Turns out Vista Won’t Play Nice With FPS Games
Noticed this little bit of news on slashdot.org today which is not even the least surprising. My own experience with Windows Vista has been less than stellar, and one of the things I noticed about the new OS was the lack of any increase in gaming performance. Although I don’t recall there being a huge drop in performance it does not surprise me that others are having worse issues than myself.
The really interesting fact that the article speaks to is the lack of adequate video hardware support in Windows Vista. Several of the problems I experienced with a Windows Vista Ultimate installation on a notebook was centered on how the OS handled secondary displays. It did’nt. Apparently Microsoft radically changed how video drivers are implemented in Windows Vista which is resulting in all the fuss since older drivers have to use a “compatibility” layer which saps performance. Since few “native” video drivers are out or completely debugged and out of beta resulting in many folks are having serious issues, as reported by slashdot.
Yet another reason to avoid Windows Vista for the foreseeable future.
UPDATE: News.com is running a story on how Vista won’t run Second Life for lots of folks….and you will only need one guess why.
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