Ha! That does make a difference... (FPS captured with Xfire, and also FPS is based on whenever I looked at it, may not be average)
Win 7 Stock Drivers 42 Menu 45 Ingame on Booty Bay no Camera Movement Win XP Stock Drivers 51 Menu 60 Ingame On Jan 23, 11:29 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > This does sound a bit interesting, I just reinstalled windows 7, ill > go try to do a test. Right now im using the latest intel stock drivers > for my 945gm and ill test out war3 once I get everything situated, > Then ill try the latest XP drivers. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 fromhttp://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... > > -- > Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
