I'd skip Vista entirely, while Vista no longer suffers from the infamous issues it came out with, Win7 is just a thousand times better. Go ahead and update to Windows 7 64bit.Originally posted by jamesdietz:
Easy quick question ...while I wait for the next two weeks here in the US,is it a good time ( or is it necessarily a good idea...) to upgrade to Vista? Am quite happy with Windows XP,so if I don't have to for this sim I won't , but if its mo'betta I guess now is the time...
Hello James ,
Cliffs of Dover is based on a 32bit program like XP uses. Also DX9 will work for CoD.
I'm more than likely wrong but think you should be fine with XP.
I have a Win7 system in the wire right now. Needed a hardware upgrade anyway.
mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
CPU: Intel i7 960 3.20GHz/8MB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 2GB
RAM: 6 GB DDR3-2000
O/S: Win 7
H-drive: SSD 400Read/200Write x2
One for OS , One for Apps.
Know to well the lovely smell of smoking wires in the morning. lol
Not a universal solution as I don't recall being able to do this in WinXP, but in Win7 the operating system Volume Mixer control allows you to individually adjust application volumes. Using this it is possible to balance the game volume with voice comms such as TS or Ventrilo.Originally posted by yngvef:
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Q: For multiplayer team play it will be important to be able to match the in game sound with that of the chat client.
We can turn off the AI Voice and the Music (perversely from the Audio Volume Window), but how can we adjust the overall game audio volume? There is a MasterVolume =14 in conf.ini but editing that makes no difference.
A: ??? This is a big one. Not being able to control volume is frustrating.
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Win7 64bit offers far more than just DX10 / 11. For starters, more than approx 3.2GB maximum effective RAM use for any 32bit windows desktop operating system...plus lots of other stuff.Originally posted by AUS_Wolf_Rider:
upgrading to W7 64bit is a good move as long as your hardware supports it.... not much point in going to W7 if you're running dx9 hardware
(To use the evr popular car analogy... you've souped up the engine and tuned it to run 98 octane... then go and run it on 91)
Your car analogy doesn't cut it. It would be more like souping up the car, upgrading the tyres, brakes, suspension, putting in multi-point fuel injection with a fully digitised multi sensor engine management system, a big sound system, new upholstery and paint and so forth, then running it on 91 octane. Sure you'd miss some of the potential power boost but it would use less fuel, handle better, brake better, be more confortable and enjoyable all round and almost certainly get you around more quickly than it did before the upgrade.
Win7 64bit offers far more than just DX10 / 11. For starters, more than approx 3.2GB maximum effective RAM use for any 32bit windows desktop operating system...plus lots of other stuff.Originally posted by Tully__:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AUS_Wolf_Rider:
upgrading to W7 64bit is a good move as long as your hardware supports it.... not much point in going to W7 if you're running dx9 hardware
(To use the evr popular car analogy... you've souped up the engine and tuned it to run 98 octane... then go and run it on 91)
Your car analogy doesn't cut it. It would be more like souping up the car, upgrading the tyres, brakes, suspension, putting in multi-point fuel injection with a fully digitised multi sensor engine management system, a big sound system, new upholstery and paint and so forth, then running it on 91 octane. Sure you'd miss some of the potential power boost but it would use less fuel, handle better, brake better, be more confortable and enjoyable all round and almost certainly get you around more quickly than it did before the upgrade. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
all that is need is a 64bit owner/ driver and everything would be sweet
yes fair enough about the parts I didn't include... but let's call them the DX9 hardware, yeah? and the DX10/11 stuff your inclusion