+chorpeac MVC Posted May 28, 2009 MVC Share Posted May 28, 2009 My i7 machine has been running Vista 64bit for a while, and a hard drive failure has caused me to replace the drive and rethink which OS to use for gaming. I already use Win7 on other machines, but I wanted to see people's reactions when it comes to gaming. How do your modern games run? Crysis, Far Cry2, BF2, COD4, etc? Any issues? Punkbuster? Ventrillo? Teamspeak? Please write about your experiences. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I've had no problems with gaming at all with Windows 7. I play Crisis, LFD, BF2 and WOW I use both TS and Vent and no problems... However, this is based on MY hardware. From the reading up I've seen, If you PC runs Vista well you should be fine with Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2 and COD4 work perfectly, perhaps even slightly better. I tried installing BF2 and the latest beta patch but it wouldn't even load, though that could be because of the patch. SlamIt Pinball requires administrator access to run smoothly and OpenGL games clash with the Steam overlay, causing Quake 3 to be unplayable and causing the overlay to corrupt on Doom 3 and Prey. Punkbuster works fine. Here are some other games I've tried that run fine (definition: as good as Vista): Assassin's Creed And Yet It Moves Bejewelled Twist Bioshock Braid Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway Call Of Duty: World At War Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword Defense Grid GRID GTAIV (though it's still a poorly ported game) Gumboy Tournament King's Bounty: The Legend Left 4 Dead Plants Vs Zombies STALKER: Shadow Of Chernobyl STALKER: Clear SkyTeam Fortress 2 The Maw Tomb Raider: Underworld Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II And many, many more. Overall compatibility is very good. I've had more serious issues with some of my more important software (East West PLAY, iLok) - some of which have required elaborate work arounds, some worked by simply adding another entry to the NTFS file permissions with full access and others I haven't got around. As a gaming platform Windows 7 is actually very good and overall responsiveness is much better than Vista - alt-tabbing out of games works better, for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pargo Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 i havent run into any problems under these games, been running win7 since build7000 crysis warhead/wars far cry 2 sins of a solar empire entrenchment warhammer online WoW everything runs great... win7 as main OS FTW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 28, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 28, 2009 Cool, I wouldn't expect my hardware to be a problem as well, but I was really concerned about the reliabilities for multiplayer. I read a lot of crap where punkbuster would kick people. So for you all who play BF2 and Far Cry2, do you play multiplayer? I only highlighted those, because I know they use punkbuster. Do you get kicked frequently because of punkbuster, where you didn't when you had Vista? I am glad to hear Ventrillo is golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Runs CoD: WaW beautiful Vent: No major problems so far some issues with HL2 Engine games and steam in general WoW lst night gave me a " Not Enough Space " error ( 1TB HDD with 90%free, and 6GB memory, go figgure) other then that not havng any other issues, verry stable so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Cool, I wouldn't expect my hardware to be a problem as well, but I was really concerned about the reliabilities for multiplayer. I read a lot of crap where punkbuster would kick people. So for you all who play BF2 and Far Cry2, do you play multiplayer? I only highlighted those, because I know they use punkbuster. Do you get kicked frequently because of punkbuster, where you didn't when you had Vista? Punkbuster is pretty crappy at the best of times. I have huge problems getting into online games with FC2 because of it and yet it works fine with Call Of Duty: World At War. Then again I had the same problems with Vista64, so it's not Windows 7 specific. Punkbuster should be nuked from orbit, as it certainly isn't fit for purpose. I'm certain it has kicked more legitimate users than cheaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyxel112 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Warcraft 3 is blazing fast...when I first open the game it takes too long to load but after that it loads very fast and the games is not chappy than I played it on vista or xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Punkbuster should be nuked from orbit, as it certainly isn't fit for purpose. I'm certain it has kicked more legitimate users than cheaters. +1 I think I have Punkbuster and COD4 working properly now. Following a tip I read somewhere I reinstalled PB using pbsvc.exe and pbsetup.exe in XP compatibility mode and set the COD4 MP exe to XP compatibility too. Played on a half dozen servers and no kicks. 7100 x64 here. I'm getting some artifacts in FC2 with DX10 enabled, but nothing major. In DX9 mode they're gone. Can't compare to Vista though as I came from XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I had to manually update Punkbuster via the Punkbuster site as it kept disconnecting me after a few seconds in BF2. After I updated it everything was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 28, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 28, 2009 OK well you guys make it sound pretty good. I'm going to give it a go tonight. I really only play Multiplayer on BF2 and FC2 nowadays, so I just hope I can get away from any punkbuster issues.... Yes Punkbuster needs to radically change man....it really sucks from experience and from what people say.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 This should help you update it if you start getting kicked out after your install http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aahz Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Windows 7 has run every single game I've thrown at it. Basically, 'Run as Administrator' is your best Vista/7 gaming buddy. It pretty much solves everything outside of needing an emulator like DOSBox or some type of digitally signed bit. (which can be circumvented :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 All of the CoD games work perfectly, as does Bioshock. Some occasional framerate spikes in Fakefactory's Cinematic Mod 9.5 with HD addon, but I believe that is related to the way the mod is overstressing the source engine rather than a 7 issue. IMO 7 is a pretty viable gaming platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwon Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 The biggest issue i see in the RC in the 32-bit is "Baldurs Gate II" crashes no matter the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I've been using the latest WHQL Nvidia drivers for 7. But I hear some people say it's better to use the Vista x64 ones instead. I'd lose WDDM 1.1 but is that such a big deal? Are the Vista drivers faster than the 7 ones? Running a 512MB 8800GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 30, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 30, 2009 I was running the windows 7 185.85 from their website, and I ran into a few occasional " The driver has failed, but it was recovered" messages. I was just on the windows desktop though, I was not playing any games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 31, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 31, 2009 Ok well a small update, BF2 ran fine after updating punkbuster. However, I can't get into multiplayer games in FarCry 2, using Win7. It won't let me download new maps. Must be a firewall issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udedenkz Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 ...anyone tried, WinQuake? Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition (OGL 1st, D3d 2nd)? Red Faction 1? Grand Theft Auto II: London? System Shock 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted May 31, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted May 31, 2009 I have been running Windows 7 64bit since the beta. I have over 200 games on Steam, another 20 retail. Almost every new game that has come out in the past 3 years as well. Those 200 plus games, I have had at least 100 of them installed, these include new game and even old games like Quake 2. I have no issues at all, except for one game. For what ever reason (does not seem to be driver related) Fallout 3 loves to crash on me. But 1 out of 200 games, thats pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkymunky Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I've found Windows 7 to play all my games better than any previous OS from Microsoft. GTA IV has seen the most significant performance increase for me. I can bump the detail settins all the way, and increase the distance settings higher than Vista and have the same framerates. Civ IV...well it doesn't have high requirements anyway but it works flawlessly. C&C series works well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I would pop Vista in the nearest bin and switch to Win7! ;) I've had no problems with it at all, and neither have a few of my friends that have been gaming with it. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 31, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 31, 2009 I think I should have started a second thread. One that is related to playing games in general, and the other which is playing multiplayer. Anyone here playing Far Cry 2 Multiplayer on Win7? Can you download the maps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 every game I have tried has been running great for me. No problems with all listed above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Every game I've tried runs fine. Punkbuster doesn't work except in cod5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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