Windows XP SP2 Performance Review

Colin Dunstan · 10-11-2004, 04:02 AM

Hardcoreware.net has posted an in-depth review of Microsoft's latest service pack, SP2. If you have been thinking about upgrading your system, this is worth a read.

Conclusion:
After looking at the results, one thing is certain: You have more to gain than you to to lose by installing SP2.

Performance is for the most part identical to SP1, except in a few cases. In those cases, SP2 was actually faster! There were only one or two instances where SP1 was faster, and that was by the slimmest of margins.

What surprized me was how much gaming performance was increased by upgrading to SP2 and DirectX 9c! I was NOT expecting this, especially on the midrange x600 XT card we used for testing. Nonetheless, most games do benefit from the upgrade.

Colin Dunstan · 10-18-2004, 07:49 AM

Found another interesting SP1 vs. SP2 performance comparison:

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=265

10-11-2004, 04:02 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Windows XP SP2 Performance Review Hardcoreware.net has posted an in-depth review of Microsoft's latest service pack, SP2. If you have been thinking about upgrading your system, this is worth a read. Conclusion: After looking at the results, one thing is certain: You have more to gain than you to to lose by installing SP2. Performance is for the most part identical to SP1, except in a few cases. In those cases, SP2 was actually faster! There were only one or two instances where SP1 was faster, and that was by the slimmest of margins. What surprized me was how much gaming performance was increased by upgrading to SP2 and DirectX 9c! I was NOT expecting this, especially on the midrange x600 XT card we used for testing. Nonetheless, most games do benefit from the upgrade.

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10-18-2004, 07:49 AM	#2
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Found another interesting SP1 vs. SP2 performance comparison: http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=265

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