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- Date:
- Tuesday , June 05, 2007
- Author:
- Jason Wall
- Editor:
- Kyle Bennett
- Google +1
XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates: Redux
We recently published an article comparing framerate performance in XP versus Vista on NVIDIA hardware. Our readership wanted to see what ATI could do with the same task so that we could see if Vista was really to blame for what we saw.
Battlefield 2142
We had no problems with getting this title to run on the new hardware. 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.
Graphics Settings
Image Quality – Vista on Top
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 the ATI video card and driver set.
Graphics Settings
Image Quality – Vista on Top
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
We also had no issues with this title. In our 30 Days with Vista article, we experienced an anomaly where the floor of our opening sequence jail cell swallowed Uriel Septim and the game was unable to progress. Thankfully, we experienced nothing like that and the ATI hardware was able to play this title without any problems.
Graphics Settings
Image Quality – Vista on Top
Flight Simulator X
We experienced a strange event while launching this title. For a game that was designed with Vista in mind, it surprised us that the UI had to change from Aero to “Vista Basic” for the game to run. None of our other titles required this. Otherwise, the game installed and played perfectly fine.
Graphics Settings
Image Quality – Vista on Top
