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Are my specs enough for gaming in windows 7?

by rabbyx7 Feb 17, 2011 4:55AM PST

I know that windows xp gives better performance in gaming but i really like windows 7 for its media center and for all the eye candy stuff.Act im not sure if my specs are good enough for comfortable gaming in windows 7 since it needs more specs than xp. My specs are: Processor:32bit Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz Motherboard:Intel DG41RQ series Ram:4gb(2gbX2) ddr 2 GPU:NVIDIA Geforce 9500GT. So is it enough for gaming in windows 7. or i should go for xp. I play games like Mass effect,Assassins creed etc...

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While thePCU and RAM are OK.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 17, 2011 4:58AM PST

Those 9500 cards are outdated. Games should run but don't expect today's gamers to want this machine.
Bob

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9500 GT

by Bob__B Feb 17, 2011 6:01AM PST

That card came in two flavors.
One had ddr2 ram the other ddr3....there's a bit of a difference in performance.
Neither flavor by today's standards is a gaming card.

I have one of those on a w7 machine......works fine....I don't game.
The card came with some rather old drivers.
The Nvidia site offered an arm load of newer drivers.
As I walked my way up these drivers and tested I found there was a peak.
If I went beyond the peak.....performance started to drop.

YMMV.

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