Orbiter on Vista

[darian]

How does Orbiter run on Vista, just curious.

 

[simonpro]

Never had any problems with it, runs fine here.

 

[darian]

OK good because I switched my PC to Vista, thanks for info. Installing it now for Vista.

 

[Hielor]

Short answer: If your computer is good enough, it runs fine. It will run slower on Vista than XP, though.

Slightly longer answer: On Vista, Orbiter is CPU-limited, so as long as you have a fast CPU, it'll be fine (slower than it would be on XP, but if you have a good CPU you'll still be above 80-100fps all the time)

Really long, technical answer: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=7356

Prelude to a custom answer: what are your computer's specs? RAM, CPU, graphics card?

The important answer: get Doug's VistaBoost from http://www.dougsorbiterpage.com/index-3.html
See the "really long, technical answer" for details.

 

[Dig Gil]

I love a fif-answering like that. LOL

 

[darian]

Well I just tried to run it and it crashed. So I'm a little puzzled here.

Visionman Gamers Machine
Windows Vista Home Basic
NVIDIA GFORCE 8600GT
Intel Cor 2 Due E6550
4GB RAM

 

[DaveS]

Orbiter runs fine here:
OS: Win Vista Home Premium SP1
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512 MB
System RAM: 3 GB

 

[darian]

It runs great I am such a duface I was trying to run it from the Patched download. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::rofl::rofl: Now I can fly Orbiter and FSX can't wait to start flying again.

 

[n122vu]

Glad you got it running.

Runs good for me also. System specs:
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Brisbane @ 2.2GHz
2GB RAM
MSI 256MB GeForce 8600GT OC Edition
160GB Maxtor SATA 3.0 Gbps Hard Drive

 

[anthsco]

No problems here either. My biggest problem is my 5 year old trying to dock with the ISS going way too fast but that is another story for a different part of the forum.

Kids!

:rofl::rofl::rofl: