Windows XP x64 or Windows 7 x64 better for gaming

[qnene]

for the old games i think xp 64 bit is better but for the new ones windows 7 64 bit is better !

[MixLogy]

I Think Win Xp Is Better

[dash18]

xp better but with aplications, but windows 7 has more inteligent stuffs

[Quartr]

windows XP x64 has numerous compatibility problems, anyway it's 2011, all games are designed for Winows 7 and even the <2000 games work on windows 7 x64, with more or less tweaking.

+1

Windows 7 x64 is your best choice right now.

If you have compatibility problems, grab vmware workstation and build yourself a 32bit 2000 box. Or a DOS box for the really old stuff.

Windows XP is old news, too many people still clinging to it.

[johnbits]

win 7 for sure !

[snowmaster]

windows 7 64 b ofc

[Haristeas]

Unfortunately Windows XP does not see my 3 TB disk. That's why I like big fan of games had to switch to Windows 7 x64. My video card supports DirectX 11 and I just threw away win xp. This operating system is long gone.

[Artemis]

Unfortunately Windows XP does not see my 3 TB disk. That's why I like big fan of games had to switch to Windows 7 x64. My video card supports DirectX 11 and I just threw away win xp. This operating system is long gone.

For modern gaming yes of course WinXP only supports DirectX9 officially (it can be hacked for DX10), but there are older games that will not run on Win7 (even in compatibility mode).
XP 64 was never that stable and required special drivers so is not a good choice but XP 32bit was and still is fine. The OS will be supported by Microsoft until end of life in 2014.
For maximum compatibility you are better to run Win7 X64 (to address larger memory blocks) and if you need the compatibility with older OS's run a Virtualising solution such as VMWare workstation.

[sneakers]

ofc win 7, especially with new games thats no doubt

[freewais2005]

I vote for win 7 x64