Technically, all versions are trial, after 30 days of usage, they just lock down, but until then, you can test your machine and see how it runs doing anything you might want. As said before, gaming is really the weak spot of your netbook, the cpu just can't hold its own, but some games might run at minimum settings and with a few tweaks. Also, windows 7 manages energy better, so your netbook will run longer on battery alone :) Give it a try, and tell us how it goes.
And don't worry, I'm glad to help :) On 6 Jan, 02:19, ruddyadam <[email protected]> wrote: > Tribaljet, > > I just want this little netbook to run the best it can. On your > recommendation, I will be downloading and installing windows 7 soon. > I was not aware there was a trial version! I play a few games on it/ > youtube/ word. It's basically my entertainment computer I take with > me wherever I go, and if windows 7 and modded drivers make it able to > run more games and better youtube, then I am game for that! > > Thanks for all your help! > Peace, > ruddyadam > > On Jan 5, 7:19 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The group still has a modded driver for xp, but as far I can recall, > > that driver is based on a special iegd driver, which while having the > > potential to be good performing, doesn't have opengl support, which > > means that many games wouldn't run at all, only with stock drivers. > > Also, xp simply doesn't have the support for our methods of enabling > > sw tnl, sw vertex shader, among other things. Well, I used a few > > netbooks that had less cpu speed and less memory than yours, and they > > worked alright, given the fact that the cpu is a single core. You > > however should have a much smoother experience than what I had on > > other netbooks. Actually, the bulk of modded drivers are for win7 > > because the focus is on win7, it just has more potential. You can > > download a copy of win7 and try it for 30 days, that way you could > > decide whether it's worth it or not for yourself. Just think that with > > win7, there are more and better modded drivers, tools to enable hidden > > performance features, and registry settings to better tweak the > > hardware. > > > Seems you have PMed Angelic, so I don't really know the specifics of > > your situation. What do you want to do with your netbook? > > > On 6 Jan, 01:05, ruddyadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Tribaljet, > > > > Thanks for the quick reply! > > > > So, I haven't installed any modded drivers yet, and haven't upgraded > > > to win7 or tested any drivers out. I suppose I was looking for what > > > modded drivers you had for XP for the 945GME chipset and if you'd > > > think is was worth upgrading to win7 since this is only a netbook. I > > > did get the impression before you had mentioned it that the focus was > > > windows 7 because the bulk of the modded drivers you guys offer were > > > for win7. > > > > So is the V1.1E driver you linked compatible with winXP or only win7? > > > > Peace! > > > ruddyadam > > > > On Jan 5, 6:43 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, like it was said before, the last modded XP drivers are quite > > > > old, and the focus of the group is on windows 7. Since you have 2GB of > > > > ram instead of 1GB like many netbooks out there, I'd definitely try > > > > windows 7. There are quite good drivers for 945GME chipsets.I also > > > > have a 945GME on my notebook, and I'm using V1.1E driver by > > > > AngelicTears, which is netbook compatible. Here is a link to V1.1E > > > > driver:http://www.mediafire.com/?ghznjeinzzm > > > > There have been impressive performance improvements on windows 7 with > > > > modded drivers, though there are a few games that run better on XP, > > > > but they're a minority. How did you test windows 7 on your netbook, > > > > and with which driver? > > > > > On 6 Jan, 00:26, ruddyadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Triblajet, > > > > > > Thanks for the reply! > > > > > > First off, here are my specs: > > > > > > [CPU] Intel Atom N280 1.6Ghz --> Overclocked to 1.8Ghz (using setfsb) > > > > > [GPU] Intel 945GME > > > > > [RAM] 2GB > > > > > [OS] Windows XP Home sp3 > > > > > [TYPE] Asus 1000HE eeepc netbook > > > > > > Secondly, this netbook is 2 years old, and I *can* buy win7 and > > > > > install it on this netbook, but it came with Win XP home on it, and I > > > > > figured I would try to install drivers for XP since that's what is on > > > > > it and see how that is. Also, the only reason I would upgrade to Win7 > > > > > is for some sort of performance boost, and I know that at least for > > > > > this netbook, not using any modded drivers or anything, win7 decreases > > > > > performance slightly. If there were modded drivers which offered a > > > > > significant performance boost to counteract that, though, then I would > > > > > upgrade to 7. > > > > > > I have no loyalty to XP or anything, I just heard that it was the best > > > > > OS for this netbook, that's why I haven't upgraded. > > > > > > Thanks for your help so far! > > > > > Peace! > > > > > ruddyadam > > > > > > On Jan 5, 4:04 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Performance wise, 945GME has basically the same performance as > > > > > > 945GM, > > > > > > which is the main 945 mobile chipset. Honestly, I think it's strange > > > > > > that netbooks came later on with 945GSE, which is a much weaker > > > > > > chipset, only supporting 2GB max ram in single channel only, along > > > > > > with a slower igp. > > > > > > > First of all, what are your system specs? And why exactly do you > > > > > > want > > > > > > to use xp? > > > > > > > On 5 Jan, 22:00, ruddyadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Tribaljet, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware that the GME chipset > > > > > > > wasn't netbook specific. I suppose that's a plus! :) So what > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > the latest modded XP drivers that would work on 945GME? If you > > > > > > > could > > > > > > > provide a link, that would be great!! Thanks! > > > > > > > > Peace, > > > > > > > ruddyadam > > > > > > > > On Jan 5, 1:29 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 945GME chipsets are embedded chipsets, not netbook chipsets. > > > > > > > > They > > > > > > > > exist now, but the first chipset made specifically for netbooks > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > 945GSE. 945GME came earlier, has support for more and faster > > > > > > > > memory, > > > > > > > > dual channel, among other things. Though those two chipsets do > > > > > > > > seem to > > > > > > > > share the device ID, so a driver that works for once should > > > > > > > > work for > > > > > > > > the other. > > > > > > > > > On 5 Jan, 15:58, ruddyadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > AngelicTears, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply! Well, as I am using XP right now, > > > > > > > > > which drivers/ > > > > > > > > > modifications do you suggest I start with? Are there even > > > > > > > > > winXP > > > > > > > > > drivers that are netbook compatible (945GME) or am I out of > > > > > > > > > luck until > > > > > > > > > I upgrade to Win7? Thanks again! > > > > > > > > > > Peace! > > > > > > > > > ruddyadam > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 5, 1:44 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Welcome to the group bro :) > > > > > > > > > > > i can only answer some of ur question... and here it goes... > > > > > > > > > > > as far as netbook support for Sherry 1.2 driver, so far, it > > > > > > > > > > is uncertain and > > > > > > > > > > some of the user claim that it works, while others > > > > > > > > > > dont...also it only > > > > > > > > > > support win7 and vista.. > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > as for the upgrade from XP to 7, it is obviously ur choice, > > > > > > > > > > but here, most > > > > > > > > > > driver support are for win7, and im not sure yet whether we > > > > > > > > > > will continue > > > > > > > > > > making new project for XP driver or no, it's up to > > > > > > > > > > MAD_BEAST, our glorious > > > > > > > > > > leader here :) > > > > > > > > > > > better drivers for win7 really is a though question, some > > > > > > > > > > users prefer alpha > > > > > > > > > > driver ( by MAD_BEAST) and some prefer using the V series > > > > > > > > > > either V1.0 , V1.1 > > > > > > > > > > or Sherry 1.2 (by AngelicTears) and some prefer XP 1.2 > > > > > > > > > > drivers (by KingPin), > > > > > > > > > > u can try and experiments and see what drivers suits u > > > > > > > > > > best.. > > > > > > > > > > > gaming on Atom isnt preferably the best experience in > > > > > > > > > > gaming, but it should > > > > > > > > > > be enough for older games and stuffs...also our drivers > > > > > > > > > > doesnt for gaming > > > > > > > > > > only, video playback, flash performance and overall system > > > > > > > > > > performance are > > > > > > > > > > effected when using our drivers ..so, in a simpler way of > > > > > > > > > > saying ,our > > > > > > > > > > drivers are the best compared to intel stock drivers :) > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:33 PM, ruddyadam > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > > > I just signed up at the google group, facebook group, the > > > > > > > > > > > website... and I > > > > > > > > > > > like what I've been reading! Hopefully I can get some > > > > > > > > > > > results as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > My specs: > > > > > > > > > > > Asus 1000HE netbook > > > > > > > > > > > Atom n280 1.6Ghz --> OC'd to 1.8Ghz (using setfsb) > > > > > > > > > > > Intel 945GME > > > > > > > > > > > WinXP Home > > > > > > > > > > > > I looked around and couldn't find a solid answer to a few > > > > > > > > > > > questions: > > > > > > > > > > > > Are the sherry drivers netbook (945GME) compatible? > > > > > > > > > > > I can upgrade from XP to Win7, should I? > > > > > > > > > > > Are there better drivers for win7? > > > > > > > > > > > And I don't know how much better my netbook will run > > > > > > > > > > > games since it's an > > > > > > > > > > > Atom. What should I expect? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry if these are all noob questions - I couldn't really > > > > > > > > > > > find a faq on all > > > > > > > > > > > of this. If someone just wants to link one, that would > > > > > > > > > > > be great, or give me > > > > > > > > > > > some tips if you like that puts me in the right direction > > > > > > > > > > > - I'd like to > > > > > > > > > > > install/mod/change all that I can do to add performance > > > > > > > > > > > to this little > > > > > > > > > > > netbook. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > Peace! > > > > > > > > > > > ruddyadam > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
