XP vs Vista 3dMark06

[lxskllr]

Here's a cut/paste of an email I sent to someone else. I thought it might be of interest to some of you. This wasn't scientific in any way, and my procedures could probably be improved. It's a good quick and dirty comparison though.

I booted into XP today to take care of some maintenance =-O and thought I'd re-download 3dMark for comparison to Vista(I couldn't transfer my previously downloaded copy due to folder permissions) so here's the results:

XP | Vista

3DMark Score - 5125 | 5263

SM 2.0 Score - 1967 | 2019

SM 3.0 Score - 1941 | 2011

CPU Score - 2838 | 2818

Return To Proxycon - 16.082fps | 16.353fps

Firefly Forest - 16.708fps | 17.298fps

CPU1 Red Valley - 0.907fps | 0.886fps

CPU2 Red Valley - 1.421fps | 1.434fps

Canyon Flight(SM 3.0) - 17.035fps | 17.302fps

Deep Freeze(SM 3.0) - 21.792fps | 22.927fps

Conclusion? Vista is the winner by a small margin . Tbh it really isn't that big a difference between them. I would call them equal in performance.

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Here's a cut/paste of an email I sent to someone else. I thought it might be of interest to some of you. This wasn't scientific in any way, and my procedures could probably be improved. It's a good quick and dirty comparison though.

I booted into XP today to take care of some maintenance =-O and thought I'd re-download 3dMark for comparison to Vista(I couldn't transfer my previously downloaded copy due to folder permissions) so here's the results:

XP | Vista

3DMark Score - 5125 | 5263

SM 2.0 Score - 1967 | 2019

SM 3.0 Score - 1941 | 2011

CPU Score - 2838 | 2818

Return To Proxycon - 16.082fps | 16.353fps

Firefly Forest - 16.708fps | 17.298fps

CPU1 Red Valley - 0.907fps | 0.886fps

CPU2 Red Valley - 1.421fps | 1.434fps

Canyon Flight(SM 3.0) - 17.035fps | 17.302fps

Deep Freeze(SM 3.0) - 21.792fps | 22.927fps

Conclusion? Vista is the winner by a small margin . Tbh it really isn't that big a difference between them. I would call them equal in performance.

A little bit interesting, but nothing really new. Benches over the past year have had different results depending on what it is your testing. 3dMark may show them running pretty close together, but other benches may show some huge differences in other areas.


Need I go into copying files?


Oh, and if you did it with the system in your sig, the amount of RAM being used changes Vista's performance dramatically.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Tarrant64


Oh, and if you did it with the system in your sig, the amount of RAM being used changes Vista's performance dramatically.

I've found that the amount of ram, at least 2gb or above doesn't make a difference in 3dmark. I had the same score in Vista with 4gb as I did with 2gb. I'd be willing to bet XP is the same.

 

[zig3695]

well thats that and the argument is over. vista is better haha to all those who thought otherwise.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: zig3695
well thats that and the argument is over. vista is better haha to all those who thought otherwise.

lol, yes, because 3dmark is my FAVORITE game!!! Pay no mind to the increased memory requirements, or slowdown in COH, BF2, etc.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

does 3dmark06 (the free trial dl from guru3d) work with Vista 32-bit?

if no, how can i get it to work? i heard theres some patch, how do i use that?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
does 3dmark06 (the free trial dl from guru3d) work with Vista 32-bit?

if no, how can i get it to work? i heard theres some patch, how do i use that?

Yeah, I wanted to run 3dmark, but it insisted on installing DX9, and I figured that wouldn't be a good idea.

 

[StopSign]

3DMark06 works in Vista fine. I benched it.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

which version of 3dmark06 are you using for vista?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
which version of 3dmark06 are you using for vista?

I used the regular version from futuremark's site. I can't remember if I OKd the installation of DX9, or if it even asked me, but the standard version works.

 

[StopSign]

I don't think it ever asked to install DX9 for me.

 

[stash]

PSA: There is a PC Gaming forum.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: stash
PSA: There is a PC Gaming forum.

yea, but nobody goes there

 

[stash]

Well if people keep posting gaming topics in the OS forum, I can understand why!

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: stash
Well if people keep posting gaming topics in the OS forum, I can understand why!

This was created before there was a games forum Also, the original intent was for a quick comparison between O/Ss, not necessarily for gaming per say.