Yea true but then again the only game that I play that really takes advantage of any MD is CS:S and Gmod and even those I don't play daily lol... I'll just keep 7 and use XP gfx drivers though
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Terreh <[email protected]> wrote: > I've heard that the advantage of using Windows 7 over Windows XP would > be that Windows 7 supports WDDM 1.1, while XP only supports WDDM 1.0. > However, if the system isn't capable of running Windows 7 or > performance-wise Windows 7 would take up too many resources, Windows > XP would be the better bet. > > I've had better luck with Source engine games in Windows 7 using > MAD_BEAST's fabulous MD, but that's because my system was Vista-ready > thus the upgrade to Windows 7 wasn't much of a performance hit. > > Dual boot is the best way to maintain support between XP and 7. You > could even test games between the two OSes and see which performs > better for you so you'd know which one to boot when you wanna play it. > > On Feb 2, 8:48 pm, MAD_BEAST <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey Kid hope everything is fine >> Well the reason why u cant reach the theorical 384MB of sheared >> memory >> is because you are using XP >> >> well Xp is the best choise for gaming... believe me. >> >> keep it. >> >> the sad part is that there is no MD for a x3100 running under XP, i >> planned to make one but Intel sued me for copyrights, and i cant >> release more md for now, others can, but if they want to face a >> 30.000 >> to 300.000 USD lawsuit go ahead, but in other place not in the >> 9xxSsf. >> >> try making a dual boot, im not pretty sure about the performance of a >> 965 with XP, but in the case of the 945 XP is much better, the reason >> why people uses WIN7 is becuase of the game compatibility... and >> performance increase in some specific games > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
