Windows 7 and GW
bitchbar player
I am thinkig abot upradig to windows 7, anyone knows if it will still play gw?
Snograt
Yes, it will/does.
Firebrazer
Yea, it works perfectly. Running W7 and GW on a 3yo laptop. Changing to W7 gave me an extra 30 fps in fullscreen as well o.O
Dorny
From what ive heard, Windows 7 is turning out to be pretty awesome (even compared with XP, as Vista... =\ )
So I would guess it would run even better?
So I would guess it would run even better?
Rasco
I honestly doubt It would offer much of a change, probably around the same as Windows Vista. Thats what I have found. But it ran good as always. Those extra 30 fps gained seem a little substantial for a operating system change, likely a updated driver he installed in the process.
I can never understand why anyone would want to make a test build their primary operating system, no matter how stable it is. It's just common sense.
I can never understand why anyone would want to make a test build their primary operating system, no matter how stable it is. It's just common sense.
Taixen
I've found that the test builds of Windows 7 have been far more stable with my system and Vista and even XP.
As said above, Guild Wars will run absolutely fine, if you do run into a, "Can't access the data archive" message, just right click your Icon and Run as Administrator, which seems to have solved the problem for me.
As said above, Guild Wars will run absolutely fine, if you do run into a, "Can't access the data archive" message, just right click your Icon and Run as Administrator, which seems to have solved the problem for me.
Firebrazer
Nope, none of the drivers have been updated from Vista. Always make sure they're updated. GW did run worse in Window than on Vista though. At least when it was in Beta, have only run it in fullscreen since I got RC1
rick1027
its hard to say yet until microsoft releases the final version they seem to release all their bloat in their final version but from ive seen on the release canditdate its way better then the bloat that vista has
Rasco
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Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Nope, none of the drivers have been updated from Vista. Always make sure they're updated. GW did run worse in Window than on Vista though. At least when it was in Beta, have only run it in fullscreen since I got RC1
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Should be a service pack imo.
Firebrazer
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Originally Posted by Rasco
That is the case with most of us. Everything but my video card drivers are built for Windows 7. Its pretty much a Windows Vista "Second Edition"
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Rasco
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Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Naah, they're better off releasing it as a new OS. No matter how many SP's the release for Vista, people will always call it shit, because it started out as shit. It's not that bad anymore, but people who haven't tried it, will still think so, and therefore not buy it, just because a new SP has been released
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Certainly looks promising. Though, I wish they took the time to fix Windows Vista, Id just hate to spend 150$ on all my PC's to wipe them of vista.
Firebrazer
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Originally Posted by Rasco
You have a valid point. Its all about restoring microsoft's image, by "rebranding Windows Vista." As that's the reason, Windows 7 is being rushed to production.
Certainly looks promising. Though, I wish they took the time to fix Windows Vista, Id just hate to spend 150$ on all my PC's to wipe them of vista. |
Rasco
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Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Heh, yea. Vista has gotten better, but still nowhere near as good as it was supposed to be. And I'm actually pretty surprised that, while being rushed, W7 looks and feels as good as it does. Looking forward to getting the full version instead of just RC1^^
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darly
It almost depones on your hardware~~
Snograt
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Originally Posted by various tech blogs
Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22, Microsoft confirmed today. ... [It] was originally slated for a 2010 roll-out, but last month, Redmond admitted that the OS would arrive in time for the crucial holiday shopping season.
... Microsoft will ship six versions of Windows 7; Starter Edition, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Home Basic for developing markets. Prices haven't yet been set.more |
Tarun
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RTM [same as retail] is out about mid July, ill definitely be rolling it out on all my pc's then. Vista service pack 2 is driving me up a wall.
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RTM = Release To Manufacturing, which is not retail, which would be a RTW (Release To World) release.
Abedeus
Well, it works very good on Windows 7, but it doesn't offer nicer graphics. GW doesn't support DirectX 10, so it uses none of it's effects. You might, however, loose 5-7 FPS if your PC is slow.
rick1027
ive been thinking about getting windows 7 seeing im sick of xp and vista doesnt really quite cut it for me although im using it only on one computer other one has xp and im one of those who can install vista sp2 so i think i might spledunk the cash seeing ill have some them to get it
Rasco
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RTM != RTW.
RTM = Release To Manufacturing, which is not retail, which would be a RTW (Release To World) release. |
Almost always, unless a major flaw happens to be about, the same on retail. Vista's RTM [build 6000] was the final build released on retail. It happened to be about 4 months ahead of General Availability.
It's a way to get companies a head start in Hardware and software development, before general availability.
NocturnalLunacy
I presently have Win7 and I play GW on it all the time. I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever.
SuperCoha
I noticed these kind of lags when I tried Guild Wars on Win7 today. My ping seemed to be higher (200-300), when it's usually below 70-100. But not just that, seemed like everything "lagged". When I tried moving skill icons around, by clicking and holding the mouse button, the icons followed the mouse trail with a delay. And rotating the camera also caused a bit of delay.. all seemed kinda.. I dunno, sleepy lol. Didn't notice a change in fps tho, but it seemed to run kinda smoother. Not sure if I set up Windows 7 the right way, I just installed in on a new partition to keep Vista, and tried playing GW right away.
TotallyEpic
I get a constant 60FPS with VSYNC on, and around 10FPS faster than XP both in Full Screen and Windowed, and 5FPS faster than Vista. Game runs at highest settings with KSMod, and it runs faster than XP and Vista, which is awesome!. I have a 5000+X2 Black Edition @ 3.2Ghz, Radeon HD 4850 512MB and 4GB G.Skill Pi DDR-800 RAM.
Nanood
Brand new pc. Fresh install of the Win7 RC and has been running flawlessly. I'm actually starting to grow quite fond of it.
Coast
is win 7 the newest version of windows?
Fuzzie
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is win 7 the newest version of windows?
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Day and Night
Running in 7 with no troubles too. Except, maybe, bugged Creative Alchemy (have got an Audigy 4 and Alchemy seems not to work in GW).
Hyper.nl
Of course it will. Windows 7 is backwards compatiblewith Vista. Any non-system programs that run under Vista will also run onder 7. And GW runs fine under vista.
Shadowfox1125
Mmm, found this via search.
I just installed 7 on a new hard drive on my laptop, so I thought I'd install GW and see how it'd run. However, once installed, GW gives me this error.
" 3D Initialization Error
Guild Wars was unable to initialize 3D output for your system. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 8 and an updated video driver, and that your system meets the following minimum specifications:"
I was under the impression that 7 came with DirectX 11 installed.. is this correct? I've already updated my drivers.. however, should I use the 32-bit Vista drivers instead of the XP ones that I normally use? (I use XP when I'm on my regular hard drive.)
Edit: Vista driver worked.
I just installed 7 on a new hard drive on my laptop, so I thought I'd install GW and see how it'd run. However, once installed, GW gives me this error.
" 3D Initialization Error
Guild Wars was unable to initialize 3D output for your system. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 8 and an updated video driver, and that your system meets the following minimum specifications:"
I was under the impression that 7 came with DirectX 11 installed.. is this correct? I've already updated my drivers.. however, should I use the 32-bit Vista drivers instead of the XP ones that I normally use? (I use XP when I'm on my regular hard drive.)
Edit: Vista driver worked.
Tarun
You should use the Windows 7 drivers. Pretty much every company has them available.