It's clear that driver issues in Windows Vista have been largely ironed out, as the five to 10 percent performance drop compared to Windows XP is virtually gone. Windows Vista's gaming performance conundrum has largely been solved, and it was mainly due to early graphics drivers. Love it or hate it, Vista is performing far better than it used to. It took about a year and a half, but the Gaming performance gap between Vista and its forerunner has finally evaporated.
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