Hmmmm....so...in theroy, installing XP drivers inside vista would make games that like XPDM run better?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:52 PM, swt <[email protected]> wrote: > The original post is from http://bbs.deepin.org/read.php?tid=298909 > > I just translated it. > > So, there is a lot of complaints of gma950's10% more performance lose > on Vista comparing with XP, despite that Vista drains system resource > significantly, another cause is Intel's shitty WDDM driver. > > The idea comes from Intel's support page: > > http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-023606.htm > > Q3: Is Intel providing WDDM drivers for Intel Graphics Media > Accelerator 900 (Intel GMA 900) on Intel 915 Express chipset-based > platforms? > > A3: Intel will provide support for WDDM drivers beginning with the > Intel® 945 Express chipset family and beyond. See question 5 below > for a detailed explanation of WDDM support on Intel® 915 Express > chipset-based platforms. However, Windows Vista is supported on the > Intel® 865G, 915G Express desktop chipsets and 852/855GM mobile > chipsets running XPDM (XP Display Driver Model) driver included on the > Windows Vista install media. Windows Vista will install on these > platforms, but advanced features such as Windows Aero will not be > enabled as XPDM drivers do not support Windows AERO. > > Using old platform drivers (XPDM), Users would gain back 99% > performance on Vista (However you can not enable aero or support newer > games in trade). > > Here are some test reults: > > 3dmark01 > On XP: 5268 > Vista drivers: 4400 > XP drivers on Vista:5175 (almost the same as on XP) > > Warcraft3 > menu: > Vista drivers: 47 fps > > Xp drivers: 60 fps > > dota: > Vista drivers: 34 fps > > Xp drivers: 47 fps > > See the diffrence. > > > And my idea is, may Angelic, Mad or other capable modders implement/ > plant some codes in XPDM to WDDM to give more performence in Vista/7? > > swt > > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
