Windows XP or Windows 7?

[Rodney]

What's the consensus as to which OS works better i.e. better performance/smoother framerates with DCS: Black Shark?

[slug88]

Windows 7. Use the search function and you should find a few threads on this topic.

[CAT_101st]

7

[Rodney]

Thanks all it appears 7 is significantly faster than XP. :thumbup:

[Duality]

Also, you might want to consider the 64-bit version of Windows 7 depending on how much RAM you have.

[PatriotCFS]

Its really had to say.

What are your specs?

 

If you meet above the min. requirments for win7, i'd go with it.

[GoldStar]

I for my own expirence say : switch for 7 if ur video card support directx 11...cause using win 7 when u try to install a new game the system automaticly install the dx11 and if ur video card havemt support for it u may have lower framerate than using win xp with dx9c.

[Panzertard]

Win 7 requires bit more memory that XP.

And "drivers & fluffy stuff" you install also will eat more memory on Windows 7 compared to XP.

So I would recommend 4 Gb memory these days - 2Gb is absolutely a minimum for a Sim-fans.

[Rodney]

Its really had to say.

What are your specs?

 

If you meet above the min. requirments for win7, i'd go with it.

 

My bad, silly me. :lol:

 

OK here are my specs:

 

E6750 C2D

4GB of G-Skill PC2 6400 (800mhz)

Nvidia 9800GTX+ 512mb

2x Samsung DVD +RW

Maxtor 400GB HDD

Samsung 500GB HDD

Seagate 1TB HDD

LAN NIC

[Rodney]

What your thoughts on the AMD Phemom II X6 CPU? Does Black Shark, Lock On FC2, and DCS A-10 work better with AMD or Intel?

 

Here are two parts i'm considering. I'll also need a bigger PSU and motherboard.

 

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

 

OCZ Flex II 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227567

[leafer]

Win 7 64bits and very happy. Even for general use I'd say 7 is a much better windows, imo. Everything just seems smoother. The OS installation was a breeze. The majority of programs that were installed on my old XP drive a year ago ran fine under 7.

 

Black Shark was did a little spasm but third time was a charm. The first two tries the installations were aborted because it couldn't locate some file.

Edited July 20, 2010 by leafer

[Feuerfalke]

Vista Home Premium 64bit or Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

 

Beyond the graphics, there's little difference between Win7 and Vista, though Vista is cheaper now and it's easily adapted to make it look and feel like XP. You can't do that with Win7 as many features were "hidden" to make it different from Vista, like Quickstart-Menu, old startmenu style, built in calendar and email-client, etc. You can still activate them, as they are completely installed with Win7, but components are encrypted, so you need a Windows Live-Account to reactivate them. :doh:

 

Just don't get tempted by fencier versions like Ultimate or Business. You will never need the additional features over the Home Premium-Editions.

[Rodney]

Vista Home Premium 64bit or Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

 

Beyond the graphics, there's little difference between Win7 and Vista, though Vista is cheaper now and it's easily adapted to make it look and feel like XP. You can't do that with Win7 as many features were "hidden" to make it different from Vista, like Quickstart-Menu, old startmenu style, built in calendar and email-client, etc. You can still activate them, as they are completely installed with Win7, but components are encrypted, so you need a Windows Live-Account to reactivate them. :doh:

 

Just don't get tempted by fencier versions like Ultimate or Business. You will never need the additional features over the Home Premium-Editions.

 

Thanks everyone and yes Feuerfalke I don't need Windows 7 Ultimate or Business, Home Premium is all I need. :thumbup:

 

I could never see myself using Windows Vista, what a terrible OS. I have unused copies of Vista I can't give away, no one wants it. :megalol:

[CAT_101st]

If you have any XP programs that you want to run you will need to get WIN 7 PRO. It has support for XP softwair. I have it and it runs my old XP programs great.