Windows 7 issues

psweeney123 · 5 Jul 2009 at 21:15

hey guys,my new pc is due to arrive tomorrow and im trying to decide what OS im going to use....the pc is mainly going to be used for gaming and general internet stuff,so should i install windows 7 on it?i heard there was issues with drivers being installed? do most games work? thanks

NeoVo · 5 Jul 2009 at 21:35

Unless you have a rather old computer, with old components, the driver support might lack.
Only thing iv had difficulties with was a microsoft webcam driver (which confused me) but other than that, the driver support if anything is better than vistas.

psweeney123 · 5 Jul 2009 at 22:19

how is it for gaming though?

robinbredin · 5 Jul 2009 at 23:15

Hi, Why dont you duel boot it with XP. See HERE for an journal on duel boot. And HERE for easybcd.

Rainmaker · 5 Jul 2009 at 23:23

NeoVo said:
Unless you have a rather old computer, with old components, the driver support might lack.

How'd you work that out? I have an E8600, Biostar TPower I45 with ICH10R chipset and GeForce 8600GT and Win7 found drivers for my rig just fine. If worst comes to the worst, you can always try Vista drivers - most will work.

Speed · 5 Jul 2009 at 23:27

Gaming is fine, pretty much everything that works on Vista will work on Windows 7. There were some issues with Punkbuster games, but I think for the majority that's been fully sorted.

Drivers wise, pretty much everything is covered, motherboards, graphics cards and all those types of drivers are normally already sorted and easily downloadable. You might have issues with some things like older web cams and other accessories but that's about it. Best thing to do is go through things you have and search for drivers on the manufacturers website.

psweeney123 · 5 Jul 2009 at 23:36

ok thanks a lot. i know COD4 punkbuster does work but cod2 doesnt,oh well i just wont play cod2 for now........il buy some dvd's tomorrow and burn windows 7!

jamest · 5 Jul 2009 at 23:40

Had no problems with any games and Windows 7.

Spent quite a while trying to find a driver for my usb wireless adaptor, but got there eventually

unwashed potato! · 6 Jul 2009 at 00:07

don't want to make a new thread for another windows 7 issue so showing it hear. i have 2 monitors for my desktop with win7 on it. i often switch off (but still attached) the second monitor to save energy if it's not being used. the only downside to this is that windows still open on the second monitor. in xp i would right click and select move and then my mouse would snap to the title bar and i could drag it to the main monitor, however in win7 i can't seem to find a way to do this.

i do know of the windows key and direction arrows shortcut but that isn't exactly what i'm after as the window is then resized and not as easy as i'd prefer. any solution to this "issue"?

Odhran · 6 Jul 2009 at 00:12

I'm having driver issues with Win 7 64-bit. I've got a Canon Pixma Pro9000, but the device is unrecognised when connecting. There only seems to be drivers for vista 64 and xp 64. I mistakingly thought the vista 64 would work but no. Any ideas?