Microsoft is touting Windows Vista as being "the best OS for games" (paraphrased). While this may be true for games developed on, and specifically geared toward Vista, gamers should stop and ask the question - "What about my 'old' games?" - and consider the answers very carefully.

ExtremeTech has a new article entitled Will Vista Run Your Games: The Final Word that every gamer considering taking the leap into "Vista-land" should read before shelling out the dough. Here's an excerpt:

The final version of Vista is an A- gaming platform, dragged down to a B- by rough drivers—assuming the driver situation is improved in the coming weeks and months, Vista will be a great gaming OS. Even though I installed and tested a lot more games this time around, nearly all of them worked quite well, and only a handful needed just a minor tweak or two, like running the game as Administrator. Steam is hit-or-miss: the app and all its games seem to work fine, but the way it interacts with the Games Explorer is erratic.

Personally, I have not yet upgraded to Vista. I'm waiting to see what happens with Vista Service Pack 1.