Windows 7

Jon · 04-07-09, 07:27 PM

I have to say with a few days use, its faster than XP was to boot, alot more pleasing on the eye and runs fine on my "old" pc (p4 3.06 ghz (the first cpu that had hyperthreading) 512mb ram and a old mid range ati gfx card) I bet if I tried a recent game it would have a paddy fit, but its fine for net, office work, media playing etc I guess it would not mind a bit more ram, but I think ill be sticking with it when the RC expires.

Djoscar · 04-07-09, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon

I have to say with a few days use, its faster than XP was to boot, alot more pleasing on the eye and runs fine on my "old" pc (p4 3.06 ghz (the first cpu that had hyperthreading) 512mb ram and a old mid range ati gfx card) I bet if I tried a recent game it would have a paddy fit, but its fine for net, office work, media playing etc I guess it would not mind a bit more ram, but I think ill be sticking with it when the RC expires.

I used it on my laptop with 512MB RAM and it was kinda laggy.. Now I upgraded to 1.5GB and it runs smooth!

I can send you 512MB RAM stick from my old PC if you want to

grabrail · 04-07-09, 08:40 PM

I think the fact you have a basic video card means the Aero stuff is not enabled, this will make it perform pretty good on a basic machine. What I've found is that if you have a low end decent vid card and the aero is turned on then that severely effects performance.

Jon · 04-07-09, 08:45 PM

I have aero turned on, and it doesnt lag

grabrail · 04-07-09, 08:54 PM

cool, im surprised it runs on an old card. Is it directX 10 that needs to be supported?

Jon · 04-07-09, 09:44 PM

Its a ATI 9600 series 512mb ram on it (or could be 256) I was supprised tbh, not really bothered to push it with 3d stuff but it does the start-tab thingy perfectly fine

-null- · 04-07-09, 10:22 PM

My gfx card is a Nvidia GeForce 8600GT with only 256 on board and it runs Windows 7 fine. I can also run Red Alert 3 with a decent frame rate at 1208 x 1024 and "high" settings.

Jon · 04-07-09, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Djoscar

I used it on my laptop with 512MB RAM and it was kinda laggy.. Now I upgraded to 1.5GB and it runs smooth!

I can send you 512MB RAM stick from my old PC if you want to

Thanks

- is it PC3200 stuff?

04-07-09, 07:27 PM	#21
Jon MJ lady with maracas Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 12,799	I have to say with a few days use, its faster than XP was to boot, alot more pleasing on the eye and runs fine on my "old" pc (p4 3.06 ghz (the first cpu that had hyperthreading) 512mb ram and a old mid range ati gfx card) I bet if I tried a recent game it would have a paddy fit, but its fine for net, office work, media playing etc I guess it would not mind a bit more ram, but I think ill be sticking with it when the RC expires. __________________

04-07-09, 08:45 PM	#24
Jon MJ lady with maracas Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 12,799	I have aero turned on, and it doesnt lag __________________

04-07-09, 09:44 PM	#26
Jon MJ lady with maracas Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 12,799	Its a ATI 9600 series 512mb ram on it (or could be 256) I was supprised tbh, not really bothered to push it with 3d stuff but it does the start-tab thingy perfectly fine __________________

04-07-09, 08:40 PM	#23
grabrail iBook Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,325	I think the fact you have a basic video card means the Aero stuff is not enabled, this will make it perform pretty good on a basic machine. What I've found is that if you have a low end decent vid card and the aero is turned on then that severely effects performance.

04-07-09, 08:54 PM	#25
grabrail iBook Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,325	cool, im surprised it runs on an old card. Is it directX 10 that needs to be supported?

04-07-09, 10:22 PM	#27
-null- Mini Mac Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,135	My gfx card is a Nvidia GeForce 8600GT with only 256 on board and it runs Windows 7 fine. I can also run Red Alert 3 with a decent frame rate at 1208 x 1024 and "high" settings.