Performance comparison

any advice on why the fps is lower on windows 7 64 bit?

Might be because of 3 gigs ram. On 32bit its moderately good, on 64 less so. Plus 32 bit uses less resources. Just a guess

so would it be wise to install the 32 bit version of windows 7 when retail comes out?

mn9500 said:

so would it be wise to install the 32 bit version of windows 7 when retail comes out?

You have a decent system. If you are going to stay @ 3 gigs and dont do alot of video editing, or other high cpu uses, I might. 32 uses less resources, less HD space, and can be easier to get drivers for.

64 bit depending on how you use it is faster.

hope this helps

Ken

i installed windows 7 32 bit on another partition and the fps is pretty much the same as the 64 bit version. so it seems like windows 7 as a whole run worse than xp for me.

windows 7 32 bit
CSS Stress Test 97.23
HL2 Lost Coast 59.65

Mercurial said:

and the stress app used is?

when you load css and lost coast, there is a video stress test you can run. and it will give you the average fps after it ends.

LOL I don't think Video stress tests will give you the average of the computer as a whole
It's just how well your Video card is working within the given system
Trust me there's tons of other factors in gaming aside from Video FPS