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    windows 7 vs. vista

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by gselsidi, Jan 24, 2009.

  1. gselsidi

    gselsidi Notebook Evangelist

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    has anyone tried windows 7 x64 and compared it to windows vista x64 in gaming performance, and overall system speed and quickness?
     
    gselsidi, Jan 24, 2009
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    It's pretty fast compared to vista overall and gaming. I'm using and recommend it :D
     
    metalangel, Jan 24, 2009
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    It's definately faster than Vista in pretty much every regard.
     
    Big Mike, Jan 24, 2009
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    heard all over its faster, smoother. seen and used it a bit in person. but also heard about some program incompatibilities. thoughts?
     
    mEatWad, Jan 24, 2009
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    I find that there are less incompatabilities in Win7 than Vista. On my Asus EeePC the overclock utility would not work in Vista, but to my surprise it worked perfectly in Win7.
     
    Narukari, Jan 24, 2009
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    I'm also thinking of going to Win7. Is there a list of incompatible programs anywhere?
     
    gamadaya, Jan 24, 2009
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    Until now the only program that i tested and doens't work is daemon tools, instead I using poweriso without problem, all the others the only thing I have to do is use the compatibility mode to install .
     
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  8. gselsidi

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    yea i have it installed also now, on my 6860fx the only problem is i have one device as unknown i think its an audio device, but my sound works fine. besides the mic boost that option is not avialable, but everything else works 100% times better then vista

    CSS i used to get around 30fps on highest settings with 16qx aa and 16x aniostrpophic now i get around 90fps sometimes i even saw 200fps++
     
    gselsidi, Jan 28, 2009
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    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Windows 7 works great so far except with Everquest 2, I guess that is no surprise.
     
    flynnaz, Jan 28, 2009
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    One of the major issues is Punk Buster and Windows 7, since its only a BETA OS. Thus expect PB kicks.
     
    RangerXML, Jan 28, 2009
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    I had one of the earlier 32 bit pre-beta's on my laptop for a little while, it seems faster and better organized than Vista.

    I have an ISO and Key for the Official 64- bit Beta but I have been to lazy to install and migrate to it so far.
     
    cyclist14, Jan 28, 2009
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  12. martee

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    I recommend Windows 7. It's much faster than Vista 64-bit
    and all programs work fine for me.

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    -Gateway M6850FX 15.4"/T9300 2.5Ghz/4GB DDR2 667/
    512MB ATI Radeon HD2600 GDDR3/WD 500GB/Bluetooth/
    Vista Ultimate 64-bit, Win7 64-bit
    -Gateway MT6705 15.4"/Dual Core 1.6Ghz/2GB DDR2/
    WD 250GB/Bluetooth/Vista Home Premium, Solaris
     
    martee, Jan 29, 2009
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  13. makitaki

    makitaki Notebook Enthusiast

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    Another thumbs up for Windows 7 x64 beta1. It is a much better Vista...how it should have been in the first place. Hopefully the upgrade price will be lower to reflect that (haha!).
     
    makitaki, Jan 29, 2009
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    Anyone noticed that sometimes if you load a game by clicking the shortcut it loads the game... but instantly minimizes the game to the task bar? Not a major problem but a pain in the a$$ none the less
     
    t3rR0r, Jan 29, 2009
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    That's the modem. You can install the driver off the driver recovery DVD.
     
    rsm86, Jan 29, 2009
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  16. hehehemann

    hehehemann Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the Windows 7 64 bit download have a time restriction? I am downloading it now and have a key code too. How long will I get until I can no longer use Windows 7 ?

    Thanks
     
    hehehemann, Jan 30, 2009
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    I believe August 1 is when it will shutdown.

    As to performance, Win 7 seems somewhat faster than Vista but not dramatic or anything.
     
    SSWilson, Jan 30, 2009
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    so far i heard only good things about win7 and its only a beta. If vista sp2 wont change things drastically, i will definitely go with win7 final, once it comes out.
     
    zarraza, Jan 30, 2009
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