My assumption... ...is a system that runs Vista will run the 7 Beta.

That 's what is supposed to happen, and that is what appears is happening for beta adapters. I would assume the final release will be just as good, if not better.

Here is another interesting blog:

Tim Sneath : The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets

Originally Posted by Digerati

Not so fast! If there are no Vista drivers, Win7 is not likely to work either.

well they have got this planned: Confirmed: Windows 7 'netbook edition' - Crave at CNET UK

anyway, i dont know why everyone hates vista so much, ive been using it for almost 2 years now, and my hardware works fine.. companies like epson have released drivers for vista for everything, even old beige printers and scanners for win 98 :|

anyway, enough of my love for vista

Originally Posted by penguinpaul

well they have got this planned: Confirmed: Windows 7 'netbook edition' - Crave at CNET UK

And then the very next day, Microsoft: We haven't announced a netbook version of Windows 7 - Computerworld Blogs

anyway, i dont know why everyone hates vista so much...

They don't. The vast majority of Vista users like it very much. It is just that those that don't like it tend to be very vocal.

I have downloaded and installed the Beta version of Windows 7. over Vista so as to keep my old stuff available.

I can use it until Agust 1st.

Initially, I like what I see, but will have to use it foe a couple of weeks or so to pass any opinion.

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Here is a brief blog regarding hardware issues and others:

Windows 7 on older hardware: A Catch 22 for Microsoft | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Of course many advanced features such as touch technology will require new hardware.

Also DirectX 11 will require the latest cards to utilize it fully.


As to my own test I have loaded Crysis on my 7 drive and will try it out tonight and let you know what I find.



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You know what Vista needed? The ability to resize and move your selected desktop wallpaper and then applying it.

Hey, for those of you that's running Win Vista/XP but is interested in Win7's shortcuts, I found one online!

It's from Lifehacker so it's trustworthy. Though it didn't really perform all that well on my computer. Probably because my computer's a little bit whacked up.

Windows 7: Windows 7 Shortcuts Enables the Best Win7 Shortcuts in XP or Vista

Brief update. I had originally posted that Windows 7 adopted my XP nVIDIA drivers and apparently it had. After some initial disappointment in games such as Crysis I realized that there was a driver for Windows 7 that I had overlooked. It did take a bit of work to get it installed via removing the old driver etc. and a few failed attempts at install but finally I got the proper driver which also brought up and initialized my SLi in Windows 7.

Everything looks pretty amazing. In Crysis, for example, the XP install did not allow the "Very High" graphics settings which were supposedly aimed at DirectX 10. I had under XP re-written the config file with the Vista one and was able to up the settings that way but still I did not have DirectX 10. Windows 7 has DirectX 11 which incorporates 10 and then goes beyond.

So my armature analysis is Crysis looks much better and I am assuming this is a result mainly of Direct X.


NVIDIA Graphics Supercharge Microsoft Windows 7

NVIDIA® graphics will take full advantage of the new features and functionality of Windows 7, the next generation operating system from Microsoft. NVIDIA has been working closely with Microsoft to enrich users’ experience with Windows 7 and to ensure that beta users of Windows 7 get full support and an unsurpassed graphics experience on NVIDIA-based graphics cards.

“We expect Windows 7, coupled with NVIDIA’s graphics technologies, to deliver the fundamental performance our mutual customers have come to expect. NVIDIA’s graphics technologies enable applications to take advantage of the visual capabilities in Windows 7 such as manipulating photos, video, and 3D graphics. With the expertise NVIDIA has in visual computing, they have been a key contributor to the development of Windows 7.”

Mike Nash
Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management
Microsoft Corporation

NVIDIA Graphics Supercharge Microsoft Windows 7

Jeph, post a couple in-game screenshots of Crysis. I'm curious to see what DX11 could be rendering better.

These are on Vista x64, all settings on very high, DX10:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...enShot0024.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...enShot0027.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...enShot0022.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...enShot0029.jpg

Q6600 and the 55nm GTX 260 216SP just arrived today, so I cranked up DX10 on Crysis and Warhead and it's smooth as silk. On my 8800GT I had a customized cfg for both games to make it look like DX10 without the performance hit.

PS. Anyone know what the differences are between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Crysis? Both offer the same performance.