Numbers? Right. Last time i showed the numbers from several tests they said they don't trust the source. Right. Every excuse is a good one... And i'm not sure how can you count Vista as "new toy". It's been out for a year and a half... and i've been using it since its release.
The difference was noticeable up to around May/June 2007. And not from the Vista side but from the drivers side. Especially graphics part and partially sound. Today? Sorry, i don't see any reason why i'd even virtually bother myself with how my games run. They run ultra fast entirely maxed out. Sound is also exactly the same as on XP with my X-Fi. But i admit they weren't working that well till May/June 2007.
But that was entirely drivers fault, get it? I get all pissed off because ppl trash Vista and Microsoft, even though it's not their fault for that by milion miles. Has anyone ever ranted on any forum "omg stupid NVIDIA/AMD/Intel, they can't make god damn drivers right" ?
No, it was always "omfg, Vista sucks", "Omfg Microsoft sucks". C'mon, give me a break.