gerwin wrote:I did not find this to be true in general.
for example:
http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/window … -vs-vista-vs-7/
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SquallStrife wrote:Superior multi-thread/multi-core thread scheduler
I did not find this to be true in general.
for example:
http://blog.testfreaks.com/information/window … -vs-vista-vs-7/
(Edit: typed too slow, d1stortion's post now appears with the same link)
That is quite an old link, back before W7 got any service packs and the years of driver refinement it has now. That said, I'm having trouble finding comprehensive 7 vs XP benchmark tests done in the last 12 months. Plenty of anecdotal stuff tho, arguing both ways.
What I can say from my own personal experience, is that Vista and 7 assign threads to logical processors (whether that be a HT thread, or a core, or a single core chip) with consideration to layout. For instance, it typically won't treat HT threads as if they were discrete processors, and try to service different processes with them simultaneously.
Depending on your task, this could be a massive boost.
gerwin wrote:SquallStrife wrote:WDDM (OS doesn't crash if the video driver has a problem)
The AMD/ATI XP driver has GPU recover for that.
There are a limited range of situations that ATi's GPU recover applies to, IIRC they are mostly hardware related. If the driver itself has some kind of problem, it can't save itself. XP's display system runs in the kernel ring, so if the driver has a problem, the OS bluescreens.
Driver crash recovery isn't the only benefit WDDM provides either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Display_Driver_Model
gerwin wrote:
Of course after all these years there will be some worthwile additions in the newer OS'es, but it seems a bit underwhelming to me.
Absolutely, and that's quite different to saying "not much over XP other than eye candy".
It does depend a lot on what you do, naturally. If all you do is run word processing, spreadsheet, web browser, and DOSBox, you might prefer to stay on XP to save the effort of reformatting. Nothing wrong with that.
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