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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:29PM Wat said

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that is quite possibly the dumbest thing i have ever heard. "last gen" pc games? does this mean in 5 years we are going to have to buy another 500 dollar OS to play the "next gen" of pc games after the vista generation of games?
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:18PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 12:42AM (Unverified) said

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I got Windows Vista for the sexy sassy looking new OS, the games that are eventually released for Vista are merely a side bonus.

Also I downloaded the Japanese language pack (which turns all of Windows Vista's English into Japanese) and now, for the first time, I think I can say I have a Japanese OS. =P

Mwahahahaha
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:28PM (Unverified) said

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damn straight
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:35PM (Unverified) said

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"does this mean in 5 years we are going to have to buy another 500 dollar OS to play the "next gen" of pc games after the vista generation of games?"

Yep, that's exactly what Microsoft want.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:42PM (Unverified) said

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See this is why PC gamer makers and ATI/nVidia/(and now Intel) should work together on a platform to get hardware acceleration working in a format that doesn't require an OS. Yeah similar to console, but this way you could easily sell games to all OS users. With enough support from the right people this could break the dependence on Windows for gaming. I hear so many people say "I only use Windows because of games at home." it's stupid.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 6:43PM (Unverified) said

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No, I don't think so. I actually broke down and picked up Vista, recently. It was too hard to resist a genuine Home Basic Upgrade for $110 Canadian...

Anyways, Vista is a new generation OS, yes. Programs designed and built for XP and DirectX 9 are by definition "old gen". Although it doesn't matter much. Even as games that take advantage of DirectX 10 come out (that won't be playable on XP), I imagine there will be plenty of games and apps that will also let you run it with DirectX 9.

Games I have tried so far include Half-Life 2, BoosterLogic, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, and Guild Wars all work and run fine on Vista like they did with XP.

Avoid the FUD =(.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2007 2:59PM (Unverified) said

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"does this mean in 5 years we are going to have to buy another 500 dollar OS to play the "next gen" of pc games after the vista generation of games?" --SIP YEK NOD

Welcome to the life of a console gamer. :\
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:12PM (Unverified) said

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HOME PREMIUM, sorry.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:19PM aforty said

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I didn't know there were other people who still read VE.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:21PM KingJD said

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I agree with Ritz...Avoid the FUD

I purchased Vista Ultimate and all my games run as smooth as they did on XP.

Vista even optimized my downloads so they run faster than they did with XP.

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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:41PM Lord Minogue said

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I'll get Vista when I need it (college this fall)

It's funny...people I know spend over a thousand dollars on new PCs every 3 to 5 years. I've had three PCs myself - one was being thrown out at my dad's workplace and worked fine for another two years. Then I built two additional PCs last fall, a 733mhz P3 and a 1.8ghz P4, out of components my friends were discarding as Broken (shot power supply) or Outdated. Even my laser printer and apple keyboard came from throw-away piles at schools.

Sure, this rig can't handle Oblivion. Instead, I used some of the money I saved to buy a 360 and a pile of amazing classic PC and Xbox games.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:43PM (Unverified) said

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I have to ask. What does FUD mean?
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 7:55PM (Unverified) said

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FEAR/UNCERTAINTY/DOUBT
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 8:08PM (Unverified) said

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DirectX 10 = Next generation for the PC :)
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 9:44PM (Unverified) said

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The worst list that I have ever seen. There is so much better stuff that could have been added. I mean they have Doom 3 over there, are you kidding me? BF1942 over BF2? Rome TW over Medieval II Total War?Halo CE over NOLF 2?
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Posted: Feb 4th 2007 11:55PM Redeemer said

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I'd pick Rome: Total War over Medieval: Total War. In Medieval, most of the nations had pretty similar armies; not enough variety. In Rome, most of the nations were fairly unique so it did not seem like you were constantaly fighting against the same army over and over again.

But then again I got bored fairly quickly with the Total War games. You can only do so many sieges and battles before it gets monotonous.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 12:04AM (Unverified) said

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I'll upgrade to vista when my frame rates aren't downgraded by it.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 12:15AM (Unverified) said

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That's a good call, Loque. If you drink MS kool-aid, you can expect that graphic cards that take advantage of DirectX 10 will handle graphics 8 times faster than DirectX 9.0c.

But for current games on current GPUs? XP is the way to go until further optimizations are made.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 3:07AM Papa said

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Hm it didn't take a few days for Win2K users to jump on XP.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 4:50AM (Unverified) said

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Fanboys exist in PC gaming... AMD vs Intel.. ATI(AMD) vs NVIDIA?
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 8:23AM (Unverified) said

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@Seil - LOL. Chillax bro'
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Posted: Feb 5th 2007 9:09AM (Unverified) said

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I get slowed framerates in Vista Ultimate, but I'm pretty sure its just because ATI needs to release better drivers.
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