AnyOne tried Windows7

**fourtheboys96** · November 6th, 2009 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

1024-896=128. Is this RAM on a laptop? Usually, some RAM is taken up by the video if there's no dedicated video ram.

I was talking about the speed of my DDR 3 1600 RAM. MY motherboard default (DDR 1333) was too slow. So, I adjusted the bios to run the memory at DDR 1600 speeds.

I think some of the RAM is taken by the video because of the on board video card/adapter (whatever it's called). Thats why I'm planning to install a dedicated video card. Even facebook games are slow.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by fourtheboys96

I think some of the RAM is taken by the video because of the on board video card/adapter (whatever it's called). Thats why I'm planning to install a dedicated video card. Even facebook games are slow.

I take it you have onboard video. My motherboard also has onboard video (ATI 4200). It does come with 128mb Sideport (dedicated) memory.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 09:56 PM

Final tally on installed games/software from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows 7.....

13 games (so far) work
All my apps work (so far) including Paintshop Pro 8, MS Office Enterprise 2007, Power Director 3, Ulead Video Studio 11, and Pinnacle's Mobile Media Converter.

3 games (so far) didn't make the cut.

Seems like a good transition (so far). Not perfect but better than I thought.

Cross my fingers and hope there's less incompatibilities waiting still.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 10:05 PM

Also, Firefox just updated itself. It's version 3.5.5. I'm not sure if it's a new version or not. But, the crashes in 64-bit Windows 7 are gone.

**tidus1203** · November 7th, 2009 09:53 AM

I did notice that using Windows 7 on my netbook drains the battery faster than when I was using Windows XP.

**number001** · November 7th, 2009 03:43 PM

After upgrading to Win7, there are noticeable skipping of frames and pixelization in the playback of 720p .mkv files that used to play smoothly in WinXp Pro. I used the same software but updated to the latest.

Athlon 3200+ Venice
2GB Corsair DDR400
Radeon 9550 128MB AGP
VLC 1.0.3
Core AVC 1.95
DivX

**boybi** · November 7th, 2009 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

I did notice that using Windows 7 on my netbook drains the battery faster than when I was using Windows XP.

Maybe because you're tinkering more with your Win7 since it's new?

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 7th, 2009 04:07 PM

Windows 7 is also a much bigger OS. My Windows folder alone uses up 14.8gb.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 8th, 2009 12:16 AM

Success! Rome: Total War now works in Win 7 64-bit. I had to jump through hoops though.

1. Install VirtualBox
2. Install Win XP Home in Virtual Box
3. Install Rome: Total War in virtual Win XP Home
4. Enable shared folder between VB Win XP and host Win 7
5. Copy Rome: Total War folder to shared folder. It's now in Win 7

It's limited to 1024x768. But, hey. It works here when officially, it's not compatible with Win 7.

Muwa ha ha ha.

Or, just copy the game folder from an XP pc that has it to the pc with 64-bit Win 7.

**rion** · November 12th, 2009 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

I did notice that using Windows 7 on my netbook drains the battery faster than when I was using Windows XP.

perhaps the Aero? Aero demands more power from the GPU.

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

Windows 7 is also a much bigger OS. My Windows folder alone uses up 14.8gb.

mine's windows folder alone is 9.34 GB pa right now

currently having issues with power management. I'm having bad latency and few stutter if I enable Eist in the bios or if the processor power management minimum powerstate is set anything below 81%.