Oh you Fanboys, you're so silly. Having an ATI card doesn't seem to make
much difference. I've got the X1900XTX and I'm seeing slower performance
under Vista than under XP. I also have the 6800GT and see the same issues.
I've been running a series of benchmarks on the different games and gaming
benchmarks and so far, Vista is slower across the board. In one case 30%
I also haven't seen any performance gains by running in XP 2 compat mode
over regular Vista Mode.
Here's a list of benchmarks I've ran so far with the X1900XTX, using the
beta Vista drivers from ATI and Vista RC1.
3dMark06
XP - scored: 5061 -
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=256235
Vista - scored: 4873 -
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=509085
Vista XP2 mode - scored 4852 -
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=509124
Half-life 2: Lost Coast
XP - scored: 101.71
Vista - scored: 70.22
Aquamark
XP - scored 81,999
Vista - scored 65,39
FEAR with patch 1.07.
XP - scored: 141
Vista - scored: 94, with XP mode scored the same
Under Battlefield 2, the performance seemed fine at first, but as I starting
playing, I noticed alot of stuttering and drops from a normal steady 99-100
fps to 50 fps.
I understand that this is all Beta software with unpolished Beta drivers.
But so far, Vista slow for games. I was really thinking it was going to be
super streamlined for video, but whatever the issue, it's less than
desireable under vista. Guess I'll wait for the next round of driver
releases.