lost Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) The more i read about it, the more i want to just install it, so instead of reinstall XP I was thinking about making the jump to 7. I've had the 64bit version for a while now. Important questions bold and underlined, ha ha. Current Specs cpu: e6600 ram: 2gb, and i have 2gb collecting dust, so i can put that to use. mobo can handle 8gb. vid card: 4770 hd: ordered 1 intel x25m 80gb, might have to order another? or maybe i can manage by just installing the OS, and World of Warcraft on it? sound card: x-fi gamer (or i think that's the one, well its one of the flavors of x-fi. Did creative get around to finally get around to Win7 drivers for all their cards? I don't want to lose the ability of having my headset (front) and speakers (back) plugged in simultaneously) Will i still be able to dual box and triple box world of warcraft? No I don't play all shamans. Don't get me wrong, WoW still lags a big when I'm flying threw past heavily detailed areas on all 3, but usually its fine when I'm killing or running old instances. Other games I play: Left 4 dead, left 4 dead 2, team fortress, Gunbound, Warcraft III (might run into problems with this game right?), Dragon Age Origins, Frets of Fire. Edited January 14, 2010 by lost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 The Win 7 OS install is roughly 12-16 GB. WoW is about maybe 15 GB. So I would say your good with an 80 GB hard drive. You should be able to run dual and triple box. You talking about all on one PC or on 2-3 other PCs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 Creative drivers are fine on Windows 7. I have a P4 2.53 with an MX440 running at 1920x1080 on Windows 7 with the hardnrg hotrodded X-Fi Xtreme Music. Perfect, no issues at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 The Win 7 OS install is roughly 12-16 GB. WoW is about maybe 15 GB. So I would say your good with an 80 GB hard drive. You should be able to run dual and triple box. You talking about all on one PC or on 2-3 other PCs. all one one pc Creative drivers are fine on Windows 7. I have a P4 2.53 with an MX440 running at 1920x1080 on Windows 7 with the hardnrg hotrodded X-Fi Xtreme Music. Perfect, no issues at all. nice. i dont know where, but i read that creative wouldn't be updating drivers for some of their sound cards for windows7, they even asked a forum member to remove his modded drivers from their forums that made the card work for win7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengiant912 Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 Alot of the drivers for windows vista will work on 7 if you can't find specific windows 7 drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoprobe Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) The more i read about it, the more i want to just install it, so instead of reinstall XP I was thinking about making the jump to 7. I've had the 64bit version for a while now. Important questions bold and underlined, ha ha. Current Specs cpu: e6600 ram: 2gb, and i have 2gb collecting dust, so i can put that to use. mobo can handle 8gb. vid card: 4770 hd: ordered 1 intel x25m 80gb, might have to order another? or maybe i can manage by just installing the OS, and World of Warcraft on it? sound card: x-fi gamer (or i think that's the one, well its one of the flavors of x-fi. Did creative get around to finally get around to Win7 drivers for all their cards? I don't want to lose the ability of having my headset (front) and speakers (back) plugged in simultaneously) Will i still be able to dual box and triple box world of warcraft? No I don't play all shamans. Don't get me wrong, WoW still lags a big when I'm flying threw past heavily detailed areas on all 3, but usually its fine when I'm killing or running old instances.. Other games I play: Left 4 dead, left 4 dead 2, team fortress, Gunbound, Warcraft III (might run into problems with this game right?), Dragon Age Origins, Frets of Fire. If you upgrade over XP 7 will reformat your drive but it will save all you old programs, documents, etc. in a folder called "windows.old" You'll still have to reinstall them.They will not run from the folder. The Pro and Ultimate versions come with XP virtual mode so you can run XP programs from there(need cpu that has virtual capabilities) if they aren't compatible with 7. 7 will run well on 2 gigs of ram but if you have 2 more to install it will run better for gaming. Creative has done better with their drivers but the Win 7 drivers will work. I'm not a gamer but from what I've read 7 should run them better. Go for it. I've been running 7 since the beta and it's fast and rock solid. Edited January 23, 2010 by nanoprobe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 just do it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) You're definitely want to upgrade to 4GB Ram or above. I easily max out my 2 GB (on the laptop) just doing school work on Win 7. I need to upgrade to 4GB Ram too, whenever a laptop kit goes on sale. Everything seems more expensive on laptops . http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3411/mu...ingonlaptop.png Edited January 23, 2010 by Krazyxazn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 You're definitely want to upgrade to 4GB Ram or above. I easily max out my 2 GB (on the laptop) just doing school work on Win 7. I need to upgrade to 4GB Ram too, whenever a laptop kit goes on sale. Everything seems more expensive on laptops .http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3411/mu...ingonlaptop.png looks like yours could have issues maybe, or maybe just a slow cpu? I've used lappies with windows 7 and only 2gb, seems fine for daily use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 Did you see everything running in that? The CPU isn't the problem. It's mid 30% with that amount. It was only high at the time of the screenshot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deman Risu Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Also, those other games are BIG, I have some games off Steam (TF2, HL2, Ep1+Ep2, Counter-Strike, Garry's Mod) and the Steam folder goes to 21 GB. Maybe you should consider spending $50 on a 500GB hard drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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