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Review: Windows 7 vs. Vista: high-end graphics put to the test

by Tarinder Sandhu on 27 March 2009, 21:41

Tags: Gigabyte (TPE:2376), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), BFG Technologies

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Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
77.581.7578.4479.3


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
66.3768.4566.1568.1


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
44.844.343.7545.45


The two cards produce remarkably similar results in Call of Duty 4. Windows 7 performance is around the same as Vista.