Aquamark 3: Exiting the Start Measurement benchmark test once it is complete no longer results in the display device displaying a black desktop image with only the mouse cursor being available.

3DMark05: Running the application with CrossFire enabled and then attempting to hot un-plug and then hot-plug the CRT no longer results in 3DMark05 failing to respond.Doom 3: Beginning a new game and selecting the shotgun in the give all console no longer results in corruption being noticed when Ultra Quality is disabled in the in game video quality settings.

Key points of note for this release include: It would however be nice of id Software to patch this behaviour, which is frankly a bad idea even on Windows XP, and store things that need to be written to in a user folder instead.Īny comments or questions can be left on the forums.įrom : Following up on their recent Windows Vista Beta 2 drivers, ATI continue the trend by releasing new drivers for Windows XP they weigh in at 34MB with the full control panel and can be downloaded here. This will allow Doom 3 to write its configuration files and save games properly.įor users who have an understanding of NTFS permissions you could also grant your user account the required privileges to the Doom 3 folder. This will tell the system to ask you if you want to elevate when you run it. You'll want to check the box above, run this program as an administrator, in the compatibility tab in the properties window of either the shortcut or the Doom 3 executable itself (for example right-click the shortcut in the Start Menu, click Properties and then Compatibility). You can get around this by forcing Doom 3 to run as with administrative rights. It stores its save games and configuration files within the Program Files directory, an area which is read only to the standard user. The final obstacle comes from Doom 3's lack of support for standard user privileges. Once you've got them installed you'll be able to run OpenGL applications, like Doom 3 and Quake 4. So you'll need to download the video drivers from the computer manufacturer, most probably ATI or nVidia. It is up to the video driver to provide this support, exactly the same as Windows XP. Windows Vista brings down the box art for Doom 3 to use in the Games Explorer feature.Like Windows XP, Windows Vista doesn't have native support for OpenGL. It is possible in fact it is easier then getting it running on Windows XP as a standard user. I've had a few e-mails from people trying to get Doom 3 to work properly on Windows Vista.

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