Submitted by ExtremeTech installs and launches 22 popular game titles – both old and new – to see which ones run on Windows 7, and which ones don’t. And then there are games which do run but not without issues. Either way, the article provides gamers a glimpse into how Windows 7 affects gaming performance and if your favorite gaming title will run or not. They conclude: “We encountered relatively few problems, even with some of the older games. And given how sleek Windows 7 feels compared to Vista, we’re looking forward to moving to the new OS as soon as it’s released.”
GTA – Vice City runs swimmingly in Win 7.
EVGA nForce 680i
Intel Core 2 Duo – 2.13GHz
2GB DDR2800
GeForce 9600
Seems 7 inherits it’s old-game compatibility from Vista, meaning my old Win95/98 games won’t do quite as well as my current XP.
When will MS forgo the hacked-in compatibility layers and ship with optional “compatibility VMs?”
It’s usually not necessary. Most programs only require modest “shims” to work properly again. These shims do not affect runtime performance for non-shimmed apps since they are injected at runtime right at the interface between the application and the OS by the DLL linking mechanism.
Ive heard lots of people saying that Windows has good backwards compatibility. Now, is it true or not?
Tried and play:
Spore
Black & White 2
Have not tried yet:
Bioshock
Age of Empires III
Bioshock works for me, along with crysis/warhead, oblivion, and thats all ive tried so far