDISK SEAGATE
MICROSOFT XBOX 360 GAMEPAD
MICROSOFT KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

I have runed almost every nfs series games in my pc and it runed perfectly.Till now i am facing only one problem.When i play NFS CARBON for around 2 to 3 hours the game crashes.I dont understand what the problem is it just give me the message SEND OR DONT SEND.But no problem i dont like CARBON so much.