Does saints row 2 support windows 7

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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Windows 7 and Sain'ts Row 2 wtf? KillRoy X Gawd. Joined Aug 15, Messages So upgraded to 7 from Vista, both 64 bit versions. Played the Wolfy demo fine, then went to play Saint's Row 2. Everything looks good except for one thing. The game plays at 2x the regular speed. I can't figure out what happened, but I can't fix at this time. Not sure I'll get any hits on this because it's pretty unique issue, but thought I'd try. I did reinstall Nvidia drivers, restart, still crazy.

Riftsaw 2[H]4U. Joined Feb 26, Messages 2, They may patch it in the coming weeks but then again I'm just guessing. SAW [H]ard Gawd. Joined Nov 13, Messages 1, Its crap like this why I dont jump on new OS's.

Hell, Im still on XP, hehe. Derangel Fully [H]. Joined Jan 31, Messages 19, Riftsaw said:. Click to expand SAW said:. Wow, I wasn't aware their would be any games with compatibility issues moving to Windows 7. All I've heard is seamless transition. I guess that's my fault for assuming. I sent a request to Volition, but I'm sure it will go unnoticed.

I always played it on Win7 x64 and never had any problem with it. Zeeboozaza View Profile View Posts. Slaya View Profile View Posts. Also take a look at the pinned thread in these forums too. Mirzqu View Profile View Posts. I thought i wasted 5e on game that doesn't even run on w7.

You saved my day! Originally posted by The Beaf :. A friend of mine tried every thing mentioned on these forums to no avail. The solution we came up with was to browse to the folder Saints Row 2 installs to, and run the version of Direct X installer that came with the game. This made the game work. Hope this helps someone. Open "Readme. To slow the game down and minimize stutter, the setting has to be below 1. So if your CPU runs at 3.

Since my CPU runs at 3. If you think you're going to be missing out on anything by turning HDR off, think again. With the setting turned off you will not only gain a few fps, and notice smoother driving, but the whole game will look more detailed Take a couple of minutes and compare the two settings After hours into the game, now that I have it off, it seems like I'm playing a really good remastered version of Saints Row 2.

Perhaps HDR is supposed to provide a visual upgrade, but I think everyone will agree that leaving it off is the way to go, for multiple reasons. Then again, maybe this is old news and I'm just slow on the pick-up. For the most part, rebooting after installing a game is no longer required, but some older games still benefit from it. I was still not satisifed with how the game was performing. After being forced to reboot for Windows Update I immediately noticed a vast improvement in the overall framerate, as well as nearly eliminating the stutter altogether.

I can say with confidence now that I'm happy overall with how it's running on my PC. Since this is an old game and mods have been applied at this point This will not pertain to everyone, so this may or may not be relevant to you. After a few hours playing with the previous mods installed, I noticed some syncing issues during the cut scenes. Usually, it was an object like a cell phone or gun that was floating in the air and not in the characters hands like it should have been.

Other players have even seen NPCs walk through walls or type on invisible keyboards. Based on my research, the only way to fix that it to limit the framerate to 30 fps. There are a few different programs you can use to accomplish that, depending on the brand of your GPU. AMD users can use RadeonPro. That's right, even after ALL that, the game will probably randomly crash in spots.

It shouldn't happen enough to make it so that you can't finish the game, but expect that it will happen at some point. Unfortunately, since this is such a janky port to begin with, there is no way to make it rock-solid stable at all times an official fix from the develops would be needed for that Which brings me to my next point Save manually in a new slot after every mission so the previous save is accessible in the event that the current save corrupts.

This is a good habit to get into with any game that allows you to save at any time, but especially the shoddy port games like Saints Row 2, Bully: Scholarship Edition, and Deadly Premonition. All that work downloading, installing, and configuring the mods referenced in this guide wasn't for nothing though The following are the most frequently asked questions so far, pulled straight from his original post.

Q: Why is my game crashing when I try to load a save? Q: How do I fix the menu selection auto-scrolling through the options at fast speed? Q: There is weird text in the top left of my screen.

How can I get rid of it? Q: Why does the game stutter while driving, and what else beyond Powertools can I do to minimize it? I hope this guide has helped better the performance of Saints Row 2 on your PC.