Should i switch to Windows Seven?
I'm currently on xp, i have a 2nd drive to make it easy to transfer data and i play A LOT of videogames (team fortress 2, halo. etc...) so i want to know if i should change to seven. I want to know if i will be able to play Call of Duty 4, and a bunch of SOURCE engine games on that OS, would running both a heavy OS and the game could lower my FPS?
No problem with the money, as i will just warez download it. (trusted source)
MY RIG:
Tipo de procesador DualCore Intel Pentium E2140, 1600 MHz (8 x 200)
Nombre de la Placa Base ECS 945GZT-M (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) Chipset de la Placa Base Intel Lakeport-G i945GZ
Memoria del Sistema 1536 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Tipo de BIOS AMI (04/09/07)
Tarjeta gráfica NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT (1024 MB) - I think it will run Aero.
C: (NTFS) 76316 MB (5194 MB libre)
D: (NTFS) 38201 MB (8029 MB libre)
I could also reinstall XP, would you suggest this over switching to seven?
No problem with the money, as i will just warez download it. (trusted source)
MY RIG:
Tipo de procesador DualCore Intel Pentium E2140, 1600 MHz (8 x 200)
Nombre de la Placa Base ECS 945GZT-M (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) Chipset de la Placa Base Intel Lakeport-G i945GZ
Memoria del Sistema 1536 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Tipo de BIOS AMI (04/09/07)
Tarjeta gráfica NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT (1024 MB) - I think it will run Aero.
C: (NTFS) 76316 MB (5194 MB libre)
D: (NTFS) 38201 MB (8029 MB libre)
I could also reinstall XP, would you suggest this over switching to seven?
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Windows 7 is actually more efficient in design than even XP, and if you are a heavy gamer you'll want it for DirectX 11 compatibility. The OS itself isn't really that heavy, and the way memory is managed is a vast improvement over previous versions.
I'm guessing from your rig that your motherboard supports dual-channel memory usage, and since your RAM is a bit on the light side I would recommend upgrading it with matched sticks; if it has dual-channel, you will effectively double the speed over your current setup. If you're gaming, go at least 2 GB for 32-bit, or 4 GB for 64-bit.
I'm guessing from your rig that your motherboard supports dual-channel memory usage, and since your RAM is a bit on the light side I would recommend upgrading it with matched sticks; if it has dual-channel, you will effectively double the speed over your current setup. If you're gaming, go at least 2 GB for 32-bit, or 4 GB for 64-bit.
Mar 8, 2010. 3:28 AMsanty22 (author)
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Yep, it's a 2 slot only dualchannel. Im working on selling the 0.5 gb stick for a new 1 gig identical one.
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Feb 22, 2010. 1:39 PMfwjs28
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i believe there is a free utility to test wheter you are able to upgrade to Win7, and should you? yes
Feb 24, 2010. 6:58 AMsanty22 (author)
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if only you gave me that app, i would go best answer on you.
Feb 22, 2010. 5:13 PMorksecurity
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I don't plan to. Win7 doesn't seem to offer me anything I want that XP doesn't, and my longer-term direction is toward Linux in any case.
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