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Windows XP vs. Windows 7

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:47:00 -0200

We compare the gaming performance of Windows 7 with Windows XP

Ernst

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0200

Ill never go back to XP, gees my crossfire setup never worked in XP but in 7 it works flawless. Thumbs up for micro corrupt this time, they really proved they can still make a good OS.

Daniel

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:06:23 -0200

Win7 > WinXP

That is all.

JJ

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:24:42 -0200

Nice article, I've been wondering about gaming performance. Looks like I'll save my money. No reason to upgrade, XP has been rock solid and looks like their is little to no improvement in game performance.

allrpgfreak

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:22:05 -0200

another microsoft PR article. great going guys!!

I have 6GB RAM, 1GB DDR5 HD4870 and Vista Ultimate x64 edition. I'm getting more than satisfactory performance.

Not every gamer has a monster PC ... so use your head and then jump the Windows 7 ship.

XP guys are missing something

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:56:49 -0200

This is all DX9 performance. I know for a fact Far Cry 2 in DX10 out performs the DX9 build. And if anyone is using a NV 8xxx or ATI 3xxx or better card it'd be foolish to stick with XP. I understand that growing pains are always there with MS and it's hard to get over XP being stable as it is (well after SP1 at least) but 7 so far has been more than impressive in synthetic as well as real world benching.

Snigel

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:27:18 -0200

Is this the failtrain?
Firstly, it is long known that XP64 has worse performance than XP32.

Secondly, why write this:
"Can Windows 7 deliver equal or even superior performance to Windows XP service pack 3?"

When XP64 obviously has no service pack 3.

XP64 is a very uncommon setup, which does not reflect what the majority of people think is XP.

Perhaps it's time to do a new test.

Arch Nemesis

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:22:51 -0200

Agreed with SNigel. I run xp 32 and would like to compare that with Win 7....

scott thomas

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:38:15 -0200

Other than hardware and software compatability, and initial installation there really is little difference between XP/Vista/Windows 7/a decent Linux/Mac. Pick the cheapest and fasted hardware that supports the OS needed for your hardware and software. All the rest is just hype aby writers that like to play with what is new.