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    Which is better for gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kman, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. kman

    kman Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have Windows vista Home premium on my notbook and was wondering if I should either switch to windows XP or partition my hard drive and have both windows vista and Windows XP.

    Please HElp :)
     
    kman, Feb 23, 2008
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  2. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    Windows XP. While the SP1 for vista really helped, it didn't improve gaming to XP's standard.
     
    Crimsonman, Feb 23, 2008
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  3. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    yeah, i went back to XP a month or so ago and i gained ~15fps in counterstrike source.

    It also stopped some weird problem i was having with C&C generals
     
    Fittersman, Feb 23, 2008
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  4. NULL

    NULL Notebook Consultant

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    you'll be limited to same range of performance unless you upgrade hardware. if you had bad drivers on the other hand you may experience performance boost with new drivers. the OS can only limit you so much.
     
    NULL, Feb 23, 2008
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