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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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Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
54.4856.0755.4241.06


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
47.8950.6350.0635.22


Far Cry 2 2,560x1,600 4xAA MaxAF
BFG GTX 260 896MB *Vista*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Win7*Gigabyte HD 4870 1GB *Vista*BFG GTX 260 896MB *Win7*
33.8733.6633.2823.87


As we saw in the Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs. GeForce GTX 295 results, Windows 7 performance for the GTX 260 is, well, dire. The HD 4870 loses out a touch when compared to Vista, but NVIDIA's card gives away almost one-third performance in a game where frame-rates are already low. Should NVIDIA fix the problem, performance will be back up to Radeon HD 4870 1GB levels.