game performance

I wanted to point out that Windows 7 is so damn good when it comes to gaming that it has brought back the gaming nerd in me.. ;) I have always loved PC gaming but recently didn't bother with it too much because Windows XP just wasn't cutting it for me.. But Windows 7 has rekindled my love for PC...

Ive been having issue with CoD2 ever since i did a full install of windows 7. My issue right now is my PING. Before i had windows 7 i ran the game on xp 32 bit, and my ping was usually between 50-90. Ive always played on the same dedicated server (PotW stock), and my internet connection is...

Hello all, I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit two weeks ago, and yesterday I started having some trouble: When playing cod4 the computer froze. A couple of hard resets, a driver and bios update later, the computer still froze when entering a game. The screen would start blinking, the...

If you find video games a struggle, it could be to do with the size of certain parts of your brain, a study suggests. US researchers found they could predict how well an amateur player might perform on a game by measuring the volume of key sections of the brain. Writing in the journal...

I was using vista x86 up untill windows 7 came out, it was then I decided to go for my first x64 operating system, win7 x64 I have an i7, 3gb ram, 2 x 4870 etc. so I thought it would be fine. Ever since I've moved over, games take up a stupid amount of memory, they'll go to 80 - 90%. I recently...

Whenever I want to drag something across the screen, like moving folders, selecting text, working in photoshop, playing a game, the dragging is not working properly. Sometimes it picks it up after 1 second after holding the button, sometimes it does pick up right away but it breaks after a...

Hi all, I'm happy earner of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 BIT, but I've got one problem. Sometimes I get not much FPS in Counter Strike Source. In Windows Vista HOme PRemium 32 BIT, I ' dont remember this situation maybe that I haven't played on it for a long time. I've patch 18.3 installed. I...

I have EA Sports F1 2002 which ran perfectly in Windows Xp. I now have Windows 7 and the game continually freezes. I have tried the compatability mode with no success. Can any one help please?

It happened second time-in the game-I suddenly get black screen and it said : Hign Frequency then I see something which reminds meny for screens for few seconds in the center of black screen and then I have to re-boot computer. My screen runs on recommended : 1280x1024 / 85 Hz As I understand...

I have two hard drives on my computer. One has Win 7 Ultimate 64bit (1T, default load) and the other Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit (500 gig). I want to be able to boot off the 32 bit HD to play my games, they run terrible on the 64 bit drive. I have gone to the msconfig boot tab and it does not show...

something went wrong when i was installing DirectX to play Call of duty on my pc, and it wont let me play, and i heard the only way to uninstall directx was to do a complete reinstall of the OS or by using RegEdit. i dont want to do a complete reinstall because that takes forever. A website said...

When i connect to a server my game will crash Or when i am on server 15-20 min game will crash. this is Random not all the time some time's i can play for hours but most time it crash more than i can play it. game do not crash to desktop it will freeze with loop sound. till i end task. Any...

I'm curious cause im going to be getting a new win 7 based system, which is basically just going to be a gaming rig, for games like far cry 2. But i just recently found out that far cry 2 (ubisoft) doesn't actually "officially" support windows 7 I was shocked when i read this, as i always just...

Hi I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 7 installed. I have installed the following games: WoW Battlefield Vietnam Battlefield 2 Wow works with a little bit of lag but both BFV and BF2 will not start. The shortcut is clicked the small title window appears for a few seconds then...

I have been having trouble with my new laptop it is a Dell Inspiron 1318. It has a Intel Graphics card (My problem). I was able to play These games on it in Win7's Beta but now that I have the full version I am having trouble.ALL of my games don't work. They don't even display an error. I have...

I have fresh install of COD:WaW on an Intel SSD with Win7-64. I also have the game installed on my other HD, a WD Raptor with Win XP-32 bit. My Dell monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200. Under Win XP, I ran the game at 1600x1200 with no problems in 'full-screen'. On the other new Intel SS...

Hello people, I have a problem, a few days ago had the windows xp and I worked well COUNTER STRIKE play online, install the Windows 7 yesterday and COUNTER STRIKE internet gives me a lot of latency, is because before the windows XP with no I thought I hope I can help with some patch or...

First of ive installed the fully legal version of the game. My problem then is when a race has finished and it says "Saving Replay" - The game crashes "F1 ..... has stopped responding" - Then i searched google - first few looks on several forums was the comp. solution. Some said AS FAR back...

First my hardware is: Asrock P45XE mobo Ati HD4670 512mb grapf card 4gb ram pioneer dvd writer Samsung SyncMaster T220 Software: Windows7 RC1 64bit, build 7100 ati driver version 9.8(latest) So is it there any suggestions how to Install fallout 3?Or how to solve problems? Some people...

I thought I would start this thread for games. What games have you seen work, what games have issues so far? I am successfully running Crysis, Sims 3, and an older game called Maelstrom. So far so good.;)