In less than two weeks, Windows 8 will be available for anyone to buy and install on their personal computers or simply, upgrade their current operating system. But is Windows 8 any good? Since I will focus on performance this will not be a review but a gaming performance comparison between Windows 7 and Windows 8.

This is a tutorial on how to configure Minecraft to use 64-bit Java instead of 32-bit java, and allocate more RAM in hopes of increasing your frame rate and reducing lag. This is only for computers with a 64-bit installation of Windows Vista/7/8.

How To Fix The Java 64 Bit Error On Minecraft - YouTube

As mentioned last week when publishing the OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux benchmarks, a large Intel OpenGL driver performance comparison was being carried out at Phoronix. The comparison is now compete and here are the results when comparing the Intel HD OpenGL graphics performance under Apple OS X 10.8, Microsoft Windows 7 Pro, and Ubuntu Linux 12.04/12.10. The results of this Intel OpenGL gaming performance comparison are quite interesting, but reveal some troubling Linux facts.

Join Experts Exchange and systems management and admin virtuoso Darwin on September 13th from 11am- 12pm PDT for a Windows 7 and 64-bit app webinar. Darwin will present an overview of WOW64 design and outline problem areas for managing application files and registry settings. The session includes walkthroughs using scripting and shell extension toolkit that makes production script adaptation effortless for shell scripting. In this hour-long presentation, Darwin will discuss:

If you get this message whenever trying to run a HE game on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 64-bit...

Arx Libertatis is a cross-platform, open source port of Arx Fatalis, a 2002 first-person role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. Arx Fatalis features crafting, melee and ranged combat, and a unique casting system where the player draws runes in real time to effect the desired spell. The Arx Libertatis source code is based on the publicly released Arx Fatalis sources. This does however not include the game data, so you need to obtain a copy of the original Arx Fatalis or its demo.

A brief tutorial on how to get Minecraft running on Debian 64bit, I also cover how to create a ramdisk to load minecraft to so your game runs as smooth as can be.

It’s been one of those days for PC gamers. You know the ones, where the gaming world turns and politely says “Fuck you” in your face. Earlier today we reported on how PC gamers playing Diablo III have nearly no defense against hackers who want to steal their account, and now this. EA has started rolling this potentially dangerous ball, by saying that as of next year most of their titles for PC will require 64-bit Windows.

New version! - Cheat Engine is an open source tool designed to help you with modifying single player games running under windows so you can make them harder or easier depending on your preference (e.g: Find that 100hp is too easy, try playing a game with a max of 1 HP), but also contains other useful tools to help debugging games and even normal applications.

How to install The witcher on windows 7 64 bit - YouTube

The Steel batallion is the de-facto controller for Mech Simulation games. It included 39 buttons and 10 axes, making it incompatible with standard Windows Joystick classes. If you went to http://vt.beckament.net you would be able to download Windows Drivers if you were running a 32 bit system. Support for Windows 7 64-bit was non-existent until now. This program leverages the work done by PPJoy and LibUSB.net to allow real-time updates of a joystick by running a program.

Doctor Who City of the Daleks Windows Game from BBC running with Wine 1.2 in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 64bit Lucid Lynx Tutorial Screencast Review. Doctor Who Game Copyright goes to the BBC. I do not own Doctor Who or any of its associated content and this video will be used for reviewing purposes only.

We have been tinkering around with Windows 8 for a couple of weeks now and while we are still not found of the Metro UI (especially on the desktop) there are things that do make it an appealing operating system. Still there are some things (as there always are) that will cause issues. Back when Microsoft made the move from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 many games did not like the transition to needing a Hardware abstraction layer.

While there are many of us enjoying the splendor that the 64-bit WoW client brings us, the upcoming patch 4.3.3 (which is likely to hit this week) will break this client. The 32-bit client will still work, however, and for the time being, everyone will need to use that.