Gaming Performance Compared: Windows 7 vs Vista vs Windows XP

[Jelc]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/windows_7_gaming/

Conclusion:

While there were a couple of cases where WinXP outran Windows 7 and Vista, for the most part Windows 7 wins more than it loses, especially when you factor in multi-GPU technologies like SLI and CrossFire. In fact, if you’re a Windows XP gamer with SLI or CrossFire, I’d definitely urge you to upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as possible.

Windows XP’s origins date back to Windows 2000, an OS that was never designed for multi-GPU.

On the other hand NVIDIA and ATI worked closely with Microsoft to get Vista’s DX9.0L and DX10 APIs to scale more efficiently with SLI and CrossFire. Memory management tweaks found only in Windows 7 increases this even further, allowing SLI and CrossFire to scale even better under Windows 7 in comparison to Vista in many games.

Going into this article I didn’t expect the gains to be as great as they were, but the benchmarks don’t lie. Windows 7 is a huge improvement over XP in this regard.

The 3-Way battle between Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 is much closer when you exclude the second GPU benchmarks; other than ARMA II, the Radeon and GeForce GPUs performed remarkably similar regardless of OS (as long as you exclude the GeForce Windows XP x64 numbers). No one OS really pulls away from the other, they just trade wins and more often than not, they’re tied in performance. For this reason I’d have to give the overall nod to Windows Vista and Windows 7, as they generally run just as fast as XP, with the obvious addition of DirectX 10 and DX11 support.

So is Windows 7 the best OS for gaming? Based on the results we’ve just looked at, I’d have to say “yes”. Windows 7 delivers the best combination of features and game performance of any OS tested today. From what I’ve seen so far, it’s also just as stable as Windows XP and Vista and seems more responsive. The addition of gestures and the new taskbar really push Windows 7 over the top.

I’m not a huge fan of the new system tray but I can understand Microsoft’s reasoning behind the changes and it’s an easy adjustment to make. Compatibility could be the one issue where Windows 7 takes a backseat to Vista and Windows XP, as I did have to manually install a third-party driver to get STALKER to run properly (I don’t recall the manufacturer, but I believe it was related to the game’s copy protection scheme). Even though it’s less aggravating, I also continue to disable UAC.

Comparing the issues Vista faced on its launch day to Windows 7 though, all signs point to Windows 7 being a huge success. Windows 7 builds on the foundation Microsoft laid with Windows Vista and takes it to another level. Based on everything seen so far, I see no reason why Windows 7 won’t be a homerun for Microsoft.

Gamers reluctant to upgrade from Windows XP fear not. You finally have a reason to upgrade. If I was running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 though, I wouldn’t be in a rush to pick up Windows 7. It’s definitely an improvement over Vista, but unless you plan on running SLI or CrossFire, it’s probably not worth Microsoft’s asking price. After all, it is fundamentally just a highly polished extension of Vista. Instead I’d spend that money on a better graphics card or CPU.

Windows 7 is the genuine article though. This time the final product does live up to the hype. By taking the features of Vista, improving the interface, and combining the best attributes of Windows XP, namely its performance and stability, Microsoft has put together a solid OS that should please the most discriminating hardware enthusiast or gamer. In some ways, this may just be Microsoft's best OS yet.

[ThePornstar]

Ok članak, ali i sam kaže da ako imate vistu sa sp2, da se ne isplati ić na 7-icu. Isto tako kaže da je 7 u biti ispolirana Vista i tu se slažem s njim.
Zasad osobno nemam potrebe preć na 7-icu.

[DeadMan+]

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Windows 7 vs Vista VGA game performance

[Jelc]

Windows 7 za sad ne izgleda loše, možda i pređem danas-sutra sa XP-a na njega

[Prijateljski]

Što bi preporučili za dvojezgreni stroj sa 2GB rama . Kompatibilnost je ispred performansi.

[Codiac]

xp pro

[Deno]

win xp 32bit

[hammer_of_thor]

Autor manki1

Što bi preporučili za dvojezgreni stroj sa 2GB rama . Kompatibilnost je ispred performansi.

Kompromis u vidu Viste sa sp2

[Mihael]

Autor manki1

Što bi preporučili za dvojezgreni stroj sa 2GB rama . Kompatibilnost je ispred performansi.

Windows 7 bez razmišljanja

[Jelc]

Mala usporedba dvije i tri gige memorije na istom stroju.

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Tri:



Razlika u minimalnom frame-rateu je ogromna

[silver_tip]

Autor Mihael

Windows 7 bez razmišljanja

Pa dobro i rece, bez razmisljanja

No ako se malo promisli o kompaktibilnosti onda je samo jedan moguc zakljucak. XPSP2 je za sada najkompaktibilniji OS za home usera,
ima gro programa koji jos uvjek na rade na visti ili 7, pogotovo sto se radi jos o 2GB rama mada se perfomansi ne doticem u razmisljanju.......

[rodriguez]

Po čemu service pack 3 ne valja za XP?

[alengrosevic]

Autor silver_tip

Pa dobro i rece, bez razmisljanja

No ako se malo promisli o kompaktibilnosti onda je samo jedan moguc zakljucak. XPSP2 je za sada najkompaktibilniji OS za home usera,
ima gro programa koji jos uvjek na rade na visti ili 7, pogotovo sto se radi jos o 2GB rama mada se perfomansi ne doticem u razmisljanju.......

pa ne bih se slozio da je XP najbolji za home usera. Prije bih rekao da je Win7 vise classic user proof od Win XP-a. A sad sto se igara tice, nisam naisao na niti jednu koja ne radi na Win7. Sve iole novije rade, ako slucajno zezaju, pokrenes kompatibilnost za Vista sa SP2 i sve sljaka. Win7 je ipak po meni bolje rijesenje od XP-a za prosjecnog korisnika...

[Mihael]

Autor silver_tip

Pa dobro i rece, bez razmisljanja

No ako se malo promisli o kompaktibilnosti onda je samo jedan moguc zakljucak. XPSP2 je za sada najkompaktibilniji OS za home usera,
ima gro programa koji jos uvjek na rade na visti ili 7, pogotovo sto se radi jos o 2GB rama mada se perfomansi ne doticem u razmisljanju.......

Baš sam zbog toga i rekao windows 7, zaboravio sam napomenuti 32bit. da su se prvenstveno tražile performanse u igrama rekao bi xp 32bit.