Gaming performance: Windows 7 vs. Windows 11 tested:
Can a 17-year-old operating system still keep up in gaming on modern hardware? A recent comparison test by ...
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Windows 7 Excels in Parts of Gaming ComparisonTom’s Hardware compared Windows 7 and Windows 11 on modern AMD hardware across ten games and three resolutions.
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- The test used Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 and Windows 11 25H2 on a modern AMD-based PC.
- The games included The Witcher 3, Control, and Borderlands 2, tested in Full HD, WQHD, and 4K.
- With limited GPU demand, Windows 7 delivered especially strong 1% lows in older DirectX 9 games; the advantage diminished at 4K.
- In GPU-limited situations such as Control, Windows 11 led, probably because of newer graphics-driver code.
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