I'm about to build a gaming PC, so I need to buy Windows. I use Linux for everything normally, so I don't keep up.
Is Windows 7 supported by all the major games (FPS/RTS)/drivers, etc? Is it recommended for a gaming PC, yet? What version should I get, for a dual core 8GB machine? Home edition enough?
I've been playing with Win7 64bit on a quad core/4GB ram setup with NVidia graphics since the RC came out. I've ran a few steam games, DoW2, warhammer online and not had any problems with them.
The graphics card manufacturers seem to have Win7 drivers out already. I've also found that running vista drivers seem to work fine too.
Yes and yes, it doesn't differ much from Vista and the launch issues from Vista such as poor driver support have largely been ironed out.
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Is Windows 7 supported by all the major games (FPS/RTS)/drivers, etc? Is it recommended for a gaming PC, yet? What version should I get, for a dual core 8GB machine? Home edition enough?