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Windows 7: Is RC good enough for now
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03 Jul 2009
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Is RC good enough for now
I am running vista right now and i need to format. I am going to run windows 7 for a few weeks until the RTM comes out. I have 7100 on hand and i wanted to find out if this one is good enough to run for now. If the newer builds are much better what one would you recommend for x64. Thanks.
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03 Jul 2009
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I just upgraded from 7100(two months) to 7264. Things are much smoother and faster. 7100 felt like a hog when I was dealing with Explorer and my network destinations. | | My System Specs | | |
03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
I had problems installing software for my HP scanner on 7100. I am currently running 7232 which has been rock-solid stable and zero problems with software. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev. 2.0
Memory 8GB G.SKILL DDR2 800
Graphics Card VisionTek Radeon HD 4870
Sound Card Onboard RealTek
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2208WFP
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Logitech Access
Mouse Logitech G5
Hard Drives Two WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA 2 in RAID0. Two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB SATA 2 in RAID1.
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 QC, Canada |
Beside Explorer being a little slow, I had ZERO software and drivers problems with 7100 RC. (But yeah, I did have problems with customization though (UxTheme patching...)) | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked
Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech K350
Mouse Logitech M510
PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell)
Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62
Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU
Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x1TB Samsung/Seagate 7200RPM (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal)
Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 10Mbits up
Browser Firefox v20
Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 In the Crust |
I have had no problems with 7100 at all. Well, a few, but nothing major. Everything will probably be fixed with the RTM. It is only a little ways away, so I have decided to wait instead of installing every new build.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 7264 Philadelphia, PA |
LOL this is kinda funny. What if it isn't? We get what we get were lucky to have anything over 7100 honestly. Im running 7232 x64 and its been fine (a few little things) but its rock solid and fast so far.
I think you should go with the newest x86 or x64 and ride it out. Not only do you get valuable windows 7 training (learning how to do things) there is no real woryy of messing it up as in a few month your going to reinstall the real OS and you will already be ready for it with drivers, programs and how-to's! | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 7264
CPU AMD Phenon X4955 Black Edition 3.2 Quad Core
Motherboard ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory 8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Exp 2.0 16x
Sound Card Onboard Asus
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns G 28" Widscreen Baby!
Screen Resolution 1900x1200
Keyboard Microsoft Wired for gaming
Mouse Wired for gaming 2200
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Case Custom Made ATX
Cooling Air
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
Western Digital 320gb 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
Internet Speed Comcast 24GB
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 In the Crust |
Quote: Originally Posted by Dorfdad  LOL this is kinda funny. What if it isn't? We get what we get were lucky to have anything over 7100 honestly. Im running 7232 x64 and its been fine (a few little things) but its rock solid and fast so far.
I think you should go with the newest x86 or x64 and ride it out. Not only do you get valuable windows 7 training (learning how to do things) there is no real woryy of messing it up as in a few month your going to reinstall the real OS and you will already be ready for it with drivers, programs and how-to's! Good advice. That would be the best course in this case. You already have the RC, so if you are as lazy as I am, you can just say that works and install it. If you are willing to do some actual work, go ahead and find the latest build and use that.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x32 New Vegas |
I'd say go with 7260. it's better than 7100, and doesn't have all the B/S that 7264 takes to get "Genuine". read around the forum, there's a lot of varied opinions of which is better. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number eMachines W3502
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32
CPU Intel Celeron D 3.2 Ghz 533 fsb (LGA 775)
Motherboard Intel D101GGC
Memory 1 GB (2x512MB) PC-3200 DDR @ 200Mhz
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9400GT- 1GB
Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreame Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays 19" LCD HDtv
Screen Resolution 1360x768 @ 60Htz
Keyboard Stock. Missing a few keys.
Mouse Logitech LX8 5-btn mouse (wireless)
PSU stock (idk)
Case The busted remains of the stock case
Cooling Dust cooled, waitwut?
Hard Drives SeaGate Barracuda 750GB
SeaGate Barracuda 100GB
Toshiba CD/DVDW/ TS-H552D [DVD+R, DL]
Internet Speed TWC 10Mb
Other Info Keeps going, and going, and going.......
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 RTM x64 Queens, NY, USA islbeauty.net |
I am much happier with 7232 x64 than I was with 7100. The network discovery is much improved, as is driver compatibility, and it is faster.
Plus all those hours of leak upgrade experience will look awesome in my resume ...    | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom workstation /// Lenovo X61t tablet notebook
OS Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU Core i7 980X @ 4.04GHz OC /// Core Duo L7500 @ 1.6GHz
Motherboard Asus P6T6 WS Revolution ///
Memory 12GB G. Skill @ DDR-1600 OC /// 4GB
Graphics Card Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB /// Intel Mobile GMA X3100
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Eizo 24" SX2461W /// 12"
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 /// 1400x1050
Keyboard Logitech Edge ///
Mouse Logitech Wireless Optical Trackball
PSU Tagan ITZ 1100
Case GHS-1500 ///
Cooling Thermalright IFX-14 + a slew of stealth fans ///
Hard Drives Workstation:
5x 750GB Barracuda-11 on Areca ARC-1220;
4x 1.5TB Barracuda-11 on Intel ICH10R;
Volumes:
300GB RAID 0, 2.7TB RAID 10 on Intel;
100GB RAID 0, 1.4TB RAID 10 on Areca ///
Notebook: G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD
Internet Speed 5Mbps down / 820Kbps up
Other Info Main use: photography;
DVD Drive: L.G GGW-H20L Blu-Ray / DVD;
OC: QPI/DRAM @ 1.33v, CPU @ 1.293v, DRAM Bus @ 1.65v, CPU PLL @ 1.88v, CPU mult = 25x, BCLK = 160, DDR3-1604 @ 7-8-7-24
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03 Jul 2009
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Windows 7 ultimate RTM x64 |
apart from some really weird aero flickering i had no issue with the RC1..anyways go with a new build | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 ultimate RTM x64
CPU C2D E4500
Motherboard Intel DG965WH
Memory 2gb
Hard Drives in need of many :P
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