XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates

Seldom has the rumor mill turned faster than when gamers talk about gaming in Vista. Some folks are staying away from the new OS simply because they feel it doesn’t game well. We set out to put some hard numbers on those claims.

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Battlefield 2142

We had no problems getting BF2142 to run on this machine. It installed, patched, and played without issue on either video card or either OS. This game was a bit difficult to test because there is no save game option and the AI behaves differently every time. We did our best to stay in the same area of the map between sessions…and not die.

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7600 GS Settings

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Company of Heroes

We had no problems getting CoH to run on our system. Installation, patching, and gameplay went smoothly and caused no issues on either video card or either OS.

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8800 GTS Settings

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