Comments on: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-39662 john Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:07:39 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-39662 well the windows 7 is not so good at game but it is very kool and awesome but sucky at game y, i don't know well the windows 7 is not so good at game but it is very kool and awesome but sucky at game y, i don’t know

]]> By: MUKESH KUMAR SHARMA http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-39635 MUKESH KUMAR SHARMA Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:51:38 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-39635 I FACE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THIS WINDOWS 7.........NO ONE GAME IS RUNNING IN THIS OPERATING SYSTEM......I WANT O PLAY NFS SHIFT SO..............CAN U HELP ME FOR RUNNING GAME IN THIS OS.......................................................... I FACE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THIS WINDOWS 7………NO ONE GAME IS RUNNING IN THIS OPERATING SYSTEM……I WANT O PLAY NFS SHIFT SO…………..CAN U HELP ME FOR RUNNING GAME IN THIS OS………………………………………………….

]]> By: Daan Berks http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-39270 Daan Berks Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-39270 Hello all, I have been trying to play some older games on Win 7 (64bits and 32 bits a like) Somehow all the games i play can suddenly just crash. Not to go back to the windows screan, no just the whole computer will crash. Sound freezes, screen freezes. everything. I have bought this computer in november last year. A game i am talking about is Gangsters 2 (old) Anno 1402 (new) I am getting the feeling it is my grafic card. but i can not realy point it out. I use a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220. Updating everything there is will not help. Finding the drivers on a site is also not helping. I will get the proper drivers, but everything still crashes. Are there more people with this kind of problem or is it just me? I hope people willebe able to help me. i can not find that much about this problem on the net yet. Greetings Daan Hello all,

I have been trying to play some older games on Win 7 (64bits and 32 bits a like) Somehow all the games i play can suddenly just crash. Not to go back to the windows screan, no just the whole computer will crash. Sound freezes, screen freezes. everything. I have bought this computer in november last year. A game i am talking about is Gangsters 2 (old) Anno 1402 (new)

I am getting the feeling it is my grafic card. but i can not realy point it out. I use a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220. Updating everything there is will not help. Finding the drivers on a site is also not helping. I will get the proper drivers, but everything still crashes.

Are there more people with this kind of problem or is it just me?
I hope people willebe able to help me. i can not find that much about this problem on the net yet.

Greetings Daan

]]> By: 7 Mitos de Windows 7 | Cero Blog http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-38393 7 Mitos de Windows 7 | Cero Blog Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:51:48 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-38393 [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...] [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...]

]]> By: 7 Mitos de Windows 7 « Windows 7 Reloaded http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-38166 7 Mitos de Windows 7 « Windows 7 Reloaded Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:59:05 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-38166 [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...] [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...]

]]> By: Satchfan http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37687 Satchfan Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:02:47 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-37687 Speaking about gaming performance - why when you look on the every game box you can see that for running the game Vista demands more RAM than XP?! I mean, the first thing I do is to look at Minimum Requirements and the most common fact is while under XP a game needs for example 1 Gb of RAM, Vista needs 1,5Gb. As for me, using Xp I would have an additional 0.5 Gb of RAM that sometimes can be very useful! Greetings everybody! Speaking about gaming performance – why when you look on the every game box you can see that for running the game Vista demands more RAM than XP?! I mean, the first thing I do is to look at Minimum Requirements and the most common fact is while under XP a game needs for example 1 Gb of RAM, Vista needs 1,5Gb. As for me, using Xp I would have an additional 0.5 Gb of RAM that sometimes can be very useful! Greetings everybody!

]]> By: Sathish http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37540 Sathish Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:02:34 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-37540 i'm using windows 7 now. its like a dream come true. perfect for gaming. i'm using nvidia geforce 8500 gt. i downloaded the latest version of the drivers which includes directx 11 for win7. having great entertainment. no problems at all. i give it 11 stars out of 10. i’m using windows 7 now. its like a dream come true. perfect for gaming. i’m using nvidia geforce 8500 gt. i downloaded the latest version of the drivers which includes directx 11 for win7. having great entertainment. no problems at all. i give it 11 stars out of 10.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37287 Tom Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:05 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-37287 Windows Vista had plenty of things wrong with it. I hate these stupid articles where one guy states that everybody is retarded because Windows Vista ran fine on his computer. Well maybe he had hard ware where the drivers were compatible and he didn't encounter any problems. That doesn't change the fact that a large percentage of people have had a terrible experience with Windows Vista, myself included. So please next time you write a supposedly (objective) review try to take in consideration that just because you didn't have any problems, doesn't mean other people didn't. Windows Vista had plenty of things wrong with it. I hate these stupid articles where one guy states that everybody is retarded because Windows Vista ran fine on his computer. Well maybe he had hard ware where the drivers were compatible and he didn’t encounter any problems. That doesn’t change the fact that a large percentage of people have had a terrible experience with Windows Vista, myself included. So please next time you write a supposedly (objective) review try to take in consideration that just because you didn’t have any problems, doesn’t mean other people didn’t.

]]> By: 7 Mitos de Windows 7 | Windows 7 Reloaded http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37224 7 Mitos de Windows 7 | Windows 7 Reloaded Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:23:01 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-37224 [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...] [...] comparativas, como las de DriverHeaven, Guru3D o TestFreaks, muestran que el salto sólo es tal entre 7/Vista y XP. El rendimiento de Windows 7 en juegos de [...]

]]> By: Calvin http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-36941 Calvin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:20:48 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-36941 Hello, I just bought a laptop yesterday with Windows 7 Home edition on it, and i cant bring up my WOW, FLYFF, or any of my MMORPG's to come on screen, it just shuts out and goes back to the WINDOWS 7 desktop screen. My laptop is a HP G61 3gb ram, 250 hard drive. CAN YOU HELP ME OR POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to get the correct drivers for my laptop to run the games i want. Hello, I just bought a laptop yesterday with Windows 7 Home edition on it, and i cant bring up my WOW, FLYFF, or any of my MMORPG’s to come on screen, it just shuts out and goes back to the WINDOWS 7 desktop screen.
My laptop is a HP G61 3gb ram, 250 hard drive. CAN YOU HELP ME OR POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to get the correct drivers for my laptop to run the games i want.

]]> By: Caleb http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-36538 Caleb Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:50:38 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-36538 Hi im a gamer and I just yesterday upgraded to 2 gigs of ram, so I can't wait to install vista! Is it good for games I have a nvidia geforce gts250 512mb gddr3 thanks! Hi im a gamer and I just yesterday upgraded to 2 gigs of ram, so I can’t wait to install vista! Is it good for games I have a nvidia geforce gts250 512mb gddr3 thanks!

]]> By: zol http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-36124 zol Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:55:49 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-36124 the thing about vista's resource consumption, is that you can toggle it. when 'gamers' are complaining, it's because they just want instant gratification. Vista was designed as a techies playground, although one guy who 'techs for 15 vista compies' must only fix them. by default, it is bloated, but anybody with the slightest bit of computer literacy can disable most of the stuff that bloats it (how many of you REALLY need 250megs of ram set aside for remote access, gamers?) you freed up a MAJOR part of your ram, from one thing. if you don't understand how to play around with a computer, or what things do...you shouldn't have been pining over it in the first place. "www.google.com (vista ram reduction) step by step guides for those who are clueless not to mention, any 32 bit windows system limits the ram you use to roughly 50%. on xp, or vista, if you have 2 gigs your OS at all times, has 1gig set aside *in case* vista by default uses about 2/3 of a gig, xp roughly 2/5. but vista can be more efficient than xp, if you know what you're doing. also most people complaining were using home basic at launch, which aero support which isn't *just* cosmetic. I'm agreeing with an above poster, in most cases it's simply someone trying to be current with technology, with a machine that's not ready, and a user who doesn't understand. if you really had any knowledge prior to coming here about how to manage your computer, odds are, you already had vista configured to purr. odds are if not, you defended xp. the thing about vista’s resource consumption, is that you can toggle it.
when ‘gamers’ are complaining, it’s because they just want instant gratification. Vista was designed as a techies playground, although one guy who ‘techs for 15 vista compies’ must only fix them.

by default, it is bloated, but anybody with the slightest bit of computer literacy can disable most of the stuff that bloats it (how many of you REALLY need 250megs of ram set aside for remote access, gamers?) you freed up a MAJOR part of your ram, from one thing. if you don’t understand how to play around with a computer, or what things do…you shouldn’t have been pining over it in the first place. “www.google.com (vista ram reduction) step by step guides for those who are clueless

not to mention, any 32 bit windows system limits the ram you use to roughly 50%. on xp, or vista, if you have 2 gigs your OS at all times, has 1gig set aside *in case* vista by default uses about 2/3 of a gig, xp roughly 2/5. but vista can be more efficient than xp, if you know what you’re doing.

also most people complaining were using home basic at launch, which aero support which isn’t *just* cosmetic. I’m agreeing with an above poster, in most cases it’s simply someone trying to be current with technology, with a machine that’s not ready, and a user who doesn’t understand.

if you really had any knowledge prior to coming here about how to manage your computer, odds are, you already had vista configured to purr. odds are if not, you defended xp.

]]> By: choudry http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-33479 choudry Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:57:50 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-33479 well i might sound old n dead to you , but despite all my efforts and wish to switch to vista and win 7 , i just found 2 problems , all of sudden my tv tuner acted strangly and catching only 50 channels , while 150 on xp. games like CS and farcry 2,(farcry 1 is totally coming un textured and white :S) i dint fine this topic helping at all, oh nad 2fps gain and 3 seconds quicker is not something you bother for well i might sound old n dead to you , but despite all my efforts and wish to switch to vista and win 7 , i just found 2 problems , all of sudden my tv tuner acted strangly and catching only 50 channels , while 150 on xp.

games like CS and farcry 2,(farcry 1 is totally coming un textured and white :S)

i dint fine this topic helping at all, oh nad 2fps gain and 3 seconds quicker is not something you bother for

]]> By: Billy http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-32970 Billy Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:00:28 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-32970 Ok I have run Windows 7 RC, Vista Home Premium & XP Pro sp3 on both my gaming laptop and gaming desktop.When installing Win 7 I used all Vista drivers and not 1 problem After doing benchmarking with games and apps i have come to some interesting results. Vista runs games and office apps faster on laptop with Win 7 very close and XP Pro falling behind a little ( this did suprise me quite a lot ) but on my desktop gaming rig the results are reversed with XP Pro quickest with Win 7 & Vista not far behind- Some1 care to explain these results to me because I have no idea why Vista runs quicker on laptop and XP quicker on desktop for gaming. That was with all the latest driver updates. But to be honest I am not a big fan of Vista, I do prefer XP Pro but I am liking Win 7 and think it will be a good OS . Then again i was not a fan of XP either, I liked 98SE and thought that was better for gaming and so did 85% of MS users at the time. So just use what ever you like & suits your needs best. Ok I have run Windows 7 RC, Vista Home Premium & XP Pro sp3 on both my gaming laptop and gaming desktop.When installing Win 7 I used all Vista drivers and not 1 problem After doing benchmarking with games and apps i have come to some interesting results. Vista runs games and office apps faster on laptop with Win 7 very close and XP Pro falling behind a little ( this did suprise me quite a lot ) but on my desktop gaming rig the results are reversed with XP Pro quickest with Win 7 & Vista not far behind- Some1 care to explain these results to me because I have no idea why Vista runs quicker on laptop and XP quicker on desktop for gaming. That was with all the latest driver updates. But to be honest I am not a big fan of Vista, I do prefer XP Pro but I am liking Win 7 and think it will be a good OS . Then again i was not a fan of XP either, I liked 98SE and thought that was better for gaming and so did 85% of MS users at the time. So just use what ever you like & suits your needs best.

]]> By: Strife http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-31944 Strife Tue, 19 May 2009 21:24:01 +0000 http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-7-gaming-performance-or-lack-thereof-and-random-thoughts/#comment-31944 PC I'm running is C2D E6850 @3.2Ghz, 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM, Ati HD 3850 512mb. Vista since 2 months before sp1 has been running great for me, would never even think of going back to XP, ever. W7 64 gaming performance in comparison to Vista 64 (7 on another partition) have very similar results from games I've tested which include: Crysis, Crysis Warhead, GTA IV, The Witcher, FEAR, Elder scrolls 4: Oblivion. I have been using W7 from beta 1 to RC and yes I like the new UI and task bar, the libraries are great, there's been changes all over the OS, cleaning it all up, adding stuff that's useful optimizing everything, Aero snap/shake are good as well as aero peek and its a joy to use. I'm almost being dazzled by 7, but Vista's overall performance is similar using my rig to W7 actually, W7 just feels fresher and an even further step forward from XP. W7 shares many similarities to Vista, in a way I think the W7 team should thank the Vista team for its efforts. PC I’m running is C2D E6850 @3.2Ghz, 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM, Ati HD 3850 512mb.
Vista since 2 months before sp1 has been running great for me, would never even think of going back to XP, ever. W7 64 gaming performance in comparison to Vista 64 (7 on another partition) have very similar results from games I’ve tested which include: Crysis, Crysis Warhead, GTA IV, The Witcher, FEAR, Elder scrolls 4: Oblivion. I have been using W7 from beta 1 to RC and yes I like the new UI and task bar, the libraries are great, there’s been changes all over the OS, cleaning it all up, adding stuff that’s useful optimizing everything, Aero snap/shake are good as well as aero peek and its a joy to use. I’m almost being dazzled by 7, but Vista’s overall performance is similar using my rig to W7 actually, W7 just feels fresher and an even further step forward from XP. W7 shares many similarities to Vista, in a way I think the W7 team should thank the Vista team for its efforts.

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