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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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Company of Heroes: OF

Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
80.3462.6861.7280.87


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
66.8653.9152.3667.31


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
43.6736.2135.1843.3


Run via DX10, the £20-cheaper GeForce GTX 260 has the clear lead here. What's pleasing is that both produce near-identical average frame-rates in Windows 7 as in Vista.