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Post #336958

Author
negative1
Parent topic
Windows 7
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Date created
18-Nov-2008, 6:32 PM

by the way,

of course DX11 will be on its way, and probably be around by

the time windows 7 comes out...

 

so all this talk about porting back support will probably be

a moot point at that time..

 

i don't do low-level device programming, but i have worked

in the pc graphics industry, and the only way they can continue

to profit, is to work with the hardware vendors on continous

upgrades for both..

 

so you're always going to be forced to get new hardware

to support the new features, and write new software to

support them......

 

yeah, you can stay a few generations behind, but then

most new games won't work....

 

I HATE XP'S SUPPORT FOR OLDER GAMES>...... i have a ton of

games that ONLY WORK in windows 95 with the WinG library,

and games that ONLY WORK with windows 98, and most of

them NEVER worked properly or at all using the compatibilty

settings on XP..or running in the Command window..

yeah, i know dosBOX works great for stuff now, and there

are other emulators, but i found it easier just to use an older

computer, and older graphic card with a dual boot windows95/98..

 

XP's support for graphics and games was TERRIBLE until at least

service pack 2 came out.. SP3 isn't much of an improvement..

yeah, so i'm now stuck with new games THAT only work with VISTA,

so my new computer dual-boots XP/VISTA when i want to run games

on that... most newer games work better with VISTA and terrible with

XP....even with the same graphics card... i have an NVIDA 8600 w/256Meg RAM,

and the effects/framerates are better in VISTA for most of the games i've played

(arcade simulation / racing / lego star wars / virtua tennis 3 / etc etc )...

 

i'll NEVER go back to XP for games, unless i'm forced too..

 

later

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