So...I download windows 7 64 thinking this is.....

[Titan7171]

going to be cool Ill try it out, everyone is saying its better.....

And ho hummm......I dont see what the big deal is:shrug:

it uses a bit less memory, I got an increase in cinebench from 12,000 to high 15,000 My games play about the same, 3dm06 is a little less by 1000 points, I lost my boot option to my HD with Vista on it and my computer bluescreened and rebooted right as I finished a 40 minute session of L4D. Maybe because of overclock?

Maybe Im missing something..........can someone point me to the good part of 64bit os. What performance increase will I see and where will I see them using 64bit?

Maybe Im asking too much?:shrug:

[Speederlander]

64 bit becomes useful when you go >4GB RAM. At 4GB or less you won't see any real difference.

I assume you went to stock clocks before installing, yes?

[Titan7171]

64 bit becomes useful when you go >4GB RAM. At 4GB or less you won't see any real difference.

I assume you went to stock clocks before installing, yes?

no straight up overclocked why??

How does the extra ram get used as I really just play games and a bit of video conversion and sometimes editing, none of the games I have eat up enough memory to warrant more memory?

[HuffPCair]

You should always reset all your clocks when installing a new OS. then clock it back up.

[downforce]

Mmm I've never done that ...

Why would do you need to reset to stock?

[zanzabar]

Mmm I've never done that ...

Why would do you need to reset to stock?

u want to make sure that there are no hard faults when u are installing the OS, its not as important now since everything has a check sum but its still a good idea. or atleast clock it some were that it is 100% stable like 3.6ghz on my 6850

[Ashraf]

You should always reset all your clocks when installing a new OS. then clock it back up.

Yep, that is the rule of thumb for installing a fresh OS. :yepp:

[Corsa]

You should always reset all your clocks when installing a new OS. then clock it back up.

Says alot for the stability of Overclockin.. :rolleyes:

[RazzleUltra]

going to be cool Ill try it out, everyone is saying its better.....

And ho hummm......I dont see what the big deal is:shrug:

it uses a bit less memory, I got an increase in cinebench from 12,000 to high 15,000 My games play about the same, 3dm06 is a little less by 1000 points, I lost my boot option to my HD with Vista on it and my computer bluescreened and rebooted right as I finished a 40 minute session of L4D. Maybe because of overclock?

Maybe Im missing something..........can someone point me to the good part of 64bit os. What performance increase will I see and where will I see them using 64bit?

Maybe Im asking too much?:shrug:

I think you are asking too much :D

You've switched from an established OS with years of driver development etc. (I'm guessing XP/Vista 32-bit), to a beta OS that has only been in beta for a month or so. In spite of this, you've actually seen a performance increase!!!

[Titan7171]

I think you are asking too much :D

You've switched from an established OS with years of driver development etc. (I'm guessing XP/Vista 32-bit), to a beta OS that has only been in beta for a month or so. In spite of this, you've actually seen a performance increase!!!

ehh the increase only came from using 64bit nothing from the OS really I could get the same increase from XP or Vista 64......but I see your point:)

As for the OC

My clocks are prime and OCCT stable, all my benches games and everything Ive done with this cpu has been at these clocks. I dont have a reason to downclock them:shrug:

[zsamz_]

i been using w7 64
and my system is 1000% stable @ 4.6
i got nice blue screen
i backed off to 4.4 and same
i went to 4.3 same
this is while surfing
gaming i did not crash @4.6 for hours
btw i would never install an os with an overclocked system
even my registry got corrupted :rofl:
i think its a driver conflict somewhere

[Budwise]

as long as you know your OC is stable I dont see the problem. Ive installed OS's on my OC'd systems for years without trouble.

[Mr.Guvernment]

i think for Vista users, Windows 7 wont be some big OHHH AHHHH change, since they are very close... but for XP users they will be in for a suprise us vista users have been used too for 2 years now.

[downforce]

as long as you know your OC is stable I dont see the problem. Ive installed OS's on my OC'd systems for years without trouble.

I've reinstalled my desktop OS probably half a dozen times in the last year 1/2 one my o/c'ed Q6600. Can't say I've ever had any installation problems that underclocking fixed ... in fact can't say I've had any installation problems relating to hardware!

[Soulburner]

Errors slip by all the time. Just because you "think" it's stable doesn't mean it's good enough. You do not want your CPU and RAM making errors when writing install files for your OS.

[Revv23]

Errors slip by all the time. Just because you "think" it's stable doesn't mean it's good enough. You do not want your CPU and RAM making errors when writing install files for your OS.

I think what they are saying is that they have installed overclocked without errors.

just like I do every time I install an OS.

[gurusan]

I've never installed an OS on a non-overclocked system in my life...never had problems either.

[tool_462]

I've installed at least 6 different OSes on and overclocked system, at least 30 times and have not had an issue. If its stable...its stable :D

[G.Foyle]

Ever installed OS under LN2? I did, that's something you never forget :D No problems with OS though :up:

[Soulburner]

I think what they are saying is that they have installed overclocked without errors.

just like I do every time I install an OS.
This is exactly what I am talking about. Your computer is making errors all the time and this is increased when overclocking. They slip by without crashing the system or causing serious problems at the time, increasing the risk of problems later.

I am not talking about visible errors or crashes here. I'm talking about bits and bytes here and there placed incorrectly by your CPU.

[Oats]

I thought Win7 was nice but it doesn't seem to really offer anything over Vista. I switched back so I didn't have to deal with any beta problems.

To the OT subject of overclocked OS installs, I've never lowered clocks to reinstall an OS and haven't had any problems.


This is exactly what I am talking about. Your computer is making errors all the time and this is increased when overclocking. They slip by without crashing the system or causing serious problems at the time, increasing the risk of problems later.

I am not talking about visible errors or crashes here. I'm talking about bits and bytes here and there placed incorrectly by your CPU.

Following that theory we should underclock to install an OS to ensure the best results.

[Soulburner]

Underclocking wouldn't give any benefit unless your CPU/RAM were already under stress at stock clocks...and I don't see that very likely.

[firas]

i think for Vista users, Windows 7 wont be some big OHHH AHHHH change, since they are very close... but for XP users they will be in for a suprise us vista users have been used too for 2 years now.

liked the ohh ahh expression :D