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Tests Show Win XP Still Fastest for Multicore

Windows XP SP2 outpaced Windows Vista SP1 and Windows 7 beta by leaps and bounds during multiprocess workload testing (concurrent database, messaging workflow, and multimedia tasks) on our dual-core and quad-core test beds. However, as you can see from the Scalability figures below, the improvement in performance of XP when moving from dual-core to quad-core paled to the gains of Vista and Windows 7, showing that the later operating systems take better advantage of multiple cores.

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Speed-Racer5571d ago

Well this was obvious... Windows 7 to speak is technically still a lot heavier than XP, just the resource management was way better than XP. XP is a very light system and can do quite a lot, but obviously is outdated now to newer scalability tech, etc.

SiLeNt KNighT5571d ago

yep gotta agree. its like comparing firefox to opera. opera is a great browser and the footprint is fairly small but firefox has all the add ons that add to the memory usage but make the total experience better. opera will get the basic job done faster but firefox does it more efficiently. if you turn off a lot of the functions so W7 is almost the same as XP you will notice a huge difference in speed. the added functions in W7 make the overall process minimally slower than XP but at the same time makes the work process more efficient than XP. its a trade off im willing to take. ive been using W7 for a few weeks and will make the switch almost as soon as it comes out in aug.

SaiyanFury5570d ago

Yeah XP is optimized for a single core environment. Adding a fast dual core CPU of course the results are better. I'm waiting for my new HDD to test the Windows 7 beta on my own system once I get my new HDD to install it on. I've seen Windows 7 perform on a 3 year old AMD single core CPU and it was fast. Faster than XP on the same chip. The article can try to undermine Windows 7, but with personal testimony, Windows 7 was faster to perform. With my Core 2 Duo clocked at 3.5GHz, I'm sure it'll do just fine.

drewdrakes5570d ago

I disagree with your Opera analogy. Opera is better than Firefox. Its just "cool" right now to use Firefox for some reason.

SiLeNt KNighT5570d ago

its cool to disagree but you give no reason why. opera works well for what it does but firefox has more functions and makes the process more efficient. From looking at pictures on cooliris, no script, WOT, FireFTP, adblock, pdf converter, video downloader, the add on list goes on and on. you can customize firefox to pretty much any use you need. Opera...is a browser. does its job well but thats pretty much it. if you disagree i would at least like to hear the reason behind it. maybe ill agree with you and make the switch but saying firefox is overated?? i feel naked when i use chrome or safari, again both great browsers that let you surf the net but for what i use in an internet browser firefox blows the others away.

same goes for W7>XP. its my opinion but i like the added functions of W7 as opposed the 4.3 seconds faster that XP will do for the life of the machine. minimal speed increase is no match for speed AND functionality which is the new W7.

oohWii5570d ago

Where was the test software produced. Was the software made to run under windows XP. If so, perhaps they should create new software they is designed to work under the newer operating systems. I notice that futuremark has redone they PCmark software to include a vista version.

Sometimes these what's faster stories leave a lot of information out.

drewdrakes5570d ago

You say Opera is just a browser yet it comes with Voice functions out of the box which are easily programmable and mouse gestures that I wouldnt go without for the rest of my life. You say Firefox is efficient, well Opera is more efficient.

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InSpectre5571d ago

The headline here says windows XP is faster, but the article says the exact opposite. I wonder if anyone even reads past the first paragraph of articles like this?

Speed-Racer5571d ago

It's only fast in one test..the rest of tests can't count cause of XP's inability to succeed in those fields.

Foxgod5570d ago

Really, then how come Xp runs worse then both vista and win7 on my I7 ?

Goodfella785570d ago

Why im still using windows xp on my pc,,,,,and will continue to use it for the long haul.in my opinion microsoft have lost there mojo since 2005,,,peace out

JCDenton5570d ago (Edited 5570d ago )

Did you even read the article?

"Windows Vista and Windows 7 take better advantage of multiple cores than Windows XP, but not enough to overcome XP's greater efficiency."

"...However, as you can see from the Scalability figures below, the improvement in performance of XP when moving from dual-core to quad-core paled to the gains of Vista and Windows 7, showing that the later operating systems take better advantage of multiple cores."

Meaning, XP is wrong choice if you want to take full advantage of multi-core CPUs.

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

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isarai7h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken7h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
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Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye5h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken3h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno2h ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

porkChop45m ago

The disagrees are from people who have common sense. They aren't trying to kill mods. Most mods for any game will break with a new update because they rely on files/code that have been changed. This isn't new. Even with Bethesda this would happen way before the creation club. Mod support is literally one of the things that got Bethesda to where they are, and they're one of the only devs that releases comprehensive mod tools for each of their games.

Chocoburger1h ago

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

Aussiesummer33m ago

It's not a remaster, it's a next gen update.

badz14910m ago

LOL people are actually expecting massive improvements or something? From Bethesda?? the same people who released Skyrim multiple times and the all look like shit? THAT Bethesda? are people for real?

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

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thorstein6h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno2h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k41h ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson27m ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu1h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson29m ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -

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Gears of War Voice Actor Hints At New Game Announcement Coming In June

A voice actor from The Coalition's third-person shooter series, Gears of War, has hinted at a new game announcement coming in June.

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Ra303042m ago

Hopefully Microsoft will go back to the original story line and get away from that woke nonsense from the last Gears game Gears of Woke! But were talking about Microsoft so all the betting money is on more of the same woke nonsense.