D.Draker

Please, do you have a list of decent games you could suggest so I try on my spare Kaby Lake ? Only the ones that have a third person view, smth like RDR2 or Assasins. Thank you very much.

hmm , looks like the 471 is better, please don't think I'm trolling again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKitinHKD0

Thanks ! Is it any faster than the 471 ? They said it has no gaming improvements, only "security".

Well, 2021 games don't work, like I wrote just now. RDR2 is 2019. I'm pretty sure you got the wrong impression, It would be easier if they worked on win 7 ! I don't even have win 8/10 and not going to. The "fact" is debatable, to say the least. We shall see how folks will try to survive without chrome, audacity, MKVtoolnix, etc. My 26 y.o. girlfriend says Windows 7 is a system for pensioners, lol. I wonder what the next younger one would say !

Is that 474.06 driver runs on windows 7 ? Did you port it ?

I'm in no way as advanced as you when it comes to gaming ! I mostly play smth with racing and recently Iron Harvest Deluxe Edition which is win10 only. Some other member made fixes to the game so it starts no problem, despite being 11.2 or 11.1 (?). Also, sometimes DOA5/DOA6 (DX11). I don't play online , sorry !

So far we have only one (1) somewhat modern game with mediocre specs that runs on Windows 7 . Elden Ring starts with a black screen, despite my GPU supporting DX12, I tried that "Fake" DX12 fix and it didn't work. Stray cat also dind't work , not to mention the other several games I tried and wrote in the topic about non-working soft on win 7.

I really appreciate you're being honest and respectful ! I said, no mocking. And RDR2 worked for me without Volcano ! It had stutters with it and I I just deleted it and the game ran quite fine , perhaps it has something to do with my GPU being 12GB ? I dunno ! But apart from RDR2 (2019) - no other modern games worked. I used that last 471 driver (which btw is slower than 456). You wrote you aren't on Vista anymore. I'm confused. Anyways, thanks again.

@msfntor, interesting posts , I'm glad you decided to stay !

Hello and welcome , Frankhi , do you game ?

See ? All is simple, you helped him, and I didn't know that. And no need to get mad, thank you again.

Dear magicians , please tell me how do you all play modern games on Win 7 ? On that last 471 driver from almost 2 years ago ? lol Also, how do you play DX12 ? I'm not mocking (though I could, definitely) , it's a serious question. Maybe someone already ported the drivers ? What is the current one 537 ? I have a DX12 card and it's shown as DX11 on Win 7, thanks.

Sorry I don't agree. And you edited the original post again and changed everything !

I have no reason not beleive you, especially when you just confirmed what I wrote before, yes older kaby-lake work with Win 7, and your CPU is the first one from 5 years ago. BTW , does your standby mode works ? Could your PC enter the sleep mode ?

Well , thanks, I'm gonna replace it then, after the weekend is over.

Removing my reply, reconsidered.

If you didn't like the video, here's a link for you . The most important Single Core Speed (D3DRAW calls) is 126 Pts vs 154 Pts https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-12600KF-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-5800X3D/m1700734vsm1817839 50 bucks G6600 Release date ≈ Q2 2020. Runs on el-cheapo crappy board with aluminum (free) heatsink and 200W PSU. 320USD "official" and real street price is 450 USD - 5800X3D "AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU will be available April 20th for $449" https://www.engadget.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-release-date-price-144017796.html Release date ≈ April 2022. Plus a gazillion bucks PSU and an expensive cooler for it. Oh yeah, definitely worth it, only to able to run Win 7. I'm sure the OP (who was struggling to purchase GTX750) will honour your advice " AMD never ceases to amaze me.

I run even more older environments than all of you combined together ! But facts are facts, and when someone wants to enter an argument (I mean, a good healthy argument for the sakes of finding a solution, not a scandalous or trolling like they want it to be), one needs to provide links and confirmed technical aspects , this is what MSFN is for ! Sources like "trust me bro" are no good, being a mature male, you gotta understand this, no ?

Oh , I see , you the mean the "new" elite line of AMD CPU that barely catches up with the cheap as dirt Pentium from Q2 2020. Thanks, of course I'll consider it along with the 1800 watt PSU and a huge copper cooler and extra huge ATX case. All fot Windows 7 support with both hands ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LE8galqW2o

Care to explain your off-topic (and now offensive) posts that contain no actual links and written in the style "someone, somewhere, I said so". How about, for starters, I see you're an AMD fan, so please provide the OP with AMD video drivers from this year, thanks.

The First BIOS update release was issued on 2018/06/27, so looks like you lost in time, and I completely understand, time flies. And it's not the first B450 Mobo. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-M-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios

Why would I read an article from early 2017 for such obsolete hardware ? We shall have 2023 in a couple of weeks. I don't know people who would voluntarily purchase a 6 years old laptop just to be able (possibly, without any hard proof) use Win 7. From what I know, that trick worked only for some early Kaby-lake models.

Well, I unpacked the GT1030 and tried it ... well to say I'm not satisfied - is to simply say nothing. The picture has purplish (reddish) tint , like on the American NTSC standard with purple faces, like on VHS/DVDs. Is it supposed to be this way ? I don't know. The 10-bit colour setting doesn't work, it leads to a blank balck screen.

Vista and 7 are currently at the same level of Chrome, so I'd say , you'd be quite fine up to at least May-June.