Has anybody tried this?
I downloaded the Windows 7 RC the other day, burned it off to a DVD, and was about to install it when I thought "Wait! What if EQ2 doesn't work with it!" lol
So, figured I would see if you all had any success with this combination.
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I haven't tried Windows 7, I hear it's everything Vista was supposed to be!
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I haven't tried Windows 7, I hear it's everything Vista was supposed to be!
It's everything Vista was supposed to be.. and was.. with an hour or two of research and implementing to disable services and unnecessary applications. But Windows 7 will be everything Vista was supposed to be but people are more interested in paying an additional $179 for. ;)
There are some cool new features.. but 80% it is stripping down Vista. And I did that in less than 2 hours after I got my copy.
So, you're saying, stick with Vista for now?
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Spyder, if you ever feel inclined and are overly bored... reckon you'd mind doing up an A to Z on how to make Vista the best (and least annoying) it can be, please? ;)
I have a new laptop for my photography work that I can't seem to 'downgrade' to XP (what is up with that? It just won't let me!!) and I hate, hate, hate (repeat that a dozen or so times) Vista. Pop ups to allow something to run, things just not running at all due to Vista stopping them etc.
I really wouldn't know what I am supposed to look up, but I am thinking I wouldn't have tooo much trouble working out how to get rid of stuff.
If you feel so inclined, that is! :)
I have a new laptop for my photography work that I can't seem to 'downgrade' to XP (what is up with that? It just won't let me!!) and I hate, hate, hate (repeat that a dozen or so times) Vista. Pop ups to allow something to run, things just not running at all due to Vista stopping them etc.
I really wouldn't know what I am supposed to look up, but I am thinking I wouldn't have tooo much trouble working out how to get rid of stuff.
If you feel so inclined, that is! :)
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I just picked up EQ2 from Steam this weekend. The only issue I had was I could not launch EQ2 from Steam as Steam doesnt have the rights to launch the Sony Station Launcher. Luckily I had it installed from SWG so I just ran that as Admin and have had no trouble. W7 is actually pretty nice and like others have said once you get it tweaked to your liking its everything Vista was supposed to be.
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I just picked up EQ2 from Steam this weekend. The only issue I had was I could not launch EQ2 from Steam as Steam doesnt have the rights to launch the Sony Station Launcher. Luckily I had it installed from SWG so I just ran that as Admin and have had no trouble. W7 is actually pretty nice and like others have said once you get it tweaked to your liking its everything Vista was supposed to be.
I am also on windows 7, RC7100 and I had no problems downloading and launching through steam. Game runs fine, haven't had any crashes yet. One lockup which I don't believe was windows 7 related, and a hell of a lot of lag due to my machine (I don't think a 9600GT is enough to run extreme, I turned it down to balanced in the end to get the best framerate I could, still looks alright).
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I've been running Windows 7 since I think it was February. For EQ2 you have to click a bunch of things to run as administrator, but that's it. I have had no problems other than that and it has native drivers for both nvidia and ati graphics.
In fact, the only thing I've found at work (I'm an IT girl) or home that doesn't run flawlessly with Win7 is Second Life, which has all sorts of tearing texture issues.
But EQ2 runs great--though I can't say it runs any better than it does on Vista. (And if you have 3gb or less I'd stick with XP32.)
Otoh, WoW actually runs better on Win7 than it does on either XP or Vista--after Lich King my performance completely went pear shaped and I did a bunch of OS experimentation. I went from 20 to 40 fps in town and that was comparing fresh installs of XP32, Vista64, and Win7/64beta
In fact, the only thing I've found at work (I'm an IT girl) or home that doesn't run flawlessly with Win7 is Second Life, which has all sorts of tearing texture issues.
But EQ2 runs great--though I can't say it runs any better than it does on Vista. (And if you have 3gb or less I'd stick with XP32.)
Otoh, WoW actually runs better on Win7 than it does on either XP or Vista--after Lich King my performance completely went pear shaped and I did a bunch of OS experimentation. I went from 20 to 40 fps in town and that was comparing fresh installs of XP32, Vista64, and Win7/64beta
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