Is Windows 7 Good For Gamers

[VegasDen]

A great Q&A article regarding Windows 7 and games/gamers with Jason Cross, a former editor at ExtremeTech.com.

 

[dan7777]

i do lots of gaming and i got to say windows 7 RTM is really smooth in all the games i play vista was horrible xp too old now! 7 alllll the way then win 8 thnx for he article.

 

[Duesco]

I quite enjoy my Seven Gaming Experience, actually.

7 is like XP. But...shinier!

 

[harpua]

COD4 is better for me on 7 than it was on vista.

 

[dan7777]

COD4 is better for me on 7 than it was on vista.

alllllll games are beter on win 7 than vista lol its not difficult.

 

[Cam]

You're not going to see a massive improvement, but I've seen substantially better frame rates in games like Left 4 Dead, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and more.

 

[Romulinx2]

Thanks for the info.
I have been using win7 for games since early beta version.
It is better than any other windows version I have used.

 

[messjess]

My ping is crap on 7, it was fine on Vista. I even re-installed Vista just to compare and i am having some problems with 7 and my pings online..

 

[The Wise Vivi]

Definitely a good read for everyone, especially for casual gamers.

 

[dan7777]

My ping is crap on 7, it was fine on Vista. I even re-installed Vista just to compare and i am having some problems with 7 and my pings online..

my ping on 7 is fine i play fifa 09 online ping is around 80

 

[ka713]

mouse acceleration....there is no way to completely disable it like there is in xp and vista

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[Shooter]

Yes gaming for me also great and even online i have no issues with COD's , ARMA2 , ghost recon and even AA3.

 

[mickey megabyte]

i love playing games on 7 - i had some initial punkbuster issues, but quickly and easily sorted them (bought some new hacks lol) - some people seem to have steam issues, but no probs here!

have installed and regularly play: bf2, fallout 3, empire total war, secret of monkey island, arma 2 demo, medal of honour airborne, crysis warhead, defcon, dawn of war 2, minesweeper

 

[xan K]

seven is EXCELLENT for gaming! -in my own experience.

 

[Muad Dib]

Works well for me. Seems "smoother" play and I think that may be due having 64 bit now with 8b of memory much of which operates as STANDBY memory.

One thing I have noticed that is a plus, I can ALT-TAB back to the desktop, afjust my mouse and/or gamepad settings and ALT-TAB back into the game - MOST of the time.