Just Cause for Upgrading to Vista, 7 for DirectX 10

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Just Cause 2 will shun Windows XP gamers by requiring DirectX 10.

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  • xenol
    I wonder if this means Just Cause might actually work nicely under DirectX 10 since by these requirements, it might be developed purely for DirectX 10, instead of DirectX 9 with DirectX 10 extensions.
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  • Xzar
    Nothing wrong with the game being DX10 only. This means they put more man/hours on improving graphics at the top end, and less on ensuring backwards compatibility with older hardware.
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  • Trueno07
    I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing...
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  • FlayerSlayer
    For a game that REQUIRES a dual core cpu, 2 gigs of memory, and an 8800 or better video card, asking for users to have an OS from the last three years? That's pretty reasonable to me.
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  • curnel_D
    How could this be a bad thing. I can't believe studios have still been stuck on 6-8 year old technology. For finally being the first dev to grow some balls and finally require DX10, they've found a customer in me, even if the game isn't that good.
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  • MrCommunistGen
    I wonder if it actually uses SSE3... I didn't think much used that except for OSX's Rosetta.

    -mcg
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  • drowned
    joeman42If they're still on XP, they're not true gamers.
    I use XP as my primary OS but dual boot 7 for situations like this when a game might not support DX9. I also run Ubuntu for academic work but that's not important.
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  • carlhenry
    thank you finally! nuf with the xp already and let it rest peacefully.
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  • anamaniac
    We've put DX10 on XP...
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  • cloakster
    Other than saying that an 8800 is equivalent to a HD 2600, i see nothing wrong with this. Crysis came out 2.5 years ago with requirements that were nuts at the time and they finally come out with another game that will completely stress your hardware.
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