Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Windows 7 Home Premium *Family Pack* on Boot Camp 3.0
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 948167" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Not to get off-topic, but I just finished installing Windows 7 on my gaming rig. Big mistake. </p><p></p><p>I had been dual-booting Vista and XP, but decided that it was time to go with a single OS. This machine is configured as follows (and I know, this isn't all that powerful of a rig these days, but it was fine with XP on it):</p><p></p><p>Gigabyte N650i SLI motherboard</p><p>Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33GHz</p><p>2GB of RAM</p><p>Seagate 250GB HDD</p><p>EVGA NVIDIA 8800GT/512MB (single - always meant to add a second, but never had the need to).</p><p></p><p>Prior to installing Windows 7, I had played through Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 when I was running XP. It ran perfectly well at 1920x1080. Now that I'm on Windows 7, it's choppy - every 15 seconds or so, it stutters.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking this is probably memory related, since 7 still has a significantly larger footprint than XP. So, I just ordered another 2GB of RAM. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get a chance to use <a href="http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm" target="_blank">BlackViper's service tweaking guide</a> to slim down the running the services (I like to run things very lean, with only the services I actually need - for example, I've already managed to figure out how to turn off the Windows 7 version of what used to be called "System Restore").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 948167, member: 24098"] Not to get off-topic, but I just finished installing Windows 7 on my gaming rig. Big mistake. I had been dual-booting Vista and XP, but decided that it was time to go with a single OS. This machine is configured as follows (and I know, this isn't all that powerful of a rig these days, but it was fine with XP on it): Gigabyte N650i SLI motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33GHz 2GB of RAM Seagate 250GB HDD EVGA NVIDIA 8800GT/512MB (single - always meant to add a second, but never had the need to). Prior to installing Windows 7, I had played through Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 when I was running XP. It ran perfectly well at 1920x1080. Now that I'm on Windows 7, it's choppy - every 15 seconds or so, it stutters. I'm thinking this is probably memory related, since 7 still has a significantly larger footprint than XP. So, I just ordered another 2GB of RAM. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get a chance to use [URL="http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm"]BlackViper's service tweaking guide[/URL] to slim down the running the services (I like to run things very lean, with only the services I actually need - for example, I've already managed to figure out how to turn off the Windows 7 version of what used to be called "System Restore"). [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Windows 7 Home Premium *Family Pack* on Boot Camp 3.0
Top