What operating system to use with a new rig?

[Heliocon]

Everyone beat me to it, but ya Win7 64bit is a very good OS and is also easy to use. At the moment its really the only sane choice.
-Try to get the professional version, not home or home premium (they cap the ram to 16gb) vs 256gb for professional (or 128? either way you would need alot of ram sticks !

[PeterPanPan]

I have just bought a dual boot system. XP to run older software that might not run properly in W7 and W7 64 bit for all newer software ... including of course CoD.

[Sven]

Just upgraded from XP to Win7 64Bit myself, I like it so far, and the extra memory comes in handy.

[timholt]

Originally Posted by Sven

Just upgraded from XP to Win7 64Bit myself, I like it so far, and the extra memory comes in handy.

No trouble accepting rudder pedals, joystick, throttle and track IR?

[No601_Merlin]

Just made the switch from XP to Win 7 Pro 64 only issue I had was having to change from using CH control software version 3.6 to version 4.51 and having to change the settings on a couple of throttle controls.

Got Win 7 64 bit to have 8GB memory seen.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by timholt

No trouble accepting rudder pedals, joystick, throttle and track IR?

I'm currently using it with CH Combat stick, Pro throttle and Simped rudder pedals. No problems with any of those - indeed very strightforward generally with drivers and installations.

Just built a new rig myself and everything went much more smoothly than my first XP build.

[svanen]

Windows 7 64-bit and get a fast SSD for the os and application/games you use alot, like CoD and RoF.

I have got so used with SSD that I cannot use a computer with a mechanical harddrive anymore..

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by svanen

Windows 7 64-bit and get a fast SSD for the os and application/games you use alot, like CoD and RoF.

I have got so used with SSD that I cannot use a computer with a mechanical harddrive anymore..

What size SSD do you use?

Watch out for steam as it can only install to one drive, ATM my steam folder is too large to have it on my SSD

[Revvin]

Originally Posted by timholt

No trouble accepting rudder pedals, joystick, throttle and track IR?

So long as the rudders and joystick are USB and not the gameport type you'll be fine. Windows 7 dropped support for gameports.

[brando]

Originally Posted by timholt

No trouble accepting rudder pedals, joystick, throttle and track IR?

I find TrackIR works very well in Win7x64bit. I'm using the ver.5 software with no problems.

HOTAS works fine too using latest s/ware (4.51)

I am using two SSDs now, both 60GB capacity, FB & RoF on one - OS and apps on the other.

I love SSD. Not only faster and quieter, but with imaginative use of velcro you can plant them anywhere in your case so long as the leads reach