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lizzardking   02-23-2006 at 03:53:39 AM

Hey people, I'm just wondering your thoughts on the up coming Vista?

What do you think it will be like for games? I know Microsoft is really pushing there console division, do you think they care about PC gamers??

I was just wondering your thoughts on the subject.

Please discuss.

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TenaciousleyDead   02-23-2006 at 07:12:45 AM
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well halo2 is coming out specifically for vista, and it comes with directx10. i dont know much about where their goals lie, but i figure it will be a little more bloated performance wise at most.

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CaPtAiN_InSaNo   02-23-2006 at 04:43:18 PM
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Keep in minde that this is speculation at this point in time, but i do believe that it may offer some improvements. There is supposed to be a new file system for it allowing more efficient access of data, perhaps that will reduce load lag when paging file is used. Also its native DX10, so it should pretty good gaming platform for the next 4 or 5 years. We can only hope that Vista is as good as XP Pro is now. I don't know about you, but my XP Pro is very reliable compared to the days of Win98 or even 2000. If you are planning on upgrading, i would suggest wait until vista arrives. I plan to build a new 64-bit machine 6 or 7 months after its launch, hopefully i'll be able to save up about $2000 for a new box by then. My system is fine for now, so i'm not really worrying about it.

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llama_man   02-27-2006 at 07:11:01 PM
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We can only hope that Vista is as good as XP Pro is now. I don't know about you, but my XP Pro is very reliable compared to the days of Win98 or even 2000.



There must be a fair difference between XP:pro and XP:Home then, 'cos I actually found Windows 2000 to be more reliable than XP. I ran Win2k for nearly 4 years, with virtually no BSODs. On the other hand, I had X3:reunion BSOD XP twice last night in the space of 30 minutes. 8O

Having said that, at least XP runs all my games (2000 didn't, even when using APCOMPAT), and either 2000 or XP is a huge improvement on 98 and 95 (shudder).

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