» Login to reply to this

» Login to reply to this

Kromis (657)     Oct 30, 2007 - 06:24 am

Shens :D » Login to reply to this

FSgeeK (531)    Oct 30, 2007 - 05:39 am

Stop being a dirty fanboy » Login to reply to this

» Login to reply to this

» Login to reply to this

DM_Razza (2)   Oct 29, 2007 - 11:13 am

If you go to the link, what happened is the user managed to turn on DX10 settings on Windows XP, which only has DX9. Not only that, but in Vista, on DX10, the user got 10 fps. He got considerably more fps with DX10 settings in a DX9 environment. That's what's neat about this...again, another reason why "upgrading" to Vista is a waste of time and money. » Login to reply to this  mr.wielder (1395)   Oct 29, 2007 - 12:35 pm Good point. » Login to reply to this  northreign (84)   Oct 29, 2007 - 11:30 am uh. Video drivers have been worked on and built upon for XP for how many years? XP video drivers where the same as vista's in its early life. People complained and cried foul. Boo hoo. » Login to reply to this  kondor999 (3)   Oct 30, 2007 - 11:18 am I got a copy of Vista Ultimate OEM on the day it was released, quickly discovered that performance was poor (specifically - graphics, audio, and file copying) and shelved it after struggling with it for 3 months. I'm now back to my old copy of XP Pro and it's just so much nicer. Simply put, everything works as it should. BTW, I have a nice rig: 3ghz Core2, 2gb RAM, 8800GTX, dual 150gb Raptors. If my rig chokes on Vista... » Login to reply to this  asdfqwerty (969)    Oct 30, 2007 - 03:26 am Vista has been out for a year. Vendors haves had Vista DDK for 2-3 years. Let's get real there: there will be no groundbreaking speedup for Vista anymore. » Login to reply to this  northreign (84)   Oct 29, 2007 - 02:21 pm | Edited on Oct 29, 2007 - 02:45 pm Since you obviously don't like vista I would give it more time. There's problems between XP and Vista and how they can be compared or rather not compared and same with Dx9 vs dx10. Currently Dx10 is still playing catch up and is getting close in performance. Graphics drivers are still needing a lot of work. Quote "We were surprised in that we did not find any large performance differences between DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 in this game." -hardocp.com Crysis demo benchmark. As far as sound Crysis with Vista works in 6.1 on my system absolutly fine and sounds incredibly great too. Older games are supported in 6.1 if they support dolby and/or if you have a creative card for all the others or something like that. The only time I found it was a problem was due to sound support by the game designers being limited. I have had no problems with sound in Vista and even have 2 soundcards running at the same time. Try that with XP - what a nightmare. » Login to reply to this  DM_Razza (2)   Oct 29, 2007 - 11:35 am | Edited on Oct 29, 2007 - 11:43 am Give me one good reason to upgrade to Vista then. I spend $300+ for an OS that runs slower, has hardware incompatibilities, makes my soundcard nearly break and all sounds sound horrible, offers no new graphics features since any DX10 exclusive graphics features I've seen so far can be run FASTER in DX9... I'm not seeing a compelling reason to "upgrade" here. Edit: I'll concede that given more time, the drivers may improve to the point where performance is similar to XP or better in Vista, but its been almost a year now, and things are still pretty bad. I had XP soon after it was released, and honestly, things worked a lot better compared to previous operating systems than Vista does to XP right now. To me, that's a bad sign. But what this is really about is showing just how bad DX10 is. DX10 is a huge disappointment as it is right now...there aren't any new graphics features that we've seen that DX9 can't run just fine, or better. Maybe its a driver issue, but if there aren't any new features, and DX10 is supposed to simply be faster and more efficient than DX9...why isn't it? I've seen ZERO cases where DX10 is better than DX9...I see more cases every day where the opposite is true. Add in the fact that DX10 was artificially forced as "Vista-only", when chances are it could be put on XP with little trouble or issue, and I'm thoroughly dissatisfied with what I've seen. (And yes, I do have a copy of Vista, its sitting on a shelf, waiting for the day that it becomes worthwhile to even bother trying it again) » Login to reply to this

cleverjaja (95)   Oct 29, 2007 - 10:57 am

agree^^ minus well play a slideshow game » Login to reply to this

jacobvandy (959)    Oct 29, 2007 - 10:32 am

that's your opinion. » Login to reply to this  mr.wielder (1395)   Oct 29, 2007 - 10:55 am | Edited on Oct 29, 2007 - 10:57 am It's a commonly shared opinion then. 15 fps would make hitting targets very difficult in a fast-paced shooter like Crysis. It's a cool tip though anyway, I probably won't try it as my machine struggles at "medium" settings. » Login to reply to this

» Note: You need to be logged in to write a comment!