Tribaljet, Ok, I checked around, and Microsoft did have the windows 7 enterprise edition available for download and 90 day trial but unfortunately that ended Dec. 31st 2010. :( Ah well I might just have to buy it without trying it since I can't find a place to legitimately download it from...
Peace! ruddyadam On Jan 5, 8:27 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... > > read more » -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
