Windows XP vs. Vista: The Benchmark Rundown

Iria · Feb 1, 2007, 05:07 AM

Source: Tom's Hardware
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This article deals with basic application execution under Windows Vista Enterprise, which is representative of the other editions. We put together a high-end test system and performed a comprehensive benchmark session both with Windows XP Professional and with Windows Vista Enterprise to see if there are differences. And indeed, we found that there are some...

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 1, 2007, 05:59 AM

Kind of a lame article, considering drivers and apps have not been optimized for any of the changes. Way too early to do a thing like this, I think.

That said, gamers and everybody else should just stick with XP and pay $19.99 for WindowBlinds and download some free widgets from Yahoo or whomever, and call it a day.

Especially if you are a gamer. OpenGL - man, Microsoft put the smack down on them, according to that article. Guess you have to push your DirectX monopoly down peoples throats and not give the competition a fighting chance. Way to go, you greedy corporate scumbags...

Judas · Feb 1, 2007, 04:00 PM

why the hell would they use the enterprise eddtion.

why wouldn't they use home premium, or business eddition.

imo, the opengl in ati's 7.1 is actually doing well, there are some performance issues yes, but it's not bad for a initial first official release of catalyst set.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 1, 2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

why the hell would they use the enterprise eddtion.

why wouldn't they use home premium, or business eddition.

imo, the opengl in ati's 7.1 is actually doing well, there are some performance issues yes, but it's not bad for a initial first official release of catalyst set.

I blame MS 100% for trying to put OpenGL at a major disadvantage against their own DirectX 10 product.

Enterprise is an odd choice, I agree.

Judas · Feb 1, 2007, 05:32 PM

Well opengl is going to perform oddly to start with, considering yes, ms kinda tried to put it down, but failed at it, so now opengl is kinda groggy and having a hard time off the start.

But overall, OPENGL is WORKING for the most part in vista, performance can only get better as the drivers mature. D3D on the other hand is quite excellent thus far.

Feb 1, 2007, 05:07 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Windows XP vs. Vista: The Benchmark Rundown Source: Tom's Hardware ________ This article deals with basic application execution under Windows Vista Enterprise, which is representative of the other editions. We put together a high-end test system and performed a comprehensive benchmark session both with Windows XP Professional and with Windows Vista Enterprise to see if there are differences. And indeed, we found that there are some...

Feb 1, 2007, 05:59 AM	#2
~~DudeBoyz~~ banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,677 Rep Power: 0	Kind of a lame article, considering drivers and apps have not been optimized for any of the changes. Way too early to do a thing like this, I think. That said, gamers and everybody else should just stick with XP and pay $19.99 for WindowBlinds and download some free widgets from Yahoo or whomever, and call it a day. Especially if you are a gamer. OpenGL - man, Microsoft put the smack down on them, according to that article. Guess you have to push your DirectX monopoly down peoples throats and not give the competition a fighting chance. Way to go, you greedy corporate scumbags...