Microsoft just rolled out the first publicly uncommitted release campaigner forService Pack 1 of Windows Vista , and we snapped it up , eager to see if it ’s faster than the presently ship version of Vista . To test its speed , we range a series of benchmark on exactly the same machine , first with the original version of Vista , and then with Release Candidate 1 ( RC1 ) of the approaching Service Pack 1 ( SP1 ) . For comparison , on exactly the same machine and on an very knockout disk , we also tested those benchmark using Windows XP . From the perspective of sheer hurrying , has Microsoft improved Vista with this first loop of a divine service multitude ? Yes and no .
First , we ’ll in short key out the giant simple machine we used for testing . We ’ll give you the full scoop with pics of this machine tomorrow , but for now , drool over these specification for a while : It ’s a double quad - core Penryn HP xw8600 PC with workstation - class NVidia Quadro FX 4600 graphics , all eight CPU gist run at 3.16GHz , a 15,000rpm SAS hard drive and 4 GB of RAM . For our examination we had an indistinguishable 15,000rpm disc at the ready , that one with Windows XP load up , which we swapped out and plug into the same SATA port to compare the two atomic number 76 . Anyway , I guess you could say this well - equipped workstation will qualify to run Windows Vista . It ’s probably the fastest production microcomputer you could get your hands on , and we ’ll show you picture show , liken it to its predecessors with more bench mark , and describe its superb good tomorrow .
Did Vista have speed hassle ? Well , yes and no . When we ran the industriousness - standardPCMark05 benchmarkon both Windows XP ( SP2 , we see SP3 will be faster ) and Vista , Vista came out ahead by a healthy margin on exactly the same machine , scoring a 10,403 , compared to XP ’s score of 9024 , a 15.28 % f number increase for Windows Vista . That ’s a noticeable departure . How did Vista feel , pep pill - wise ? We immediately realized we were dealing with increase speed over XP , over a foresightful weekend of mousing around the PC , run Photoshop and Adobe Premiere , hunt benchmark and browsing internet site .
The only downside we notice with Windows Vista was when we try out to transfer a declamatory folder full of data file over our 100Base - T internet . While XP was able to transfer the 1.37 GB brochure stop 2606 detail in a fast 3:37 ( minutes / seconds ) , the Vista transferee seemed to hesitate at the goal , taking a easy 12:58 to perform exactly the same transcript from one PC to another over our connection .
Then when we liken the current shipping translation of Vista with its upcoming service pack , there was n’t much difference , with the Service Pack speeding things up by 0.865 % in the PCMark test . The only part of it that ’s wiretap us is the internet file transfer swiftness perplex even slower in the SP1 freeing candidate . Also continuing that bothersome disk speed job is the means Vista could n’t learn and write on that speedy 15,000rpm SAS drive anywhere about as fast as XP did .
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From these tests , what advice would we give Microsoft ? visualise out what ’s slowing down those internet file transfers and magnetic disc speeds . Other than those two anomaly , with both the merchant marine version and SP1 RC1 of Vista , you ’ll see firm speeds . However , that might be like pronounce , “ Other than that , how did you wish the play , Mrs. Lincoln ? ” [ Get Service Pack 1 , RC1 from Microsoft Here ]
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