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Vista Newbie
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: 4/30/2007 9:53:51 PM
Posts: 18, Visits: 18 |
| | Hey! I just got my new computer set up a few days ago (Specs in Signature) and installed Windows Vista 2 nights ago. I would consider my knowledge with computers to be, intermediate. I must say, I am very impressed with the interface. It runs beautifully with my videocard and very smooth. However I did run into quite a few problems during installation (as do we all with windows in general), so I did not let that get me down  I got all of my parts from newegg. The drivers that came with my motherboard were outdated and not compatible with vista so I had to head out to ECS's website and get the new ones..No biggie, just letting people know who may run into the same problem. My 8800GTS driver CD was up-to-date and installed wonderfully. The only thing I was sorta bummed about was that the Nvidia firewall that is supposed to come with the drivers only comes with the XP driver install. Oh well. I figure with all these massive security features Vista has to offer the windows firewall should not be all that bad (any feedback or suggestions?). The Dual core runs awesome, I downloaded one of the gadgets that shows the CPU usage for both cores, pretty awesome I thought. I am a gamer (mostly World of Warcraft, and soon to be Battlefield 2142). Thats pretty much all my computer is going to be used for. I had to go Vista because...well, its the only OS supporting DX10 (That I know of, Please correct me if im wrong). I ran into a small issue installing and patching, but i wont mention that here. I just wanted to make and introductory post because i plan on becoming very active in these forums, asking many many questions  hopefully I will be able to contribute just as much Take Care everyone, And thanks for taking the time to read this.
Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Beer of Choice: Boulevard Wheat
MotherBoard: NVIDA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel (ECS)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
Video: GeForce 8800GTS
HardDrive: 320GB
RAM: 2GB |
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Xtr3m3 G4m3r
Group: Vista Forum Moderator
Last Login: 8/4/2008 3:18:43 AM
Posts: 223, Visits: 221 |
| | Okay first off Welcome to the forums, Yes Vista is the only system that runs DirectX 10. It bring up the gaming level by a lot. I can't use it sadly. My old *** AGP is too old ***...... Anyhow some XP drivers are compatible with Vista. Hope your use of Vista will be a happy one. Mine is.
Vista PC XP PCAsus M2N-X ASRock P4G HD 2600XT 256 X1650 Pro 512 AMD 4200+ X2 Pentium 4 2.53 GHz 2 GB DDR2 Corsair 675 MHz 1.5GB DDR Kingston 400MHz 250 GB Western Digital Caviar 80GB Damaged Seagate HDD 6GB Western Digital Boot Drive |
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Vista Newbie
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: 4/30/2007 9:53:51 PM
Posts: 18, Visits: 18 |
| Thought so. Is it going to be vista exclusive? Or do other OS's just have to wait for the chance in implement it?
Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Beer of Choice: Boulevard Wheat
MotherBoard: NVIDA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel (ECS)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
Video: GeForce 8800GTS
HardDrive: 320GB
RAM: 2GB |
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Vista Beginner
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: 6/5/2008 7:58:15 PM
Posts: 51, Visits: 184 |
| | There is not a DirectX for XP. Wiki says: Direct3D 9Ex (previously known as 9.0L): allows full access to the new capabilities of WDDM while maintaining compatibility for existing Direct3D applications by putting it in a separate API. The transparency ("Glass") effects in Windows Aero rely on the D3D 9Ex code path. When 9Ex was still codenamed 9.0L, there were rumors that this would be Direct3D 10 for Windows XP.[5] It was quickly pointed out that this was not the case, mainly due to lack of support for WDDM in Windows XP.[6] |
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