Windows Vista, the new operating system currently under development at Microsoft, will eventually replace Windows XP in a majority of games-oriented PCs. In this preview you?ll see how modern graphics hardware performs under Windows Vista Beta 2. There?s a terrible performance hit in Far Cry: about 40% for the senior models in the Radeon X1900 family and 30-35% for the Radeon X1900 GT. In Windows XP, you can run this game on a Radeon X1900 XTX or XT with 4x FSAA in every resolution, including the exotic 1920x1200, but Vista Beta 2 limits you to 1600x1200 or even to 1280x1024 (on the Radeon X1900 GT).

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