Question about Operating System

[Ignorant Teacher]

Greetings all!

I am primarily a Linux user and that's where I get everything done. I had to install Windows because I couldn't get Civ V to run on Linux (although others have reported success). So I installed Windows 7 because it is what came with my computer, but I also have an old Windows XP disk somewhere and I was thinking about deleting Win 7 and installing XP instead because the system requirements are smaller. My question is: would it make my game run faster if I changed to Windows XP? Before anyone mentions it - I wouldn't lose anything. All I have in this partition is Civs 4 and 5 and a poker software. I haven't been able to run DirectX anyway so it wouldn't change anything either.

(A side question: does anybody know how to change the screenshots format? Not editing, but the output from the game? Thx.)

 

[The_J]

Windows 7 should be better.
You can get better graphics with it, because XP can't run DX9, and i don't think there should be any performance loss due to the operating system.

 

[Ignorant Teacher]

OK then. I'll look around and see which processes I actually need running at the same time as the game. Steam itself takes almost 30MB, but I guess that's unavoidable, right?

 

[PieceOfMind]

OK then. I'll look around and see which processes I actually need running at the same time as the game. Steam itself takes almost 30MB, but I guess that's unavoidable, right?

Close Steam so that it's only sitting in the taskbar tray. That's about as much as you can do. If you only minimise steam to the taskbar, I think it still uses more memory than it needs to.

 

[tokala]

My question is: would it make my game run faster if I changed to Windows XP?

It will be faster on XP only if you have a low spec system. With a modern HDD, a Dual core and 2GB+ of RAM Win7 should be as fast as XP.

 

[Ignorant Teacher]

Close Steam so that it's only sitting in the taskbar tray. That's about as much as you can do. If you only minimise steam to the taskbar, I think it still uses more memory than it needs to.

I already do. I might have to get a new video card.

It will be faster on XP only if you have a low spec system. With a modern HDD, a Dual core and 2GB+ of RAM Win7 should be as fast as XP.

I have all that, but my video card is slightly below the specs. XP wouldn't help me now, would it?

 

[tokala]

I have all that, but my video card is slightly below the specs. XP wouldn't help me now, would it?

Probably not.