Windows 7 Released

Microsoft's new and (hopefully) improved Operating System has been released in recent days and I thought I'd give a quick run down of how it will be different from XP or Vista, and what effects it will have on gaming.

Windows 7 has been described essentially as how Vista should have been when it was released. There are less bugs, it is supposedly more user friendly and it runs newer games a little better than older OS'se's'es's (that is the correct grammatical expression, I checked with a French guy...).
The main thing you'll find with Windows 7 game wise is that it supports Direct X 11. This isn't exactly an awesome feature at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we saw a lot more games coming out that utilized that feature to its full potential. This essentially means that a purchase of Windows 7 will help you if you want to future proof your PC for gaming. Other cool features of Windows 7 include automatic split-screen, allowing you to view two folders side by side (something that I can see thousands of uses for) and other cool little user friendly quirks like that.

The only downside to Windows 7 may be compatability issues, however I've spoken to several people who were in the Windows 7 beta and most of them reported that it ran well with their games including the all important COD4. For users of Vista I'd recommend the upgrade (which may be free for some or most of you, I can't remember) and for users of XP, this is certainly a much more worthy OS that deserves serious consideration when you next upgrade your PC.