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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53607

Which OS delivers the best performance for gaming? Seasoned gamers would probably say Windows XP, but as you\'ll see in the benchmarks, that may not be the case anymore. Inside FiringSquad has compared 32-bit and 64- bit flavors of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 across ATI and NVIDIA hardware. SLI and CrossFire are a

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strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

This is pretty much equal right across the board and in line with what I said in another thread.

Genoism · Elite Member Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 339

giving that article a good look....i don't see any reason to upgrade from winxp, in many cases you actually lose gaming performance, and the few times that you actually get it is only by a mere few %....I'd rather spend the money on a better video card.

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

"giving that article a good look....i don't see any reason to upgrade from winxp, in many cases you actually lose gaming performance, and the few times that you actually get it is only by a mere few %....I'd rather spend the money on a better video card."

lol.. so true.

they also didn't review the shit explorer you'd be getting with Win7 either.. or that none of the decent shell extensions that do a better effort of improving things than Mircosucks shitty efforts work properly or at all anymore.

strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

You mean upgrade to a DX10+ video card supported by Vista or Win7? Yes that is probably a good choice especially if your video card sucks. Oh well, DX9 support is ok I guess if you enjoy being behind the rest. I personally prefer Vista 64 myself. I'll wait to upgrade to Win7. My PC is fully capable of supporting Win7 already so its no real big deal in the end.