Simple Vista Question

1dmf · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:47

What does Vista do that XP doesn't?

Cob · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:52

DX10.

Whitewater · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:53

1dmf said:
What does Vista do that XP doesn't?

Serves tea and biscuits.

TheVoice · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:02

It has the most important XP feature, if nothing else:

1dmf · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:04

DX10.

So XP will not run DX10 ? , so when DX10 games are out although I have a DX10 video card I will not be able to play them on my XP machine ?

NathanE · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:06

1dmf said:
So XP will not run DX10 ? , so when DX10 games are out although I have a DX10 video card I will not be able to play them on my XP machine ?

Games that only support DX10 will only play on Vista. Fortunately, the first wave of (and indeed for the foreseeable future) DX10 games will support DX9 as well. Crysis and the Unreal 3 engine are confirmed to support both DX9 and DX10, for example.

Jokester · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:06

You'll probably be able to play them in DX9 mode if the developer codes it such.

Jokester

Whitewater · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:06

TheVoice said:
It has the most important XP feature, if nothing else:

I can't believe they've not upgraded that yet

Cob · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:06

For the first couple of years they will run on DX9 on XP, but not at the same standards as on DX10 on Vista.

1dmf · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:20

bugger , so I need to get vista to get DX10 full benefits, plus run 64bit OS.

MS have you either way :mad: