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Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3

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Game Results

It's clear that driver issues in Windows Vista have been largely ironed out, as the five to 10 percent performance drop compared to Windows XP is virtually gone. In fact, the only test out of these three in which Vista didn't match its predecessor was in the pre-SP1 World in Conflict result.

The other game tests were so close, you wouldn't know which OS you were seeing without the chart labels! Continued...


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