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Hard OCP benchmarking Windows XP would be a step backwards and I would laugh at them. As for 7 vs Vista we really don't need a comparison because they are so very similar on mid/high (gaming) rigs, it's not worth the time.
Hard OCP benchmarking Windows XP would be a step backwards and I would laugh at them. As for 7 vs Vista we really don't need a comparison because they are so very similar on mid/high (gaming) rigs, it's not worth the time.
So what about netbooks, laptops and other not so fast systems.
not everyone has a quad core rig with 8g of ram and a high end video card beleive it or not, even on this site.
They have done OS comparisons before, I had to dig a bit to find them.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/06/05/xp_vs_vista_tale_framerates_redux/
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/05/07/xp_vs_vista_tale_framerates/
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2005/05/04/windows_xp_pro_x64_edition_gaming_comparison/
The facts were not kind to the newly-released Vista:
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The [H] reviews talk a lot about playable settings and what hardware and money is required to get there. So if you could get a 10% performance improvement by choosing OS #1 over OS #2, allowing you to bump up your visual settings, that seems like a no-brainer. An OS after all exists only to run your software; if you "upgrade" your gaming system's OS only to get a 10% gaming performance hit, what the hell kind of upgrade is that?
In my own completely unscientific tests, 7 games between 0 and ~10% slower than XP but no real playable difference; no game became noticeably slower and I'm still using 7. It also didnt get any faster than XP. But that was back on build 7000 and it really depended on the game, I would love to see a site like [H] do a professional comparison.
Am I missing something? are the benchmarks coming? will there be benchmarks? I'd love to see win xp, vista, and 7 head to head in gaming, apps, etc...