Jun 07, 2009, 09:01 AM // 09:01
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: still lost
Guild: Guy In Real Life [GIRL]
Profession: Mo/
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Windows 7 and GW
I am thinkig abot upradig to windows 7, anyone knows if it will still play gw?
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Jun 07, 2009, 05:55 PM // 17:55
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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Yes, it will/does.
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Jun 07, 2009, 06:00 PM // 18:00
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Denmark
Guild: We Want More [HUGS]
Profession: E/
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Yea, it works perfectly. Running W7 and GW on a 3yo laptop. Changing to W7 gave me an extra 30 fps in fullscreen as well o.O
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Jun 07, 2009, 06:01 PM // 18:01
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Switzerland
Guild: Dragons of Shadows [DOS]
Profession: N/E
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From what ive heard, Windows 7 is turning out to be pretty awesome (even compared with XP, as Vista... =\ )
So I would guess it would run even better?
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Jun 07, 2009, 06:18 PM // 18:18
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: Mo/
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I honestly doubt It would offer much of a change, probably around the same as Windows Vista. Thats what I have found. But it ran good as always. Those extra 30 fps gained seem a little substantial for a operating system change, likely a updated driver he installed in the process.
I can never understand why anyone would want to make a test build their primary operating system, no matter how stable it is. It's just common sense.
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Jun 07, 2009, 06:27 PM // 18:27
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: England
Profession: A/
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I've found that the test builds of Windows 7 have been far more stable with my system and Vista and even XP.
As said above, Guild Wars will run absolutely fine, if you do run into a, "Can't access the data archive" message, just right click your Icon and Run as Administrator, which seems to have solved the problem for me.
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Jun 07, 2009, 07:09 PM // 19:09
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Denmark
Guild: We Want More [HUGS]
Profession: E/
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Nope, none of the drivers have been updated from Vista. Always make sure they're updated. GW did run worse in Window than on Vista though. At least when it was in Beta, have only run it in fullscreen since I got RC1
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Jun 07, 2009, 07:57 PM // 19:57
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Apr 2006
Profession: W/R
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its hard to say yet until microsoft releases the final version they seem to release all their bloat in their final version but from ive seen on the release canditdate its way better then the bloat that vista has
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Jun 08, 2009, 06:44 AM // 06:44
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Nope, none of the drivers have been updated from Vista. Always make sure they're updated. GW did run worse in Window than on Vista though. At least when it was in Beta, have only run it in fullscreen since I got RC1
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That is the case with most of us. Everything but my video card drivers are built for Windows 7. Its pretty much a Windows Vista "Second Edition"
Should be a service pack imo.
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Jun 08, 2009, 12:07 PM // 12:07
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Denmark
Guild: We Want More [HUGS]
Profession: E/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasco
That is the case with most of us. Everything but my video card drivers are built for Windows 7. Its pretty much a Windows Vista "Second Edition"
Should be a service pack imo.
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Naah, they're better off releasing it as a new OS. No matter how many SP's the release for Vista, people will always call it shit, because it started out as shit. It's not that bad anymore, but people who haven't tried it, will still think so, and therefore not buy it, just because a new SP has been released
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Jun 08, 2009, 02:59 PM // 14:59
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Naah, they're better off releasing it as a new OS. No matter how many SP's the release for Vista, people will always call it shit, because it started out as shit. It's not that bad anymore, but people who haven't tried it, will still think so, and therefore not buy it, just because a new SP has been released
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You have a valid point. Its all about restoring microsoft's image, by "rebranding Windows Vista." As that's the reason, Windows 7 is being rushed to production.
Certainly looks promising. Though, I wish they took the time to fix Windows Vista, Id just hate to spend 150$ on all my PC's to wipe them of vista.
Last edited by Rasco; Jun 08, 2009 at 03:03 PM // 15:03..
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Jun 08, 2009, 03:17 PM // 15:17
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Denmark
Guild: We Want More [HUGS]
Profession: E/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasco
You have a valid point. Its all about restoring microsoft's image, by "rebranding Windows Vista." As that's the reason, Windows 7 is being rushed to production.
Certainly looks promising. Though, I wish they took the time to fix Windows Vista, Id just hate to spend 150$ on all my PC's to wipe them of vista.
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Heh, yea. Vista has gotten better, but still nowhere near as good as it was supposed to be. And I'm actually pretty surprised that, while being rushed, W7 looks and feels as good as it does. Looking forward to getting the full version instead of just RC1^^
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Jun 09, 2009, 07:12 AM // 07:12
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebrazer
Heh, yea. Vista has gotten better, but still nowhere near as good as it was supposed to be. And I'm actually pretty surprised that, while being rushed, W7 looks and feels as good as it does. Looking forward to getting the full version instead of just RC1^^
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RTM [same as retail] is out about mid July, ill definitely be rolling it out on all my pc's then. Vista service pack 2 is driving me up a wall.
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Jun 09, 2009, 07:45 AM // 07:45
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Pre-Searing Cadet
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: E/
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It almost depones on your hardware~~
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Jun 09, 2009, 11:22 AM // 11:22
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by various tech blogs
Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22, Microsoft confirmed today. ... [It] was originally slated for a 2010 roll-out, but last month, Redmond admitted that the OS would arrive in time for the crucial holiday shopping season.
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Microsoft will ship six versions of Windows 7; Starter Edition, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Home Basic for developing markets. Prices haven't yet been set.more
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Wouldn't it be nice if there was one, fixed price upgrade package that upgraded your Vista install to the equivalent W7 version. I was one of the suckers that bought the totally unneccessary Vista Ultimate package - I want W7 Ultimate by way of compensation.
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Jun 09, 2009, 07:46 PM // 19:46
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Technician's Corner Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: The TARDIS
Guild: http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasco
RTM [same as retail] is out about mid July, ill definitely be rolling it out on all my pc's then. Vista service pack 2 is driving me up a wall.
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RTM != RTW.
RTM = Release To Manufacturing, which is not retail, which would be a RTW (Release To World) release.
Last edited by Tarun; Jun 09, 2009 at 08:01 PM // 20:01..
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Jun 09, 2009, 07:58 PM // 19:58
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Niflheim
Profession: R/
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Well, it works very good on Windows 7, but it doesn't offer nicer graphics. GW doesn't support DirectX 10, so it uses none of it's effects. You might, however, loose 5-7 FPS if your PC is slow.
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Jun 09, 2009, 08:16 PM // 20:16
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Apr 2006
Profession: W/R
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ive been thinking about getting windows 7 seeing im sick of xp and vista doesnt really quite cut it for me although im using it only on one computer other one has xp and im one of those who can install vista sp2 so i think i might spledunk the cash seeing ill have some them to get it
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Jun 10, 2009, 07:52 AM // 07:52
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2009
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarun
RTM != RTW.
RTM = Release To Manufacturing, which is not retail, which would be a RTW (Release To World) release.
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RTM is another term for going "gold." The final version given ahead of time to manufacturers.
Almost always, unless a major flaw happens to be about, the same on retail. Vista's RTM [build 6000] was the final build released on retail. It happened to be about 4 months ahead of General Availability.
It's a way to get companies a head start in Hardware and software development, before general availability.
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Jun 10, 2009, 08:21 AM // 08:21
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Shadows of the Cornfields Nebraska
Guild: TruE
Profession: Rt/N
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I presently have Win7 and I play GW on it all the time. I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever.
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