Zimmer
Un Moderador
+1,688|7020|Scotland

JoshP wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

I'm withering on whether to download 32 or 64 bit. Thoughts?
64 bit, provided you have a 64 bit processor.

There might be the odd problem with peripherals not having correct drivers on 64 bit (e.g. wireless sticks), but if your peripherals are reasonably new, this shouldn't be a problem.
Mm. K. I will have to dl again then.
TheDonkey
Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt
+163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

Zimmer wrote:

I'm withering on whether to download 32 or 64 bit. Thoughts?
I've been running 64 bit for over a year now (First XP, then Vista, now 7) and it's worked just fine for me. Most major mfgr's have proper drivers for both so you should be 'ight.
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

Finray wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:

Finray wrote:

Uhh does Daemon tools do it? Or do I need Alcohol? I also have this funky .exe because I downloaded an unrecognised format and google said that would work, it did, but I digress, it's called PowerIso?
CDBurnerXP

Install it, launch it, "Burn ISO to Disc"

Choose your ISO, "Disc at Once"

Burn


That's how I did it and I am now in 7.
Thanks

Oooh, CoH will look good in DX10. Will it run well on my computer in DX10? DX9 ran no problem with everything high and 8xAA WITH a GPU folding client running..
W7 has DX11 silly

About your space requirements: make the partition at least 20GB (bare minimum), if you intend on using it as your main OS, i'd say probably 50 - 100 GB to leave room for programs (assuming you store documents/downloads elsewhere)
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

TheDonkey wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

I'm withering on whether to download 32 or 64 bit. Thoughts?
I've been running 64 bit for over a year now (First XP, then Vista, now 7) and it's worked just fine for me. Most major mfgr's have proper drivers for both so you should be 'ight.
I had problems with my Netgear wireless stick with XP 64 - no drivers were available - this means that there won't be any Vista/W7 64 bit drivers for it either, i assume?
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black

JoshP wrote:

W7 has DX11 silly

About your space requirements: make the partition at least 20GB (bare minimum), if you intend on using it as your main OS, i'd say probably 50 - 100 GB to leave room for programs (assuming you store documents/downloads elsewhere)
Yes I know it has DX11, but it also has DX10? And are there ANY games out with DX11 compatibility?

I have 1x80GB HDD, with 5GB free space.

Time to get uninstalling.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black
80%
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TheDonkey
Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt
+163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

JoshP wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

I'm withering on whether to download 32 or 64 bit. Thoughts?
I've been running 64 bit for over a year now (First XP, then Vista, now 7) and it's worked just fine for me. Most major mfgr's have proper drivers for both so you should be 'ight.
I had problems with my Netgear wireless stick with XP 64 - no drivers were available - this means that there won't be any Vista/W7 64 bit drivers for it either, i assume?
XP64 was a fairly massive fail, it was somewhat obscure, so only the biggest companies made drivers for it,

Vista/7 are a little more out there with their x64 versions, so you may have better luck.


Best way to see is to go on the mfgr site now and look it up, if possible, download all the major drivers(networking, video, sound) to a second partition/USB drive/disc.
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

Finray wrote:

JoshP wrote:

W7 has DX11 silly

About your space requirements: make the partition at least 20GB (bare minimum), if you intend on using it as your main OS, i'd say probably 50 - 100 GB to leave room for programs (assuming you store documents/downloads elsewhere)
Yes I know it has DX11, but it also has DX10? And are there ANY games out with DX11 compatibility?

I have 1x80GB HDD, with 5GB free space.

Time to get uninstalling.
No, time to steal £30 and buy a 250GB HDD

DX? It's backwards compatible.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black

JoshP wrote:

Finray wrote:

JoshP wrote:

W7 has DX11 silly

About your space requirements: make the partition at least 20GB (bare minimum), if you intend on using it as your main OS, i'd say probably 50 - 100 GB to leave room for programs (assuming you store documents/downloads elsewhere)
Yes I know it has DX11, but it also has DX10? And are there ANY games out with DX11 compatibility?

I have 1x80GB HDD, with 5GB free space.

Time to get uninstalling.
No, time to steal £30 and buy a 250GB HDD

DX? It's backwards compatible.
Cool, time for ultra high settings on CoH.

My brother has UT3 aswell, awesommmme.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
Hakei
Banned
+295|6259
I'm on W7 atm, seems to be going pretty smooth
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

TheDonkey wrote:

JoshP wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:


I've been running 64 bit for over a year now (First XP, then Vista, now 7) and it's worked just fine for me. Most major mfgr's have proper drivers for both so you should be 'ight.
I had problems with my Netgear wireless stick with XP 64 - no drivers were available - this means that there won't be any Vista/W7 64 bit drivers for it either, i assume?
XP64 was a fairly massive fail, it was somewhat obscure, so only the biggest companies made drivers for it,

Vista/7 are a little more out there with their x64 versions, so you may have better luck.


Best way to see is to go on the mfgr site now and look it up, if possible, download all the major drivers(networking, video, sound) to a second partition/USB drive/disc.
Well.... I looked on the netgear site and it's pretty useless when you're looking for 64 bit drivers

It mentions 64 bit XP and that they don't intend to support it, but says nothing about 64 bit Vista...
TheDonkey
Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt
+163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada
Then assume it isn't, but hope it is.
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

TheDonkey wrote:

Then assume it isn't, but hope it is.
I don't know if i can be bothered to install W7 64 bit just to find out the internet won't work and therefore it's pointless to have it

I think i'll wait until i'm really bored to try that
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black
96%

Okay, because the D of the smilie was the only alphabetical text in that post, I have to put non-capital letters after it so the emote will work, otherwise it'll make it a small d.

Last edited by Finray (2009-01-10 14:28:36)

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TheDonkey
Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt
+163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada
Something that I've noticed for the first time ever with a Windows install is that 7 offers to Upgrade and not nuke completely.

Not sure If I was just running funky locked down versions or something but it's an interesting point.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black
100%, time to burn.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

TheDonkey wrote:

Something that I've noticed for the first time ever with a Windows install is that 7 offers to Upgrade and not nuke completely.

Not sure If I was just running funky locked down versions or something but it's an interesting point.
Vista offered upgrade to me when you stuck the CD in in windows

Then again, upgrading is retarded 99% of the time
Zimmer
Un Moderador
+1,688|7020|Scotland

JoshP wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:

Something that I've noticed for the first time ever with a Windows install is that 7 offers to Upgrade and not nuke completely.

Not sure If I was just running funky locked down versions or something but it's an interesting point.
Vista offered upgrade to me when you stuck the CD in in windows

Then again, upgrading is retarded 99% of the time
Not at all. Especially when something goes wrong with your first copy of Vista.
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

Zimmer wrote:

JoshP wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:

Something that I've noticed for the first time ever with a Windows install is that 7 offers to Upgrade and not nuke completely.

Not sure If I was just running funky locked down versions or something but it's an interesting point.
Vista offered upgrade to me when you stuck the CD in in windows

Then again, upgrading is retarded 99% of the time
Not at all. Especially when something goes wrong with your first copy of Vista.
What do you mean? Personally if I were to install a new permanent OS, I would dualboot initally to copy settings and such over, and then remove the old OS when i was happy that all the necessary things had been copied over.

An upgrade would most likely give you many strange problems due to compatibility and the different ways that the newer OS handles programs, file structures, etc
woodrot
I Need A Dump
+25|6994|sunderland england
should i install this or xpbtw im downloading 7 now
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6896

JoshP wrote:

woodrot wrote:

should i install this or xpbtw im downloading 7 now
wat
Should I install this (W7) or XP?

By the way, I am currently downloading Windows 7.
woodrot
I Need A Dump
+25|6994|sunderland england

Gooners wrote:

JoshP wrote:

woodrot wrote:

should i install this or xpbtw im downloading 7 now
wat
Should I install this (W7) or XP?

By the way, I am currently downloading Windows 7.
correct
woodrot
I Need A Dump
+25|6994|sunderland england

woodrot wrote:

Gooners wrote:

JoshP wrote:


wat
Should I install this (W7) or XP?

By the way, I am currently downloading Windows 7.
correct
sorry me to
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black
I've got 7.7GB of HDD space.. is this enough or do I need to keep on cleaning?
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JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK
@ Finray, not really, try and get at least 10 GB

woodrot wrote:

JoshP wrote:

woodrot wrote:

should i install this or xpbtw im downloading 7 now
wat
simple question
windows xp or windows 7 not a hard question turd
nou

it's not that clear, because you didn't explain your situation regarding what you're installing it on, e.g. new system, old system, what you're currently running, etc - why would you install XP if you already have an OS isntalled

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