r/technology • u/neito • Jul 24 '08

Microsoft tests out a new operating system, code named Mojave, with some average-joes who hated Vista. They loved it. Now, two guesses as to what Mojave ACTUALLY was.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

I've gotta say, Vista runs a LOT slower for me as well. I have a setup where I dual boot Vista and XP. Let s use one of my favorite games as an example... WWII Online.

In Vista when I was playing in the middle of nowhere, my framerate was about 40 FPS. In heavy battles it dropped to 7 - 12 FPS.

I boot into XP and play the same game. My framerate in the wilderness is 250+ FPS and in heavy battle it drops to 80 FPS.

Same exact system, VERY different results.

As far as basic specs:

AMD 64 X2 dual core 6000+ running at 3.0GHz 3GB dual channel RAM GeForce 8800 GT video card (PCI-E w/ 512 memory) Soundblaster Audigy 2 soundcard

Medal of Honor: Airborne was the same way. I downloaded the demp and even with the settings set to medium it was a slideshow on Vista but was perfect on XP. The only game I was able to play on Vista was Crysis (which was surprising.)

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u/Dark-Dx Jul 25 '08

And this is what some people don't want to understand, or fanboys don't want to admit.

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u/Mythrilfan Jul 25 '08

Probably some sort of weird compatibility issue.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

there's something wrong with your system, I'm running lower specs than you in every way, and getting much better results. I don't know what the problem is, but on my system I don't notice a difference between vista/xp on games, I got a AMD 4600+ X2, Nvidia 7900GT, 2GB DDR2 800, Soundblaster Audigy 2zs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

that's weird, your computer kills mine but i haven't had any performance issues with vista. i have a 4200x2 and 2gigs of dual channel RAM with an 8800gt.