Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts

**MIG-31** · Jan 14, 2009, 04:41 PM

Windows 7 the beta! Yep got me one along with most people reading this I’m sure, is it all that? Not sure yet as it’s just a beta. Though if you look around the web you’ll find many sites touting the superiority of W7 over Vista and even (god forbid I say anything bad about it) XP, I still can’t figure out how they do this with a beta, maybe they know something I don’t…
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comp_ali · Jan 14, 2009, 05:40 PM

So I will not buy it , thanks . May be after updating the rig.

Judas · Jan 14, 2009, 08:08 PM

erm...

i'm getting slightly better results in win7 then vista..

course the preview drivers i found to be pretty poor... however the 8.12's work great for me (the vista drivers... installed in win7)

Erroneus · Jan 15, 2009, 12:20 AM

That was pretty pointless as he was using a beta driver in a beta system (which actually runs pretty fast)...

Tipstaff · Jan 15, 2009, 12:33 AM

Given that this is still beta, I'm not surprised. For one thing we don't know if it's intentionally crippled. Not saying it is, but Microsoft could have done it so that people don't keep using it for the long haul thinking they just bagged themselves a free OS.

In any case, there's still a lot of tweaking to the OS to be done, so I'm not going to judge performance on a beta OS to be indicative of a final release. I've taken part in too many betas to know that the final release is never the same as what came before.

Robert McClelland · Jan 15, 2009, 11:48 PM

Remember it's just beta I like win7 so far Much better then XP my take on my slow computer We just have wait for better drivers from ATI and creative then be all good

. And remember it takes over time make stuff.

darrenmdr · Feb 3, 2009, 06:24 AM

I found it quite strange that I fancied playing UNREAL 2 again. Not sure why, just had an urge. So I redownloaded it from Steam and went to play. It would not work at all on XP, mind you I've upgraded processor twice since I last played it and have a better graphics card. Grrr very annoyed. This was on the XP partition. So I thought I'll copy the files from Steam on the Xp onto Steam on Win 7. Just a simple cut and paste, just to see what happens.

Woo. Plays straight away everything as smooth as Mr Smooth from smooth land. Now that suprised me.

Jan 14, 2009, 04:41 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts Windows 7 the beta! Yep got me one along with most people reading this I’m sure, is it all that? Not sure yet as it’s just a beta. Though if you look around the web you’ll find many sites touting the superiority of W7 over Vista and even (god forbid I say anything bad about it) XP, I still can’t figure out how they do this with a beta, maybe they know something I don’t… ____________ Source: Testfreaks __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jan 14, 2009, 05:40 PM	#2
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts So I will not buy it , thanks . May be after updating the rig. __________________

Jan 15, 2009, 12:20 AM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts That was pretty pointless as he was using a beta driver in a beta system (which actually runs pretty fast)... __________________

Jan 15, 2009, 12:33 AM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts Given that this is still beta, I'm not surprised. For one thing we don't know if it's intentionally crippled. Not saying it is, but Microsoft could have done it so that people don't keep using it for the long haul thinking they just bagged themselves a free OS. In any case, there's still a lot of tweaking to the OS to be done, so I'm not going to judge performance on a beta OS to be indicative of a final release. I've taken part in too many betas to know that the final release is never the same as what came before. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jan 15, 2009, 11:48 PM	#6
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,672 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts Remember it's just beta I like win7 so far Much better then XP my take on my slow computer We just have wait for better drivers from ATI and creative then be all good . And remember it takes over time make stuff. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Feb 3, 2009, 06:24 AM	#7
darrenmdr DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts I found it quite strange that I fancied playing UNREAL 2 again. Not sure why, just had an urge. So I redownloaded it from Steam and went to play. It would not work at all on XP, mind you I've upgraded processor twice since I last played it and have a better graphics card. Grrr very annoyed. This was on the XP partition. So I thought I'll copy the files from Steam on the Xp onto Steam on Win 7. Just a simple cut and paste, just to see what happens. Woo. Plays straight away everything as smooth as Mr Smooth from smooth land. Now that suprised me.