ATi Radeon 5870 1GB DDR5 & W7

[gudjon94]

Hey, This would be my first post on Windows 7 Forums

I'm wondering i am currently running on Windows Vista Ultimate and i just have 1 question, i am thinking of buying windows 7 and i am just wondering will i get more FPS on Windows 7 then windows vista?

I'm playing games like Counter Strike: Source & Call Of Duty MW1 & MW2

 

[Frostmourne]

Are you building a system with that card or upgrading one?

 

[gudjon94]

I already have the card i'm just wondering will i get better game performance?

 

[Frostmourne]

Yes and no, what about the rest of your system - CPU, HDD, RAM? There may be bottlenecks. Is your PSU up to it? Enough amps on the 12V rails? Case have enough cooling/size?

 

[gudjon94]

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MOQUAI
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model P35-DS3L
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F7, 29.11.2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
User Name moquai\Guðjón
Time Zone Greenwich Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 2.045,88 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.022,20 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4,23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2,77 GB
Page File Space 2,29 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Did that help? i have a 730W Powersupply.

 

[Frostmourne]

Can you please post a screenshot of HWInfo32's system summary screen in the drivers guide in my sig - search for snip in the start menu. You also need more memory, 2GB is not enough for gaming. The summary will help though.

 

[gudjon94]

That's it, And how much RAM Do i need? And what do you think i could get, It cant be very expensive though

 

[Frostmourne]

Did you build this system yourself?

• Buy a matched 4GB kit of 800MHz DDR2 RAM - Corsair is a good choice, or Kingston, or G-Skill. Replace your old RAM.
• The HDD is looking off - is it a SATA hard drive? How is it connected - it should be reporting 3GB /s not 1.5GB / s.
• Update all your drivers and BIOS.
• The CPU is fine, although if you want to play GTA 4 you need to go quad.

Your performance should be fine then.

 

[gudjon94]

I'll get that memory and what drivers should i update, can you give me a list, and what is a BIOS :$?

 

[Frostmourne]

The guide in my sig has the details - also how is your HDD connected? It will not affect performance very much, mostly loading times, but the 8MB cache is low too.

 

[gudjon94]

It's just connected with thingy to the power supply and 1 to the motherboard. isnt that normal?

oh i think i know what your talking about 1 thingy is missing >.< w8

 

[Frostmourne]

It's just connected with thingy to the power supply and 1 to the motherboard. isnt that normal?

oh i think i know what your talking about 1 thingy is missing >.< w8

Yes, and it may not support SATA II - either way your performance will not be affected too much - what was the subscore for the HDD in your WEI?.

 

[bobkn]

The HDD is looking off - is it a SATA hard drive? How is it connected - it should be reporting 3GB /s not 1.5GB / s.

The WD2500JD is a SATA 1 (1.5Gb/s) drive.

I thought it might be a 3Gb/s drive with a 1.5Gb/s compatibility jumper in place, but no.

(I doubt that it's an issue in practice. The original WDC 10,000 RPM 36GB Raptor drives used a 1.5Gb/s interface, for example.)

 

[Baddcog]

I don't know if you'll get better fps, I don't think that changed for me. But 7 runs alot smoother than Vista overall. I do notice a difference.