Windows 7affecting Il-2 performance

[The Cheese]

For several years now, whenever I'm not at my desktop, I've been playing Il-2 on my laptop, running Windows XP. My computer has a 1.7 ghz processor, 1.2 gb of RAM, and a 32gb graphics card. It could generally run Il-2 on almost full graphics, except for landscape, which was excellent instead of perfect. Recently I installed Windows 7, and now while I haven't had problems starting the game like other people have, the game runs horrendously slowly, even just in the menus, like at 1 fps. This is running on OpenGL, and the game doesn't even run when using Direct X. I was wondering if there is any remedy for this problem, or if my computer simply can't do it with these specifications.

[nearmiss]

For several years now, whenever I'm not at my desktop, I've been playing Il-2 on my laptop, running Windows XP. My computer has a 1.7 ghz processor, 1.2 gb of RAM, and a 32gb graphics card. It could generally run Il-2 on almost full graphics, except for landscape, which was excellent instead of perfect. Recently I installed Windows 7, and now while I haven't had problems starting the game like other people have, the game runs horrendously slowly, even just in the menus, like at 1 fps. This is running on OpenGL, and the game doesn't even run when using Direct X. I was wondering if there is any remedy for this problem, or if my computer simply can't do it with these specifications.

You need a minimum of 3 gigs of ram for Win 7 to reach decent operating speeds. I would advise 4 gigs minimum. The W7 OS uses 2+ gigs by itself. Most laptops now have 3 gigs of ram or better, and that's because of Vista/Win7 overhead requirements.

Go into the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and look at the memory usage.

[swiss]

You need a minimum of 3 gigs of ram for Win 7 to reach decent operating speeds. I would advise 4 gigs minimum. The W7 OS uses 2+ gigs by itself. Most laptops now have 3 gigs of ram or better, and that's because of Vista/Win7 overhead requirements.

Go into the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and look at the memory usage.

When I only had 2 gigs, win7 took about ~500mb.
Since the upgrade to DDR3/4gb it takes 1.1Gb.

[nearmiss]

I'm typing this on Vista 64 bit OS system .. Task manager shows 1.75 gig is being used when I'm just lookning at task mgr screen or doing nothing. I am sure you can search the web and find some performance options.

[SEE]

I installed Windows 7 (UAC pop up messages did my head in even though I was logged on as Admin) so added a partition to the HD then installed XP onto it. At boot up I select XP for my flightsims and Windows 7 for all the boring day to day things...like work! Plus, the rest of the family only use Win 7 and my XP install is isolated from teenage tampering, download crap, etc.

[T}{OR]

Min requirements for Win7 are:

x86 (32 bit version) - 1 GB or RAM
x64 - 2 GB of RAM


So it says on the official website.

[swiss]

1.7 ghz processor, 1.2 gb of RAM, and a 32gb graphics card.

sounds like 32bit

[The Cheese]

Thanks for the info, but it turns out my only problem was that I didn't have a driver for my specific graphics card. I downloaded the driver, and now it works quite well, thank goodness. I guess I must have a 32 bit version of Windows 7, because Il-2 has been running quite smoothly with my 1.2 gb of RAM. Again, thanks for the info.

[IceFire]

The 1 fps should have been the clue to it being a driver problem :) Drivers are usually the biggest issue rather than the OS itself.

Glad to hear it's working and that you sorted it out :)