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DirectX 10 will be not released for Windows XP
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Scott9027 said:
That it is. However, I believe that MS will in fact back-port DX10 to WinXP, as VERY few people out there currently have machines CAPABLE of running Windows Vista, much less running it well. (Heck... it would choke my machine, and I got an A64 3200+, 1gb of PC3200, and a GeForce 6800!)
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Well said Frank.
Also, don't forget that Intel will only support IA64 and never X86-64...Oh wait!!!
Also, don't forget that Intel will only support IA64 and never X86-64...Oh wait!!!
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I disagree. Mine runs the beta at really good speeds. The system requirements they put out were kind of false, you don't need 512 7800's in SLI and a Conroe to run vista at minimum requirementsTollhouseFrank said:
Boot time could be faster, but it's a beta, so meh.
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TollhouseFrank said:
im sorry but this is completely false here....
i've been beta testing vista for months and it runs fine on my old crappy gateway w/ a p4 2.4ghz, 512mb ram and Ti4200.
that obviously wouldnt run dx10 games but it runs vista quite nice.
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I believe the newer OGL games can be an option for those without DX10
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the betas so far aren't using the 3D desktop, are they? the last one I used had a windows shell little different from XP.
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What, like Flip3D and transparency? I get all of that fancy stuff.
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i'm not a big fan of forced updates. if it were up to me i'd still be using msn messenger 5.0. i even hacked my motherboard driver cd so i could get usb 2.0 without installing sp1. i know that eventually, when my current hardware configuration can't run newer games smoothly, i'm going to have to do some upgrades. they'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into vista though.
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I can't say I'm surprised in the least though. Vista isn't really an attractive option for many people as Windows XP is actually decent compared to previous Microsoft OS' like Windows 98, so they have to pull things like this in order to force people to move to Vista.
well that just sucks. so basically, soon (when dx10 come out) they will stop games being made for xp? which will eventually force people to switch to vista, which will force people to buy new machine and wasted money....
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Or, forcing all of us who wanna play DX10 games to go out and fork over the n-hundred smackers for Vista, which otherwise will be a zero-release.lordkosc said:
Remember...all comes down to money.
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The way things are, I think you guys are over-reacting a bit (j/k). After all, I highly doubt that Vista will be out for another year or two. For all we know, it may be canned for good.
Forced technology upgrades is an interesting issue to debate on. It isn't a bad thing per-se, but combined with ultra-restrictive crap like spyware/stealth DRM, it can be a disaster in the making. Now that Intel CPU's support/will support chip level DRM, one can only hope for the worst.
Forced technology upgrades is an interesting issue to debate on. It isn't a bad thing per-se, but combined with ultra-restrictive crap like spyware/stealth DRM, it can be a disaster in the making. Now that Intel CPU's support/will support chip level DRM, one can only hope for the worst.
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