Windows 7 Beta questions, drivers etc..

[imported_Will]

Heyyy I'm gonna try windows 7 so can someone plz answer my questions before i switch

1. Xp32 bit vs Windows 7 64bit. Who wins.
2. Where would i get my drivers? I understand ati has them for the windows 7, but Turtle Beach (my headset) and Logitech (g15 keyboard) only has vista and xp. What do i do?
3. Any bugs i should be concerned about?
4. Games. Good, Bad? (k, before you go huh, like alex, i mean preformance of games)

If you can answer these questions well, thanks alot lol :thumbsup:

[=98=]

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1. Xp32 bit vs Windows 7 64bit. Who wins.

Unless you have a really, really bad PC, then Windows 7 by a country mile

2. Where would i get my drivers? I understand ati has them for the windows 7, but Turtle Beach (my headset) and Logitech (g15 keyboard) only has vista and xp. What do i do?

Use the Vista drivers, they should work fine

3. Any bugs i should be concerned about?

It's not retail yet, so there will always be bugs, but there is nothing serious. However, do note that Punkbuster compatibility is iffy at best. Works for some, doesn't work for others.

4. Games. Good, Bad?

huh?

[imported_Will]

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Cool thanks lol.... Oh and lol @ ur av

[imported_Joey]

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1. Xp32 bit vs Windows 7 64bit. Who wins. Win7

2. Where would i get my drivers? I understand ati has them for the windows 7, but Turtle Beach (my headset) and Logitech (g15 keyboard) only has vista and xp. What do i do? No clue just go with what Alex said...

3. Any bugs i should be concerned about? I haven't encounterd any so far (been running 7 for about 2 days now.

4. Games. Good, Bad? (k, before you go huh, like alex, i mean preformance of games) Steam games are fine, I've head punkbuster dosn't like Win7 but I haven't tried yet, but EvilSpongebob has got Cod4 to work fine so yeah

Answers in Bold

[imported_Will]

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Awesome... Very Awesome Thanks joey

[Evil Spongebob]

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I have cod4 working on some servers but on some servers I get kicked in minutes...seems most servers work though. Drivers will be fine unless you own a product that no one has every heard of. No bugs I have noticed yet really apart from some punkbuster issues which are manageable.

I think windows 7 is better but then again, I tend to favor the better operating system : P

[iQue]

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You might just bump into a bit of problems with BF games or a bit older games with punkbuster. However, if you are on an administrator account and runs everything as an admin, you shouldn't bump into any problems. I haven't been kicked once when running the game as admin for about 3 weeks now.

[AlecJ32]

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1. Xp32 bit vs Windows 7 64bit. Who wins.

Windows 7 would be the winner, since XP is obsolete and nowhere near as fast, stable or secure as Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

2. Where would i get my drivers? I understand ati has them for the windows 7, but Turtle Beach (my headset) and Logitech (g15 keyboard) only has vista and xp. What do i do?

Since Windows 7 is based so heavily off of Windows Vista's kernel, architecture and driver model, you can simply use Windows Vista drivers for Windows 7.

3. Any bugs i should be concerned about?

Nothing I'm aware of.

4. Games. Good, Bad? (k, before you go huh, like alex, i mean preformance of games)

Performance in games should be as good as, if not better, than what you get on XP.

[signa]

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I tried out win7 for a couple weeks. couldn't get PB to work with bf2, even with following the hack/workaround.

[[USAC]S|Cpl.TinFoil]

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Please keep in mind that all backwards-compatibility problems are not Microsoft's fault, especially if you're not running it in the XP VM. If you are, then kick PB, EA, and/or the Windows 7 developers in the shins.

(By the way, if you don't know about the XP VM, you're either a bad pirate, bad RC tester, or bad Technet subscriber.)