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    New Catalyst 7.1 Vista Driver, Benchmarks in!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by csinth, Jan 29, 2007.

  1. csinth

    csinth Snitch?

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    Windows XP vs. Windows Vista Performance

    For those of you skeptical of purchasing Vista because of the declination in gaming performance, look no further.

     
    csinth, Jan 29, 2007
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    Kingfetty Notebook Consultant

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    Less than 1% performance decline, sounds pretty good to me.
     
    Kingfetty, Jan 29, 2007
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  3. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    still need 2 gigs of fast ram, but with the right drivers, vista will run excellently.
     
    Zellio, Jan 29, 2007
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  4. csinth

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    People were scared for a while at the drop in performance, but that's because of beta drivers. So besides the price, Vista looks pretty good now.
     
    csinth, Jan 29, 2007
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  5. RefinedPower

    RefinedPower Notebook Deity

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    Say thats not to bad, some of the cards actually saw a performance increase. Nice to know as I was initially not sure if Vista was any good for a gaming machine I am building right now.
     
    RefinedPower, Jan 29, 2007
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  6. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh god finally.

    But theres still no way i'm switching to vista. It might just be slow on my comp but the beta ran ridiculously slow for me (e.g. the recycling bin and my computer took time to respond which is annoying).

    edit: actually i'll probably install vista once security updates/windows service pack 1/catalyst 7.2 comes out (because by that time drivers won't be XP optimized anymore)
     
    link1313, Jan 29, 2007
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  7. Gator

    Gator Go Gators!

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    Great great, I suspected it was beta drivers that were slowing down my x1600 in Vista. Now, where to download a new version compatible with my Asus...
     
    Gator, Jan 29, 2007
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