Question

I feel Windows 7 is very fast but I'm using Vista for most of my gaming and it is really slow. Now I don't know if I should go back to XP or migrate to Windows 7 to play games and record videos while playing.

Answer 1

That's subjective.

Benchmarks show XP edges out 7 for performance.

However - Windows 7 supports Direct X 10, and 11 so games will look better.

I use 7 for games, and aside from the odd hiccup because it's not yet release so no-one offers support, it's fine.

Answer 2

For an actual verdict on gaming comparisons between Win7 and XP, I would say it is too early to judge. For it to be a proper contest I would even go so far as to wait for SP1 for Win7. Who knows what will happen to an OS before/after it gets its first major revision.

But I would suggest moving to Win7 for future proofing mainly (DX 10, 11 etc..). XP is still does its job well, but its age does show.

Answer 3

Go with Windows 7. For more speed get more RAM and Windows 7 64-bit to handle it.

Answer 4

Well i think Windows 7 is better for gaming , first because of the Superfetch feature in Seven , i don't know how to explain why but try it yourself... disable it and run a game.. then enable it and run the same game... you will notice a difference in the timing between the sound and the visuals... of course it depends on your VGA card and your RAM.. but still it makes a noticeable difference..

And second , of course the DX 10 and 11 support but you should keep in mind that you need a decent VGA card and a good amount of RAM to run a game with DX 10 or 11.... of course all that in the future... because i think there's no game right now is fully supporting DX 10 or 11..

Answer 5

If you know your games are compatible with Windows 7, then do it. If your games aren't compatible with Windows 7, then I would recommend downgrading to XP. I've used XP and Vista and XP is definitely faster.

Answer 6

The bench marks have shown XP is faster but as posted before, it will not have DX 11 support.

Answer 7

Old gaming : windows xp and sometimes linux handle the job with wine or a xp virtual machine on it ... (wine even work with pre-xp games for retrogaming love !!!)

Hardcore gaming : seem a easy guest but even if windows 7 as directx 10 like vista some games won't work sometimes and even more for xp games, like xp games on vista but 2 times worse ...

So I got no preference at all for any os, I choose by my needs for that time !!!

For benchmarks xp and 7 shine but 7 is slower for browsing and consume more ressources also, but it's the easiest windows os that I have seen but it still use 2 time more power than xp but I cannot compare after you have installed xp like you like cause windows 7 add new features that before we added to windows xp after and it surely cost some ressources ... As all choices vary, it can cost less or more than a plain windows 7 ...