Jericho Demo - Vista Vs XP

This is what happens when I load the Jericho demo in Vista on the same exact settings and hardware I use in XP.

256mb 7900GT
2GB DDR800
AMD 5600+ X2

1680x1050
Everything on but motion blur

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Jericho
• Vista
• XP
• Windows
• Demo
• Performance
• game

[WoWNotNerd]

I just changed to vista ultimate 64 bit. Gave my crysis 30 more fps on highest settings

[WoWNotNerd]

Who the hell uses a 64 bit Os with just 2 gig ram. U need 4 gig to Get more performance than xp on vista 64 bit. Xp vs vista 64bit same system with 4 gig ram will give u a bost of 20%. But with 2gig ram xp pwnz!!!!

[EalGuerrero]

XP IS BETTER FOR GAMES =))) LOVE XP VISTA SLOW the fps of game =(

[AnnoyedDragon]

Yes I have SP1 installed and every update, driver and start-up program sorted to not impact performance.

I realize you are nit picking for a excuse to direct blame away from Vista, the fact of the matter is Vista's higher system requirements has a degenerative impact on gaming performance if your system cannot accommodate them.

My system isn't low end, but it still isn't enough to keep Vista happy. So much that Crysis performs significantly better under my XP partition than Vista.

[Agentbromsnor]

Maybe I'm asking the obvious here, but did you also install the servicepack for Vista? I still find it strange that just a few people always seem to have problems with Vista, while I never saw any bugs, crashes, and BSOD's with anyone using Vista including myself. Thats why I still believe that the problem isn't in Vista itself. Perhaps your computer needs drivers that are not comfortable with Vista (yet).

[AnnoyedDragon]

I built this rig myself so there is nothing on it I don't want.

Believe me it is not the fault of some app or hardware weakness; Vista just has higher demands than XP, so much that if a game is just playable under XP it will be unplayable under Vista.

Since I've upgraded Crysis has been the main game with performance issues under Vista.

[Agentbromsnor]

Does your Vista include Norton? That may be the source. Norton is also standard installed on my PC in Vista, but since I deleted it Vista runs just fine.

[AnnoyedDragon]

It has nothing to do with the brand name of your hardware. Just because AM2 CPUs perform behind Conroes doesn't mean they are a bad CPU, this one handles Crysis just fine.

After much research I ended up at the same conclusion I started with, Vista is a resource hog. Vista performs on par with XP *only* when its additional work load is accommodated and there is enough performance left over to meet the games requirements, otherwise performance is lower compared to XP.

They need a gaming mode.

[Agentbromsnor]

I don't know, I run with 3 GB and it runs every game fine. But I think another problem COULD be the fact that you'r running AMD. I'm not saying that that is the problem, but I happen to know a friend who also has problems with Vista on AMD.

[AnnoyedDragon]

Fraps must be a Vista basher then, it dared to show Vista lagging where XP ran smoothly.

If you looked at my system settings at the time, I more than made up for the memory and CPU requirements in Vista. Unless you are actually suggesting it wants 4GB?