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Vista Gaming Performance [23134]

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Vista Gaming Performance [23134] Reply with quote
TechGage took a few popular games through the benchmarks on Windows Vista. How does Microsoft's new operating system affect gaming performance? In some cases quite ant on what game you are running. Here's an excerpt:

As with most articles of this nature, we can't fully give a conclusion because so ma

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thats a fare drop overall, i think i'll geve it 8 - 12 months before i switch to vista.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
IT'S THE "BLOAT" THAT CAUSES IT TO BE SLOWER.

It's what I've been saying since the start. There is way more consumed ram before loading up a game that causes it to be slower, re:gui, re:50 million services, tasks etc. I am dual booting Premium and XP. I plan to benchmark lots of games and then write a guide on how to turn all the Vista BS off.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it was the same with 98/ME -> XP.

people will get over it Very Happy
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