DX10 is do-able on Windows XP [INQ]

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 11 Jul 2007 at 22:43

MikeHunt79 said:
Thanks mang... We had a spare house rad, and it wasn't being used, so I hooked it up the computa. It was huge tho, and took up too much room, so I'm in the process of replacing it with a smaller rad. :/ I've still got some pics of the original set up tho.

Mmmmm pics (slavour slavour) Lemme see

I'm in a 50ft x 31ft loft so space is no object to me

MikeHunt79 · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:14

SOLDNER-MOFO64 said:
Mmmmm pics (slavour slavour) Lemme see

I'm in a 50ft x 31ft loft so space is no object to me

I had a little dig, here we go.... this is just me testing it out, excuse the mess:

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:17

that's brilliant.....top marks.

Cheers for lookin' it out

edit....

Hold on.....what happens to your cpu when you put the heating on?

<<joke>>

A by-product of you cooling your cpu......free room heating...PMSL

MikeHunt79 · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:18

SOLDNER-MOFO64 said:
that's brilliant.....top marks.

Cheers for lookin' it out

No problem, it was lurking in my photobucket.

it must 3 years ago since I took that pic! :eek:

benktlottie · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:22

MikeHunt79 said:
I had a little dig, here we go.... this is just me testing it out, excuse the mess:

That is fantastic mate!

Kanifee · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:33

well vista no doubt has issues but i suppose any OS does this soon after release and as far as i can see dx10 on windows xp would only be useful as a stop gap until vista was closer to xp's performance.
as for vista sp1 vs dx10 xp release i know wich one will come first so really i cant see the point and its not like there is going to be vast amount's of dx10 software for us to play with in the meantime so are we missing out by not having dx10 on xp, i don't think so.
By the time we would have the software to be at a loss vista will be performing a far sight better.

And for the people who proclaim that gamers whine about spending money on operating systems and spend to much on hardware i say this
i run xp and on the rig in the sig i can happily play dirt on 1280x1024 on ultra settings its smooth and i have no doubt at a comfortable frame rate.
i installed my new copy of vista and then dirt i played at the same res same settings and low and behold in parts i got judders and slow down were there was drops in fps.
so by using vista i decrease my performance and cost myself more money to add more ram to get back to were i started.
i cant do this so xp goes back on vistas back in the draw and as soon as i have the funds ill be waisting more money (sarcasm) on some nice new shiny ram to put in my system to prepare it for the vista 're'upgrade when the first service pack is released and the thing is a lot more hardware/ram friendly

MikeHunt79 · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:48

benktlottie said:
That is fantastic mate!

Thanks. If I had more room, I would do it with the new c2d rig I am building. Unfortunately, the radiator has been relegated to the garage as I have no room for it in my room.

The whole rad took around a gallon to fill, so it acted as a res also. Totally passive, and my temps never went above 40 degrees.

lay-z-boy · 12 Jul 2007 at 00:05

MikeHunt79 said:
I had a little dig, here we go.... this is just me testing it out, excuse the mess:

Much cleaner than mine, well done!

Th3D0n · 12 Jul 2007 at 02:22

ok after all that ms if thay wont scamin ***** thay make dx 10 work on xp but like evey company thay out there to make money even no evey thing thay do is a copy of unix or linx are any outher os thay copy

marc2003 · 12 Jul 2007 at 02:31

Th3D0n said:
ok after all that ms if thay wont scamin ***** thay make dx 10 work on xp but like evey company thay out there to make money even no evey thing thay do is a copy of unix or linx are any outher os thay copy

and again in english please.

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 12 Jul 2007 at 05:15

marc2003 said:
and again in english please.

// snorts tea out of nose...lol

Scougar · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:15

oh man.. I thought he was being nasty.. but I honestly found it hard to read

Matthew

Scougar · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:17

MikeHunt79 said:
Thanks. If I had more room, I would do it with the new c2d rig I am building. Unfortunately, the radiator has been relegated to the garage as I have no room for it in my room.

The whole rad took around a gallon to fill, so it acted as a res also. Totally passive, and my temps never went above 40 degrees.

Oh my word.. what Pump did you use?

Matthew

Squink · 12 Jul 2007 at 12:08

What're the limits of OEM Vista as opposed to the 'Full' version, apart from presumably the lack of a manual?

helmutcheese · 12 Jul 2007 at 12:47

Offically your only meant to get OEM with PC parts for a complete BUILD, not a £2 mouse and a copy of OEM or more so OEM bought on its own.

OEM is meant to be used on that BUILT PC and DIES with that BUILT PC, it is not meant to be transfered to your next BUILT PC, and can legally only be used on 1 PC.

MikeHunt79 · 12 Jul 2007 at 12:50

Scougar said:
Oh my word.. what Pump did you use?

Matthew

Ehiem 1250, but I was tempted to go the whole hog and use a house central heating pump!

The $6m Dan · 12 Jul 2007 at 13:45

helmutcheese said:
Offically your only meant to get OEM with PC parts for a complete BUILD, not a £2 mouse and a copy of OEM or more so OEM bought on its own.

OEM is meant to be used on that BUILT PC and DIES with that BUILT PC, it is not meant to be transfered to your next BUILT PC, and can legally only be used on 1 PC.

The OEM license allows a user to transfer Vista to a new machine as long as the new PC uses the same motherboard as the old PC.
All the other devices can change as much as they want.

stoofa · 12 Jul 2007 at 14:19

helmutcheese said:
Offically your only meant to get OEM with PC parts for a complete BUILD, not a £2 mouse and a copy of OEM or more so OEM bought on its own.

OEM is meant to be used on that BUILT PC and DIES with that BUILT PC, it is not meant to be transfered to your next BUILT PC, and can legally only be used on 1 PC.

Actually the rules for OEM are different.
You can legally buy OEM Vista without any kind of hardware at all.
The OEM license is tied to the motherboard that is used during the initial installation.
The license remains with that motherboard.
You can replace or change any of the other hardware, however the OEM license remains tied to that motherboard.
The license does allow for hardware failure - so if the board breaks you can replace it.
Otherwise, as soon as you upgrade the motherboard your license is no longer valid and you will need to buy a new license.

[PTG]shogun · 12 Jul 2007 at 21:37

stoofa said:
Actually the rules for OEM are different.
You can legally buy OEM Vista without any kind of hardware at all.
The OEM license is tied to the motherboard that is used during the initial installation.
The license remains with that motherboard.
You can replace or change any of the other hardware, however the OEM license remains tied to that motherboard.
The license does allow for hardware failure - so if the board breaks you can replace it.
Otherwise, as soon as you upgrade the motherboard your license is no longer valid and you will need to buy a new license.

breaks or .....

i shall shut my mouth

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 12 Jul 2007 at 23:56

[PTG]shogun said:
breaks or .....

i shall shut my mouth

Indeed.....I've seen MOBO's break in my case for absolutely no reason. Only to work flawlessly when sold on.....strange that