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Vista SP1 a Performance Dud


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Posted 19 November 2007 - 11:21 PM

images/news/vista.jpgexo.blog takes a look at the performance of Windows Vista Service Pack 1

With the initial performance characteristics of Windows Vista leaving much to be desired (see our previous post on the subject), many IT organizations have put off deploying the new OS until the first service pack (SP1) is released by Microsoft early next year. The thinking goes that SP1 will address all of these early performance issues and somehow bring Windows Vista on par with - or at least closer to - Windows XP in terms of runtime performance.

Unfortunately, this is simply not the case. Extensive testing by the exo.performance.network (www.xpnet.com) research staff shows that SP1 provides no measurable relief to users saddled with sub-par performance under Vista.


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Posted 19 November 2007 - 11:55 PM

Shouldn't the thread title just be "Vista ... a performance dud!" :)

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Posted 20 November 2007 - 05:07 AM

View PostDavid_Heavey, on Nov 19 2007, 05:55 PM, said:

Shouldn't the thread title just be "Vista ... a performance dud!" :)
Eeeeeeeeyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! ;)

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 11:46 PM

Not that I'm a big Vista fan but I believe you are still stuck with it if you want your Direct X10 cards to take advantage of DX10 games. :)

Edit: I hope SP1 fixes the phantom activation bug!!!! I remember a while back reports of updating drivers causing people to have to reactivate. Today, without updating a single thing...I got a screen saying Windows had been deactivated because of a major hardware change. :chriso: I had to call MS India to fix it. :lol:

Edited by WFO, 23 November 2007 - 01:25 AM.


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Posted 23 November 2007 - 02:52 AM

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Not that I'm a big Vista fan but I believe you are still stuck with it if you want your Direct X10 cards to take advantage of DX10 games.

Well not really, as DX10 seems to be a big 'Performance Dud' also.........maybe even a 'Myth'? :chriso:




Oh how the weak fall :)

Edited by scaramonga, 23 November 2007 - 02:55 AM.





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