Windows 7 or XP?

[junaid96]

Hi guys,

I'm building my first PC, and I'm wondering whether I should get windows 7 or xp

I'll obviously go for 64-bit, but I've been reading about Crysis not working on windows 7 - is this true?

My main objective is to play Crysis with this rig, so if it doesn't run with Windows 7, well, I'm gonna get XP.


What do you reckon?

 

[John_VanKirk]

Hello,

Reports on the Inet that Crysis runs fine on either 32 bit or 64 bit Win-7.
Get Windows-7, much more stable.

Make sure your hardware devices work with 64 bit Win-7, and the 64 bit drivers are available.

 

[junaid96]

Uhuh, I'll go for Windows 7

 

[13thmonkey]

certainly better than xp64, i've had few issues with win7 64 issues limited to very old games, homeworld for instance

 

[mcnumpty23]

windows 7 every time--and i have played crysis and crysis 2 on windows 7 64bit with no problems at all

 

[jaguarskx]

It's best to go with Windows 7 right now.

Windows XP is a great OS because it has been around for a long time and it has gone through three Service Packs and countless patches. Therefore, it is a pretty rock solid OS. However, there may not be any drivers for current motherboards so you may run into some motherboard support issues with Windows XP.

Also, if are a gamer, then you need to realize that Windows XP does not support DX10 or DX11.