XP Fans rejoice

[bpollock 0]

Excerp form ITWIRE"Test results for Windows XP SP3 from Devil Mountain Software, Inc., have shown a surprising 10% performance boost compared with XP SP2, in stark contrast to slow results for the release candidate of Vista SP1"Wondering how this will help with FPS?http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15512/1105/1/0/

[klemay 0]

thanks for the link, thats some good reading!

[Mace 1,902]

That could be amazing.Question I have is, if Microsoft can squeeze this much performance out of Windows XP, then why can't they do it with Vista?RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

[Tabs 2,790]

They were running MS Office benchmarks though for this... that's definitely not the same thing as gaming tests. I wouldn't assume we're gonna see 10% FS improvement or anything.

[W2DR 1,859]

I agree. Whatever they measure for the MS Office benchmarks we'll never see the gain with MSFS. Words-per-minute just isn't the same as frames-per-second. I wouldn't look for any magic with SP3. The real wonder is that there is an SP3 at all for a "legacy" OS. Speaks volumes for just how bad Vista really is.Doug

[Mace 1,902]

Win98 release-to-market --> Win98SE (much faster 3D performance)WinXP release-to-market --> WinXP SP1 (much faster 3D perf)Windows Vista rel-to-mkt --> Win Vista SP1 (______________)Fill in the blank! Let's hope SP1 for Vista does what Microsoft has always done with their OS's!RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian