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From what I have been seeing MS is not to the only party here. Everyone has a different setup and there are thousands of different NIC cards out there. It looks like a driver issue for the nic is causing a increase. Remember most of us are loading Vista drivers until the hardware makers update their site with windows 7 drivers. Yes 7 is "like" Vista but is very different on how it controls hardware. It might take a month before we see true Win 7 drivers that lower lag issues, this is always the case with a new OS.
Ok with that being said I would like to address a few other items that could cause it. I myself saw a increase in my ping and lag times untill I updated my router firmware due to IPv6. Windows 7 tries to use IPv6 which is good but a lot of older routers dont like it and ISP haven't jumped totaly on the wagon for it. Just do a quick google run on Verizon and IPv6 to see the great items there. So check your router setup if it can not do IPv6 turn that off in your NIC settings and see if that has an affect on your ping.
As for the high FPS Im not sure how to advise on that one yet. I am still comparing that to XP/Vista and i am starting to think there are some parts of DirectX 11 that we have not been told about, just like when 10 came around and how it handls items along side the updated Aero themes in the back ground.