Counter-Strike on Windows Vista - Windows XP/Windows Vista comparison
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| Of course, some of you love Counter-Strike and can apply a lot of
| tips and tricks to optimize the settings and get improved performance,
| but for a beginner user, Windows XP is the recommended platform for
| games.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Counter-Strike-on-Windows-Vista-54569.shtml
That's what one gets after waiting for 5-6 years. Longhorn will pull a Vista.
All. Over. Again. It already drops features.
Related:
XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framera
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| 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.
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http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMzNCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
Quake 4 On XP, Vista, & Linux
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| However, I spent the extra time and while I was at it had run three
| Quake 4 v1.3 benchmarks in XP, Vista, and Fedora Core 6 (2.6.20 kernel).
| The hardware used was a modest AMD Sempron setup with a NVIDIA GeForce
| 6150 and the NVIDIA 1.0-9755 drivers (the hardware chosen was to
| represent the more common Linux user rather than using an octal-core
| setup). The NVIDIA driver on Vista was 100.65 while the XP version
| was 93.71. Below is the average frame-rate from each test on each
| operating system.
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http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=164
Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 per cent slower than XP
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| So if you play Battlefield 2 or FEAR or any other popular game
| you are likely to get lower frame rates with Vista. That is
| certainly not a good buying argument but don?t think you
| and I have much choice as it looks like a take it or leave it deal.
| I like Vista as the 3D desktop looks sexy but that is probably
| its key feature.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34915
Microsoft doesn't yet play games on Vista
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| The firm has its Vista logo all over its boothm, but all the
| machines that we investigated were running Windows XP.
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| Obviously, it is still not the right time to switch to Vista as
| things might be not stable for current games. We hope
| that they can meet the early 2007 schedules.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33924
Valve questions Microsoft's commitment to PC gaming
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| Half-Life 2 developer Valve thinks that Microsoft's current
| "Games for Windows" marketing push is a cynical ploy to sell
| more copies of Windows Vista, rather than a genuine effort to
| invigorate the PC gaming market.
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http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/12/valve_questions_microsofts_commitment/
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