DaBastard
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Post by DaBastard on Mar 6, 2012 10:54:12 GMT -5
Considering installing Windows 7. Any issues with ET and Win7? (32bit) btw. WinXP. I'm no fan of Micro$oft. But credit where credit is due. 2014 will pretty much be the end-all date for WinXP. Show me another piece of software, ESPECIALLY an OS that lasts 14 years nowadays!... amazing really.. really,.. one for the history books. oh, and @#$ u Bill, hehe
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Post by Zohar{QAW} on Mar 6, 2012 12:32:26 GMT -5
I never had problems with ET, or anything else really. It only took a couple months for me to prefer 7 to XP. I'd almost go so far as to say I like 7 as much as Win 2k. I have to run XP again now due to hardware failure... and I really wish I could run 7 again
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DaBastard
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Post by DaBastard on Mar 6, 2012 12:53:32 GMT -5
well, that sounds like a good vote for Win7. I've heard 'good things', (remember-> relative!), about Win7. And I need to get into it because of hardware demands now. Vista was a bastard-child, (not by me! ), along with Millennium. Vista will 'disappear' like Millennium too. As it has been quietly doing. Win2K->WinXPSP3 its been for me. I prefer to wait for the 3rd service-pack before trying an OS, but I might try at SP2, has it been released yet? (Win7SP2) So ET runs native in Win7? not running WinXP-emulator? did you see a FPS drop/increase? did you notice and diff. in ping times? even a little? if I install Win7, can I kill Bacon more often? thanks Z, considering it more now with your recommendation
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BlaZeR
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Post by BlaZeR on Mar 6, 2012 14:07:59 GMT -5
I Can't play on originals since i installed Windows 7 (64 bit) :/ , my game freezes and i have to reset my comp. but overall its pretty good no problems at all
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 18:56:28 GMT -5
^ That's cause you hax. Anyways. Dab I run windows seven but w/ a 64bit platform. Compared to vista and xp, I'd say ET runs better on it. I installed xp on a lappy... and then tried it w/ windows 7 and noticed a huge performance upgrade - although my laptop is crap. But I'm assuming you're running a decent desktop, so.. if my laptop can run 7 w/ et (4gb ram,onboard video/sound) - I don't see why you would be concerned about running windows 7 To answer your other similar questions . 0. So ET runs native in Win7? - yes 1. not running WinXP-emulator? - correct 2. did you see a FPS drop/increase? - increase 3. did you notice and diff. in ping times? even a little? - nope 4. if I install Win7, can I kill Bacon more often? - bacon cannot be killed : o
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Post by Zohar{QAW} on Mar 6, 2012 19:02:56 GMT -5
What quick said. I find that 7 does what Vista was supposed to do in terms of using hardware resources more efficiently. It runs better than XP on almost any hardware I have tried. @ Blazer - didja try deleting/moving all the mod folders out of your ET folder, then letting them be recreated when you connect?
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BlaZeR
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Post by BlaZeR on Mar 7, 2012 2:14:22 GMT -5
@ Blazer - didja try deleting/moving all the mod folders out of your ET folder, then letting them be recreated when you connect? No, i haven't re-installed/deleted anything on ET since 2005 tbh lol, i might do a fresh installation .
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Post by Cmdo.Delta on Mar 11, 2012 18:27:44 GMT -5
Running 7 for more than a year now. I only had 3 blue screens ever. Most of time it's the video card that crash it for multiple reasons. But overall, it's perfect. Only had few problems with old softwares for compatibility but the "windows xp sp 3 compatiblity" works pretty well. Most of time, if it's not working, it's because you are not running the app as admin or you forgot compatiblity win xp or (the last settings that fix almost everything) is the "disable desktop composition".. I had to check this once for a 3D software (GTK radiant). The worse thing for xp fan: at beginning, hard to remember exactly where are settings and stuff lol. But not that bad after few weeks.
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