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Intel is sorta holding up the show. They still want Microsoft's new OS to support 32bit with their older Pentium 4's, Pentium M and Core Duo chips (not talking about core 2 duo).
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i installed diablo 2 on vista and it's really weird...
I clicked the icon 2 minutes ago, and since then a little thing in the upper left hand corner is displaying every character you can type on a keyboard, and when it finishes going through them all THEN it will start diablo...it's on P right now....
I clicked the icon 2 minutes ago, and since then a little thing in the upper left hand corner is displaying every character you can type on a keyboard, and when it finishes going through them all THEN it will start diablo...it's on P right now....
Well I don't believe Intel is the only one holding up the party. I think until businesses see some real world benefits from 64bit on the client side of things and computer component/computer software manufacturers willing to risk cutting off a good chunk of their market, 64bit is going to be slow going. With Vista they are just now ending 16bit support.
Then on a smaller scale you have programmers crying about multithreading, you think those guys are likely to initiate a 64bit project?
Everyone thought when the A64 hit the streets, 64bit would be commonplace shortly after. Then it was "well wait until XP64 comes", that came and went.
I'm not saying anything about being for or against 64bit, it has benefits and I'm sure it will be commonplace one day. I just don't think it's going to be a breakneck pace to get there like some people think (or hope).
Then on a smaller scale you have programmers crying about multithreading, you think those guys are likely to initiate a 64bit project?
Everyone thought when the A64 hit the streets, 64bit would be commonplace shortly after. Then it was "well wait until XP64 comes", that came and went.
I'm not saying anything about being for or against 64bit, it has benefits and I'm sure it will be commonplace one day. I just don't think it's going to be a breakneck pace to get there like some people think (or hope).
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Okay, I bought Home Premium, I've got it all nice and dandy and I have to say, Media Centre is god damn awesome.
Now, I had been using MC for a couple of months streaming stuff to my 360 but the "Online media" section is now there (I either never noticed it or it wasn't working previously) and I can watch Comedy Channel (COLBERT ! No more Youtube for m1) and quite a few other things.
So, there is a decent amount of content (Quite a few channels and each one has a fair bit) but it'd in no way match whatever the heck you guys have but for me, it's damn awesome.
I'm going to research about TV Tuners/Media Centre in Australia and see if it'd be worthwhile buying one.
Now, I had been using MC for a couple of months streaming stuff to my 360 but the "Online media" section is now there (I either never noticed it or it wasn't working previously) and I can watch Comedy Channel (COLBERT ! No more Youtube for m1) and quite a few other things.
So, there is a decent amount of content (Quite a few channels and each one has a fair bit) but it'd in no way match whatever the heck you guys have but for me, it's damn awesome.
I'm going to research about TV Tuners/Media Centre in Australia and see if it'd be worthwhile buying one.
Vista should really be... not good for gaming.
Windows Vista: Ready for Gaming?
Vista is slower than XP at gaming. At higher resolutions, anyway.
Windows Vista: Ready for Gaming?
Vista is slower than XP at gaming. At higher resolutions, anyway.
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Like everyone said, once we get DX10 + good drivers, then we will start seeing performance gains when compared to XP counter-parts.
It will be interesting seeing how Crysis compares on the same system but with different OS'.
It will be interesting seeing how Crysis compares on the same system but with different OS'.
Get the Upgrade and then use that little loophole to get a clean install
I hear that if you buy the Home Premium upgrade version, it only includes the 32 bit version and you have to buy / send off for a 64 bit upgrade DVD. Is this true?
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No, not true.
With all retail bought versions 32-bit and 64-bit are in the box. It's only with OEM that you have to choose one or the other.
With all retail bought versions 32-bit and 64-bit are in the box. It's only with OEM that you have to choose one or the other.
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Is there any difference between the RTM and retail versions of Vista?
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^ Not really but it depends on which ISO you downloaded. I had a 'Bill Gates' one at one point to test it and that and with my retail DVD it seems to install faster, some wording is different, etc.
For those who care, OpenGL seems to working perfectly with the latest Nvidia drivers (100.59), as in, I can play 1.6, DoD, etc at top speed without weird glitches.
For those who care, OpenGL seems to working perfectly with the latest Nvidia drivers (100.59), as in, I can play 1.6, DoD, etc at top speed without weird glitches.
