What OS should i use?

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#1 Brandon03
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Windows xp or Windows 7 Beta, whats best for gaming?
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#2 fudgeblood
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Though I havn't used it I've heard only good things about Win7. I'm using Vista right now and actually prefer it over XP (Don't flame me :()
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#3 mAnIk800
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windows 7is defently agood os

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#4 Guyv3r
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Win7 RC is great for gaming. The only down side is you may have to hunt around for all your drivers which will be in beta form as well.

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#5 Zillaschool
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I have used both windows 7 RTM and RC and a part from crysis all the game runs better or same as vista.Windows 7 actually a very fun and user friendly os than vista i will definitely buy windows 7.
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#6 zomglolcats
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Just use XP. While Win 7 is good, I wouldn't actually bother with it until it's released.
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#7 siddarthshetty
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Wait for win 7 to be released...

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#8 CyberAltair5
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It would be dumb buying Vista now so just get XP until Win7 is out.

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#9 Avenger1324
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Though I havn't used it I've heard only good things about Win7. I'm using Vista right now and actually prefer it over XP (Don't flame me :()fudgeblood

I'm using Vista 64 bit and it's been fine for everything I've tried.

Looking at your sig - 136 hours ARMA 2 in a week :shock: that's almost 20 hours a day - do you sleep? :P

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#10 flipin_jackass
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XP was great for gaming, but Win7 will be the standard soon, so why not get that one? In about a year or so, new games might not even support XP.

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#11 S0H0
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Windows 7 no contest. Why bother waiting? It's free until March 2010 so you have nothing to lose by at least trying it. I've been using it for most of 2009 and would never consider going back to XP. With XP you are also limiting yourself to DX9 gaming. Your choice.
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#12 Andrewz24
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I think Windows 7 was released already?
Or how can you explain the Windows 7 Ultimate 3264bit release on some of the torrent sites?

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#13 redoverking
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Windows 7

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#14 fudgeblood
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[QUOTE="fudgeblood"]Though I havn't used it I've heard only good things about Win7. I'm using Vista right now and actually prefer it over XP (Don't flame me :()Avenger1324

I'm using Vista 64 bit and it's been fine for everything I've tried.

Looking at your sig - 136 hours ARMA 2 in a week :shock: that's almost 20 hours a day - do you sleep? :P

I leave it on when I sleep which could be considered "Cheating" I guess, I have it on at the moment ;)
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#15 Steameffekt
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XP, don't bother with the RC.

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#16 thusaha
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XP, don't bother with the RC.

Steameffekt

I'd say the same.

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#17 Brandon03
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I installed win 7 32-bit and it is great, all my games run silky smooth and i love the start menu dock. A handy spot to keep all my shortcuts :)
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#18 mAnIk800
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windows 7 has some issues with game guard and that crap bt like that guy said xp you only have dx9

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#19 pilouuuu2004
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I say 7. Don't think about Vista or Linux if you are into gaming.
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#20 dbowman
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I'd stick with XP for now. Wait until the retail release of Windows 7 and see how it performs then.

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#21 guidotwofive
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Windows 7, :)

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#22 DigiTM73
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Win7. Just sign up to Technet, and you get the RTM final of Windows 7, which can be put on upto 10x PC's. Also you'll get such updates as the new MS Office later.
XP has set sail on it's final voyage. Might as well wave it goodbye.

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#23 Gammit10
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From this point on, the only proper answer to this question is Windows 7. 64 bit if possible.
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#24 teardropmina
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Windows 7 x64 will be the most powerful gaming OS.

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#25 citizen-zero
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Snow Leopard. j/k. Get windows 7 64 bit RTM, or if you want to do things legitimately, get the RC