A hotly debated and often-lamented issue with Vista is that it doesn?t appear to perform as well in 3D gaming as its predecessor, Windows XP. While some have reported no change in performance, we?ve seen poor driver support in Vista cause serious problems with performance and overall compatibility in various gaming titles. While we?d like to take readers? testimony at face-value, we felt the need to go and find out what the hub-bub is about and put hard numbers on this supposed performance discrepancy.