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Vista: A Disappointment to Gamers

Started by Guest_scaramonga_* , Nov 13 2006 06:10 PM

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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 13 November 2006 - 06:10 PM

I see this has reared its ugly head again........... :chrisno:

If you’re a true gamer, then you use Windows, and that’s pretty much the end of the story. The upgradeability, the wide range of titles, and the community certainly are important reasons for equipping yourself with a PC. I’m not even close to being categorized as a gamer, although I used to be.

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the overall expectations can be set that gaming in Vista will be ten to fifteen percent slower than in XP

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Hmm........ :worry:

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#2 chriso_86

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Posted 13 November 2006 - 07:25 PM

Wow, that is a lot!!! Exactly why I plan to dual boot for a few months until patches start coming out!!

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Posted 14 November 2006 - 10:39 AM

I had an idea they would be slower but not by 15%. that's a huge margin

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Posted 14 November 2006 - 08:12 PM

I guess you almost have to have those 8800 cards just to make up the difference in dx9 games when you move to vista!! :cheers:

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 03:50 AM

This pic may give you and idea as to why Vista is the way that it is. Some finally figured out what V-I-S-T-A means...talker. :cheers:

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#6 David_Heavey

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 09:59 AM

That's great hee hee

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 11:31 AM

thats a good one !!!

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#8 chriso_86

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 05:00 PM

LOL, MS will have a press release to fix this! They will have a revision name of OS before it is released. lol

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#9 godless

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 04:19 AM

you guys are funny... vista will only play games faster in dx10, not a huge surprise, he forgot to mention it will eat up a lot more ram, i find it hilarious hes writing a computer article, yet is using a bestbuy computer

you cant turn aero off? :cheers:

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 04:24 AM

godless, on Nov 15 2006, 10:19 PM, said:

you guys are funny... vista will only play games faster in dx10, not a huge surprise, he forgot to mention it will eat up a lot more ram, i find it hilarious hes writing a computer article, yet is using a bestbuy computer

you cant turn aero off? :yahoo:

Yep, you can turn off Aero and revert to Windows Classic. Oh how pretty...talker. :cheers:

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#11 godless

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 04:32 AM

talker, on Nov 15 2006, 11:24 PM, said:

Yep, you can turn off Aero and revert to Windows Classic. Oh how pretty...talker. :cheers:

so you could turn aero off, and play games? then turn aero back on? :yahoo:

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 01:00 PM

Again, yep. Just like you can use the Luna Theme in XP or Windows Classic. It switches back and forth that easy...talker. :cheers:

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#13 BlueScreenOfDeath

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 01:52 PM

If i remember correctly XP had the same troubles when it was first released... im sorry but we're not living in Circa 1996 or 2000 for that matter this is 2006 and to utilize the hardware we have today we need an OS capable of doing so... Games are getting more powerful and vibrant and it needs faster better hardware to make it look that good. 15% ?? this guy must be stupid especially since hes using an OEM computer ...real credibility right there...

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#14 godless

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 06:58 PM

Ya, even i can build a computer, thank the gods for plug and play, pretty much like just putting plugs in the proper places, damn complicated :cheers:

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 08:13 PM

I think its unfair for people to compare Vista's gaming to Xp's at the moment. What the hell? Software needs to be written to take advantage of Vista's capabilities. Give the OS 18months and then complain about it