Man of Honour
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Hello adamsmith1903, if you will be playing games at a resolution of 1280x1024 then in my opinion, I would take a look at the Nvidia 8800GT which will be more than efficient at that particular resolution. The Nvidia 8800GTS in all honesty, wont be needed at that resolution. 
Hello Owenb, you can not run DirectX 10 in Windows XP. The "Hack" simply enables the "Very High" setting in Windows XP which isn't really DirectX 10 specific.
DirectX 10 doesn't really offer anything over DirectX 9 as of yet. However, I am sure it is fair to say that this will be changing in the near future.
As regards to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, if you are looking at purchasing Windows Vista now then you shouldn't have any real problems with the Operating System. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 isn't any kind of major update, it is simply a compile of updates that have already been released, fixes a couple of well known bugs for example, the slow transfer rates and updates the Kernel.
Service Pack 1 doesn't "fix" Windows Vista because the Operating System doesn't really need fixing in the first place. It runs absolutely fine at this point in time so if you are looking at making the move to Windows Vista now, go for it.
Hello Owenb, you can not run DirectX 10 in Windows XP. The "Hack" simply enables the "Very High" setting in Windows XP which isn't really DirectX 10 specific.
DirectX 10 doesn't really offer anything over DirectX 9 as of yet. However, I am sure it is fair to say that this will be changing in the near future.
As regards to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, if you are looking at purchasing Windows Vista now then you shouldn't have any real problems with the Operating System. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 isn't any kind of major update, it is simply a compile of updates that have already been released, fixes a couple of well known bugs for example, the slow transfer rates and updates the Kernel.
Service Pack 1 doesn't "fix" Windows Vista because the Operating System doesn't really need fixing in the first place. It runs absolutely fine at this point in time so if you are looking at making the move to Windows Vista now, go for it.
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