Windows 7 and games

tang0 · 17 Sep 2009 at 23:59

Upgraded to Windows 7 and for some reason in all fps games ive got this noticeable and annoying split second delay everytime i shoot which i didn't have in XP.

Yes vsync is off, directx is updated, all other drivers up to date, tried other mice

Any ideas?

5abr3 · 18 Sep 2009 at 00:32

All working fine for me, might be worth trying to run updates to see if there are any performance fixes?

Aod · 18 Sep 2009 at 03:02

tang0 said:
Upgraded to Windows 7 and for some reason in all fps games ive got this noticeable and annoying split second delay everytime i shoot which i didn't have in XP.

Yes vsync is off, directx is updated, all other drivers up to date, tried other mice

Any ideas?

that sounds a lot like a sound problem. make sure you're using the most up-to-date sound drivers.

tang0 · 18 Sep 2009 at 12:43

Aod said:
that sounds a lot like a sound problem. make sure you're using the most up-to-date sound drivers.

Yeh could be, ill try that

RoEy · 18 Sep 2009 at 12:47

tang0 said:
Yeh could be, ill try that

Definately sounds like sound

. I had a similiar issue with games in Vista 64 and it turned out to be sound causing it.

RoEy

tang0 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:11

YESSSSSSSSSssssss sorted

Uninstalled X-Fi drivers, unplugged sound card, enabled onboard sound and installed its drivers, now it feels perfect.

But the sound quality is crap compared to X-Fi :<

Aod · 19 Sep 2009 at 07:20

tang0 said:
YESSSSSSSSSssssss sorted

Uninstalled X-Fi drivers, unplugged sound card, enabled onboard sound and installed its drivers, now it feels perfect.

But the sound quality is crap compared to X-Fi :<

don't worry. creative will release new drivers in about three or four years that will sort out the problem.

5abr3 · 19 Sep 2009 at 07:27

I remember 3 years ago when a couple of gamse came out where the sound was buggy as hell with X-Fi cards, turned out the newest drivers that were released the week couldn't didn't like the codec (prior ones had run fine in the BETA test), that took 18 months before X-Fi cards got updated to accept it again and some are still buggy with other hardware setups :eek:

Of course, in the world of the keyboard warrior it was of course the developers fault that features they had tested worked till the driver update and now didn't work :rolleyes:

If the on board is really that chronic then it might be worth trying to dig up an older sound card 'short term'? The full scale release should see a splurt in better driver/software support, or at least I hope so

uv · 19 Sep 2009 at 09:46

Just try different X-FI drivers - I'm using modded ones on my OEM Music, and haven't noticed any issues whatsoever; the stock Win7 drivers are horrendous though.

Margaret · 19 Sep 2009 at 09:50

tang0 said:
YESSSSSSSSSssssss sorted

Uninstalled X-Fi drivers, unplugged sound card, enabled onboard sound and installed its drivers, now it feels perfect.

But the sound quality is crap compared to X-Fi :<

Time to move to a Xonar.

Daegan · 19 Sep 2009 at 10:11

Margaret said:
Time to move to a Xonar.

Because Asus have a perfect set of Windows 7 drivers...

(still better than Creative though)

Margaret · 19 Sep 2009 at 10:32

Daegan said:
Because Asus have a perfect set of Windows 7 drivers...

(still better than Creative though)

My Xonar DX has been working fine under 7 for months, no problems at all. :cool:

Daegan · 19 Sep 2009 at 10:59

Margaret said:
no problems at all.

That's not the case with later 64bit builds

Madskillz · 19 Sep 2009 at 11:44

That's nothing. Just wait 'till you try getting Windows 7 working with older classic Starforce games like GTLegends. Enough to pull your hair out - and return your Technet subscription for a full refund ;p)

Glad you got it sorted though tang0.

Madz

Margaret · 19 Sep 2009 at 11:54

Daegan said:
That's not the case with later 64bit builds

How late? I've been using the RC1 for a while and it has been good so far.

Think I'm still using the Vista x64 drivers at the moment.

Any ideas of what the issues are exactly?

Daegan · 19 Sep 2009 at 12:53

Margaret said:
How late? I've been using the RC1 for a while and it has been good so far.

Think I'm still using the Vista x64 drivers at the moment.

Any ideas of what the issues are exactly?

Xonar drivers page said:
The version currently does not support Win7 RTM version. Win7 driver for RTM will be provided in the near future.

Actually it might not be limited to 64bit versions, but from build 7200 onwards (or thereabouts) after installing the Xonar drivers many 32bit applications won't launch. The latest patch file in their Vista downloads fixes this, but they haven't seen fit to include it in the Win 7 drivers or release proper RTM drivers yet.