Upgrade from XP to WIN 7, now the game rocks

[Rangi]

Just thought i would let you know my experience of updating my system from XP DX9 to WIN7 DX10. It has made a huge difference for me. In XP DX9 i had to have most video settings at low and the game crashed at least once every 2 missions. In Win7 DX10 i haven't had a crash yet and can get 40+ fps over land and 70+ over water with most settings at medium and some at high. The game also just looks and feels that much better. As you can see below my system is quite old now so i am amazed at how well the game plays.:-)

Specs:
core 2 duo (6400) @ 2.13GHz (o'clocked to 3.3GHz)
GTX 275 (o'clocked to 830Mhz)
4GB Ram
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[machoo]

4MB of RAM ?

Imagine if you had 4GB ;)

[Rangi]

Lol, yep 4GB, edited it now. I am old enough to remember when 4mb was a lot........

[Dave3317]

I upgraded to win 7 from xp too just for this sim. The game is so much better now and i also have no more crashes. For me it was completly unplayable before with xp but now it's a different sim altogether.:)

[Thee_oddball]

Lol, yep 4GB, edited it now. I am old enough to remember when 4mb was a lot........

can u say 30 pin :)

[Sturm_Williger]

Lol, yep 4GB, edited it now. I am old enough to remember when 4mb was a lot........

Man, I remember when upgrading from 4K to 8K was a lot ! :)

[CBA_Bludawg]

lol the good ole 32 and 64 bit pci/agp vid cards. 128 came out and that was the bomb , lol the good ole days

[335th_GRAthos]

can u say 30 pin :)

Don't remind me!

Putting 64Kb 16pin DRAMs one by one on the motherboard

http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2009-03-18-5150-ram-repair-ic-removed.jpg

LOL

[lancerr]

Hey Rangi,

Could you be specific about your settings? I have the same processor (how did you overclock yours to 3.3 btw?) and just bought a 6950 card and with the following settings, I'm getting abou 22 over land and 32-40 over water.

SSAO & Epilepsy off, 8x AA, Everything High except Building Amount (medium) and Building Detail (low), Shadows off.