Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Windows 7, Frame Rate increase
One noted benefit from upgrading my laptop from vista to windows 7 is an increase of 20 fps. My NVIDIA GeForce 8400M went from 36 FPS in bench market to 59 FPS after the upgrade. I had the latest drivers before and no other changes were made. Perhaps the drives for windows 7 are just better or maybe the OS is getting out-of-the-way. I don’t care. It is better and WoW looks better.
Note: Benchmark using Video Card Stability Test from The Freestone Group
Windows 7 Family 3-Packs
This is not a review of Windows 7. There are plenty of those. I am a gamer, and Vista is awful for gamers, and everyone else. I am just happy that Microsoft finally decided to do what Apple has done for years. Giving me a multiple license upgrade for a “reasonable” price. I think it should have been a 5-pack for $150 but a 3 pack for $150 is better than the old options.
I have upgraded most of my machines now, and had to pave my gaming systems since they were vista ultimate and I was “downgrading” to Home Premium, but gaming machines need to be wipe and reloaded every so often anyway. That aside, I wish I could have upgraded to 64-bit from 32-bit with the upgrade, but I am still satisfied with everything working.
