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Hackjedi 22nd October 2009, 10:02

no Blizzard games tested, will they all work?

BlackBabyJesus 22nd October 2009, 10:03

I've been playing No One Lives Forever on Win 7 64-bit. No problems.

Jamie 22nd October 2009, 10:09

I may try and install diablo 2 on my 64bit windows 7 install at home soon.

frontline 22nd October 2009, 10:16

Just waiting in for my copy to arrive so i can do some testing.

DaMightyMouse 22nd October 2009, 10:20

Couldn't get my driver for the wireless card working on the x64 RTM version, until I installed it using Vista SP2 compatibility mode. So there are scenarios where compatibility mode is actually useful.

DaMightyMouse 22nd October 2009, 10:21

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Originally Posted by DaMightyMouse
Couldn't get my driver for the wireless card working on the x64 RTM version, until I installed it using Vista SP2 compatibility mode. So there are scenarios where compatibility mode is actually useful.

Oops I meant SP1 ...

CardJoe 22nd October 2009, 10:25

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Originally Posted by BlackBabyJesus
I've been playing No One Lives Forever on Win 7 64-bit. No problems.

Which version? GOTY? Ours wouldn't even install...

Blademrk 22nd October 2009, 10:25

Retail version of Titan Quest on Vista had problems (missing driver in DX10 that was in DX9), however Steam version works fine on 7 (RC 64 version, waiting on Postie for 7Home).

Steam version of Indy & the fate of Atlantis works great (original CD version also runs but crashes to desktop after a few minutes).
Civ 4 on Steam works great as does UT3, Crayon Physics & World of Goo.

CardJoe 22nd October 2009, 10:25

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Originally Posted by Hackjedi
no Blizzard games tested, will they all work?

Nobody had any lying around. Thought about downloading a WOW trial to test, but MMOs update so fast that it didn't seem worthwhile tbh...

antec_ati 22nd October 2009, 10:27

D II works fine on windows 7 beta so should be no prob peace Antec_Ati

antec_ati 22nd October 2009, 10:28

you'll have to install it in the x86 and probably under xp2

The boy 4rm oz 22nd October 2009, 10:31

I just have a question, I skimmed the article and you may have already stated this. Did you use Windows 7 Ultimate? Ultimate is the only version which actually has the XP compatibility mode so if you were using a different version this may fix some issues.

I can't wait to get my FREE!!! copy from Micro$oft :D.

Venares 22nd October 2009, 10:36

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Originally Posted by Hackjedi
no Blizzard games tested, will they all work?

Been happily playing WC3 and WoW on the RC for the last 6 months :D

badders 22nd October 2009, 10:36

Beyond Good and Evil (Steam Version) Works fine on 7 x64, albeit with some graphical glitches that aren't bad enough for me to warrant investigating :)

CardJoe 22nd October 2009, 10:37

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Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
I just have a question, I skimmed the article and you may have already stated this. Did you use Windows 7 Ultimate? Ultimate is the only version which actually has the XP compatibility mode so if you were using a different version this may fix some issues.

I can't wait to get my FREE!!! copy from Micro$oft :D.

Read the article. It answers that question.

I'm only not answering it here because it's not as simple as your question makes out. We did use Ultimate, but there are two types of XP mode. There's an XP Mode intended for businesses wanting increased compatibility in office software and then there's the general purpose XP Compatibility mode which is in all versions of Windows and has been since XP. The 'True XP Mode' intended for businesses is actually completely unsuitable for games because of the way it isolates the graphics drivers. The article discusses this in more depth

The boy 4rm oz 22nd October 2009, 10:40

I would read but I have an assignment to finish, looks like I will have to do it later.

*EDIT*
Cheers, thanks for that Joe.

rhuitron 22nd October 2009, 10:43

How about Tribes2?

rickysio 22nd October 2009, 10:53

RA2, RA3 works.

mm vr 22nd October 2009, 10:54

You didn't test any Worms? :o

The boy 4rm oz 22nd October 2009, 10:57

Or BF1942, I could never get mine to run on Vista64, even BF2 has slight issues.

chimaera 22nd October 2009, 11:19

Beyond Good and Evil (GoG) version works fine here on Win7 64

proxess 22nd October 2009, 11:22

Please test Worms World Party! Or I can do it for you later on...

chimaera 22nd October 2009, 11:22

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Originally Posted by proxess
Please test Worms World Party! Or I can do it for you later on...

I can tell you Worms Armageddon works fine - although a few graphical glitches in the menus, in game is absolutely fine

capmoq 22nd October 2009, 11:32

I have Win 7 64 bit. Almost everything works (BF 1942 is dodgy). Very happy with the OS!

flibblesan 22nd October 2009, 11:34

Don't know what you've been doing wrong but Enemy Territory Quake Wars works perfectly fine on Windows 7 x64 here. I'm using the latest patch.

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