Big Improvement in FPS with Windows 7!

I may be stating something everyone already knows, but I just thought I'd share my results. I ran the "ranch - small" benchmark test in FarCry2 with the following settings:
Res.:1920x1200
AA: 4x
DirectX: v10
All other game settings maxed out.

For both OS's:
I used ATI Catalyst v9.5 (newest)
I had minimal background programs running (anitvirus shut off, etc.)

System specs:
Asus M4A78T-E mobo
AMD Phenom II x3 720 OC’d to 3.5GHz
(2) Sapphire 4870 (1GB) in crossfire OC’d to 815GHz core; 1020GHz mem
8GB DDR3 1333MHz (G.Skill)
WD Caviar Black 7200rpm 32MB cache 750GB
Hurricane force winds

The Results:
With Vista
Max FPS: 92
Min FPS: 36
Average FPS: 56

With Windows 7
Max FPS: 101
Min FPS: 42
Average FPS: 64

Needless to say, I'm happy; and sold!

32bit or 64bit ?

when using win7 i got extra 5-8fps in gta4 too...


*G.Skill 4gb ddr2 800 @954mhz
*Vista 64bit/ Win 7 64bit (7100)
*Intel Core2Quad q6600 @ 3.4ghz
*Antec TwelveHundred full tower case
*Silverstone 700w modular striker series
*Coolermaster v8 heatsink
*Power Color Ati 4870 1gb ddr5 edition (800core/1090memory)
*ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
*Seagate Barracuda 500gb HD (2x)
*P45 ASUS P5Q SE
*Acer 22"

OP here...
Actually for control of testing, both OS installs were fresh with the exact same software installed and running in the background.

What difference does Windows7 64Bit & 32Bit shows on FarCry2....?
I think ther won't be any difference, coz:
a) The game does'nt use more than 2GB memory
b) Game runs in 32bit system

hi friends...even am using windows 7...i also liked it a lot as you ppl do and the results are pretty good...
i played fallout3 and assassins creed...both are marvellous...the fps in fallout3 was 30fps earlier on windows64bit..
and now with windows7 64bit its around 40 solid....
and also i could see minor but very interesting details in the game..
does anyone feel the graphics better in windows7 here?
i can see all the textures very crisp and sharp now..i liked it a lot...

Call me crazy (maybe you too) but I could have sworn the even the splash screens for game looked better (sharper/more colorful?) for some reason.

Unfortunately though I didn't have 7 for long. I went to go restart and log on my Vista OS. Before it could it told be that it was checking E: (7 partition) with chkdsk and it found what seemed like a billion errors. I cancel, it does it again, I let it sit (forever) and when it finishes I finally log into Vista to find my entire E: inaccessible. Showed as 0MB and could not get any info from it. Luckily I had some backup software to at least restore the data but ended up formatting.