[zestron]

So after talking about all of that, all I need to change is nothing?

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What I'd do is get a relatively cheap but powerful graphics card. For around $110, get the X1600 Pro. Its quite a powerful card for a relatively cheap price, and will last you until DX10 comes out. Unless your not going for Vista.

I'm not getting Vista I don't think because I still live with my family and, I will only use it if he buys it probally. I'm going to get my computer by working this summer by scraping and priming and painting the house. I get payed $8.50 (CA) per hour of working on anything. So if I worked for 2.8 days straight, I could pay off my computer!

Anyways... Vista is just not needed right now, but will soon unfortunetly.
Could someone tell me why Vista will be good for gaming?

Edited by zestron, 10 July 2006 - 06:23 AM.

[zestron]

What I'd do is get a relatively cheap but powerful graphics card. For around $110, get the X1600 Pro. Its quite a powerful card for a relatively cheap price, and will last you until DX10 comes out. Unless your not going for Vista.

I'm not getting Vista I don't think because I still live with my family and, I will only use it if he buys it probally. I'm going to get my computer by working this summer by scraping and priming and painting the house. I get payed $8.50 (CA) per hour of working on anything. So if I worked for 2.8 days straight, I could pay off my computer!

Anyways... Vista is just not needed right now, but will soon unfortunetly.
Could someone tell me why Vista will be good for gaming?

Edited by zestron, 10 July 2006 - 06:23 AM.

[Anton1382]

I tested Vista Beta-2 for about 2 weeks. It had good features and the layout was great but it was a BIG memory hogger. Just by looking at the desktop, it used 63% of my memory. When I went online..73%, and when I played BF2...99% and then it froze and shut down. My advice, get more memory before you get Vista. Other than that gaming on Vista is almost the same as gaming on XP, but DX10 is on Vista (not yet) and that is the only gaming difference.

[klogg]

If you're really that bleeding-edge of a gamer who wants new tech, wait around. I'm just waiting for the new Intel processors, than I'm gonna go ahead with my plans to build a new PC. I'd rather just stick with current technology I have to play present/older games much nicer and stick with the consoles (PS3 mmmm) for gfx. Thanks but no thanks Vista. I've never really been all about PC gaming anyways, but that's just me.

[warriorscot]

Im sick of people talking like beta 2 like its anywhere near the finished OS especially people that dont even test all the features or even know of there existance.

Dx10 is the biggest advantage Vista has for gmaing but it has some other features like a dedicated gaming folder with ESRB and integrating into the microsoft gaming network kinda like the way valve use steam but built into the OS, Vista will use alot of memory compared to say XP but it wont be anywhere near as much in the final version as beta 2 uses the betas arent optimised they are BETAs people really need to understand what beta software is, TESTING software not primed for release if you look at the differences between the optimisation in the beta put out and the latest build for MSDN subscribers there is a fair difference in optimisation, RC1 will be more optimised and will have more features the Direct X should also be finished by then or at least the new DX9 will be. Vista also has alot of new networking features making setting up home networks and streaming media between systems pretty much idiot proof hopefully, its taking alot of thins they tried on the consoles OS and little XP projects and putting them in the new OS.

Consoles are pretty sucky if you are serious about games and of course want them to look good, theres a brief period where consoles are sometimes better but it rarely lasts PCs have more games, cheaper games and better gfx hence the reason we spend so much money on the things.

Also Anton there would seem something wrong with your copy of Vista or how you installed it because that behaviour isnt normal, you probably should report it to MS.

Vista isnt needed know either because its not out yet, it doesnt come out till NEXT YEAR. If you are lucky you might get it December. When it comes out if you want to play games you should really get it, you should probably get it on most relativley new systems anyway to take advantage of the better security.

[Anton1382]

I did report it to Microsoft. Then I reported it to Bill Gates. Microsoft wrote back and said that there was something wrong with the copy. They did send me another one but the same thing happend. I might have installed the wrong version.

[zestron]

How come DX-10 Will only be for Vista.
And my old Q that no one answered...
So after talking about all of that, all I need to change is nothing?

Edited by zestron, 10 July 2006 - 12:01 PM.

[MNOB07]

How come DX-10 Will only be for Vista.

Because is it exclusive to it. It's been changed a lot or something.

And my old Q that no one answered...

What question haven't we answered?

So after talking about all of that, all I need to change is nothing?

I dunno you've been talking so much about Vista, have you looked at our suggestions about Conroe, and 2GB of memory instead of 1GB?

[warriorscot]

Dx10 was designed pretty much by MS and ATI in order to achieve what they wanted it had to be integrated into the OS to get the performance boost to make it what we are all drooling about. To put it in XP would be so difficult and expensive as to make it commercially unviable and really just a pain. Instead they have made a new version of DX9 for XP that has some of the features of 10 that they can get to work and allows thedx9 hardware to play dx10 games without the dx10 effects.

[zestron]

I still don't understand the Conroe thing, like what is better in it and why I sound get it.

[warriorscot]

Its faster, by a big margin. And its reasonably priced.

[zestron]

Okay, well now I can't think of anything else I can ask.
Thanks guys... I'll post more if I need anything answered

Edited by zestron, 10 July 2006 - 08:18 PM.

[zestron]

Oh, one more thing, I asked MysteryByte and they said that they will stock the new computer parts.