Is Win7 honestly worth upgrading to?
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Posted on: 2009-12-31 06:56 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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Well, I *did* say I was nitpicking |
Originally Posted by Leandro
Memphis, I couldn't get it to work either on a E5300 (dual core) nor a Q8200 (quad core, which is very high end here). When a quad core processor still won't run it, I call it high end... though you're right, I hadn't seen that table. Intel did make a mess of things. I haven't used AMD since the Core2Duos were released.
Also, take into consideration my geographical location. We're hammered with huge import taxes and a weak currency here. Most systems don't have anything past a Celeron 530. A computer with the E5300? $1600, equivalent to two months average salary. An AMD X2 240 is only slightly cheaper, at $1550. My system is considered "high end" here, as things like the Radeon HD 5770 are luxuries; it costed me $1060. I can count the number of Core 2 Quad systems I've sold or maintained with one hand. They are "extreme high end", here. |
And no, I didn't actually pay attention to where you were, which does make a big difference as far as a "common" availability. (I say as I fit in a 1156-based mainboard to the case for the new system...)
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Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
Am I the only Windows 7 users who has not had any sort of compatibility issues with any software that I ran just fine with Vista, including CoH?
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I never ran Vista. The beta gave me enough of a ".0" (actually "not quite .0")feeling that I gave it a pass (on top of the "We've redone a lot of the core of the OS," and by the time the later service packs came around - well, I was running the Win7 beta and going "I am getting this the day it comes out" - something I don't think I've done ... well, ever with a MS OS, and an interest I haven't had since OS/2 a decade plus ago.
As far as compatibility here... the only thing I can point at as being unsupported is my HP PSC 1210v. It works fine (prints and scans,) but the HP software isn't available for it in 7... which doesn't bother me, since I never *used* it. Software wise, the only issue I've run into is Portal, which seems to be (given the month plus of back and forth with Steam support) specific to my system. (Ran once just fine, tried to run it a few hours later with no updates ... no go. It's weird. Did have it running reliably in a window finally. Half-life 2, L4D/L4D2 and other related games are just fine.)
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Just to note, this may not be entirely a OS issue as a mouse hardware issue. I'm on XP at work and using a Logitech MX Revolution mouse that's about 2-3 years old or so and recently, if I don't click on a certain part of the button, the mouse will register two clicks instead of on single click. Think its just getting worn out (I'm a computer programmer so it gets used a decent amount and has for 2 years). Basically, try a different mouse and see if the double-click issue goes away.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
The only other issue I seem to have is that every once in a while (but still several times a day), a mouse click gets read as a two rapid clicks (yet not a double-click, for some reason). This usually occurs when browsing on the internet, and will occassionally send me back TWO pages instead of one when I hit the back button.
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More on topic with the thread...I upgraded to windows 7 from XP on my home machine a month or two ago and LOVE it. One thing is it is prettier to look at if you have the Aero stuff going on, and that does make a big difference when you're staring at a computer screen all day. Also there are a few little UI changes that I appreciate and makes my life easier at times. Also like the way the new task bar works...much more like OSXs dock which I liked better. Over all though, I'm glad I upgraded, but if you're not finding yourself needing anything in particular in windows 7 (like added security for some reason) other than you want the latest and greatest there, and XP is working fine for what you're doing, there isn't a good reason to upgrade an existing PC. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if you got the money to burn on it and the time to spend upgrading (its a full install from XP, and would recommend doing a clean install from vista), which is like getting a whole new computer, go for it.
Now if you are on Vista, and not XP, upgrade! Upgrade yesterday! Vista is awful compared to 7. 7 is what Vista should have been. Vista is a case where it is broke, so you should fix it.
(Okay, not sure if I should start a new thread for this, but here it goes.)
Well, I've been running Win XP for a long while, and had no problems. I'm getting a new system - picking it up on the weekend - with Win 7 Home 64-bit installed. (After porting over all needed files from my old system, I'm probably gonna use it as a backup for mundane stuff like my writings and such.)
So basicly, all I have to make sure of is:
1) I have full admin status. (The owner of the computer store I've been going to has done that with my last two systems I've bought there, so I'm not worried.)
2) That I have full updated drivers for my vid card.
Anything else?
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Well, I bought it and installed it. So far, I like it.
My only issues so far CoX-wise has been Win7 throwing a UAC warning in my face every time I run the game (unfortunately renaming the updater doesn't work for the EU client). Other games seem to be running just as fine or better (Amazingly, I can actually play the Steam version of GTA 1 now. Holy flip!)
If, at some point, I do need XP back on I can always reinstall it alongside 7, can't I?
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