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Offline shadowfire90

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Gaming on Windows 7
« on: January 14, 2009, 07:26:16 PM »
first, sorry if this is the wrong section to post this.
But I am very curious as to how games are running on W7 vs XP and Vista atm.
I understand its still a beta but i am hearing a lot of people saying this beta is far more stable than other versions of windows?
I am a big gamer, would like to upgrade to the beta, but would like to know more about the gaming experiences of others first hand before I do.
So the big question: Should I keep my XP for gaming or upgrade to W7 to game?
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Offline IH8U

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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 07:45:55 PM »
It really depends on the Video card, the chipset of the card and the game being played.
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Offline Spawn

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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 03:40:55 AM »
Happy to report that F.E.A.R. is working fine so far.

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Offline shadowfire90

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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 05:03:07 AM »
i will be testing a bunch of games soon and will report back.
been just tinkering with the OS all night need sleep now hehe
so far though i am impressed by the performance :)
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Offline Black Viper

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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 06:49:41 AM »
Yeah, World of Warcraft runs fine. As far as benching it, I have not done so and do not plan on it.
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Offline sonic

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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 07:37:27 PM »
Cysis, FS9, and NFS undercover works fine here.
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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2009, 12:05:32 PM »
It may be my imagination or wishful thinking, but WoW seems to "look sharper" then with XP.
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Re: Gaming on Windows 7
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2009, 12:42:48 PM »
Diablo (one) runs fine in compatibility mode with "256 colors" checked (otherwise, it looks like a rainbow mess) and "run in 640x480" of which it does anyway.

Depending on exit method, it hangs on closing and a task manager kill is required to close it...
But, hey, an 11 year old game "even installing" is impressive as far as I am concerned. Kudos to Blizzard.
Diablo is one of those applications that I throw out to new OS's to see "what is broke."
I figure if it can run... anything can. :)

Next to test is Diablo 2 LOD :)
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