3aces Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 after playin around, with a million and 1 vista settings, i have come to 3 major conclusions 1) Vista will be worth upgrading to2) Without Aero enabled Vista sucks big style3) your gonna need alot and i mean alot of memory!!!i know these have been discussed many many times but i thought i would jus have my say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewtgh Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 after playin around, with a million and 1 vista settings, i have come to 3 major conclusions 1) Vista will be worth upgrading to2) Without Aero enabled Vista sucks big style3) your gonna need alot and i mean alot of memory!!!i know these have been discussed many many times but i thought i would jus have my say!!I think the Vista Basic theme is just fine, although I can use aero. Don't think purchasing Home Premium's worth it, but that's my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 everyone has their own preferences, but i personally feel with out aero Vista is very similair to XPAero makes Vista unique so its gotta be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camarade_Tux Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Ok but is having a new look a reason to upgrade your OS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 Ok but is having a new look a reason to upgrade your OS ?well not entirly.. but its also the fact its up to date and also new hardware suport not to mention Dx 10, i was stating that Aero is what makes Vista, Vista lol.. if dat makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stead Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) I personally quite like the interface, but otherwise i can't really see a different, theres lots of thigns different, but, i can't see that its a huuuge diiference, the interface is cool, but i can't see if its worth forking money out on when it comes out, i'm tempted thooff topic, but i found interesting, and seemed vista related excuse for upgrading..if your a gamer, and you want 64bit heres on reason!i tried the quake 4 demo on xp64 wanted to see waht it was like, just exits to desktop when i start iti downloaded the 64bit vista, and woah, even tho i can't get my wireless or sound working, the quake 4 demo works!!! so to me, already its showing better compatability (well, software wise, not driverwise)....well i was impressed... Edited June 17, 2006 by Stead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomizer Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 ...not to mention Dx 10...I got curious about DX10 the other day and was wondering if anyone figured out how to install it on XP. I didn't find anything yet (of course it's early), but i wouldn't doubt if this will be possible down the road a bit. Also, is there anything that actually uses DX10? Or will use it in the near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 ...not to mention Dx 10...I got curious about DX10 the other day and was wondering if anyone figured out how to install it on XP. I didn't find anything yet (of course it's early), but i wouldn't doubt if this will be possible down the road a bit. Also, is there anything that actually uses DX10? Or will use it in the near future?well as far as my knowledge goes dx 10 for xp isnt due for a while we should, i think have it by the end off summer, no software i no currently uses dx10 but... slowly poeple will start releasing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisdomWolf Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 We are missing one critical piece before we will see any DX10 software. I don't know about you, but I haven't seen any DX10 video cards yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 We are missing one critical piece before we will see any DX10 software. I don't know about you, but I haven't seen any DX10 video cards yet...true true, i havent seen anything either, i did read some were that NVidia were producing a line of Dx10 compatible cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 My Intel Extreme Graphics card doesn't support DX9 so it reverted back to Vista Basic but I must say it kicks a**! Only anoyances are the new positions of the shut down button and stuff on the start menu. So I submitted feedback about that. Also, I suggested adding the Luna and Royale theme back in Vista RC1 because some people might not want Vista for the graphics but the performance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3aces Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 My Intel Extreme Graphics card doesn't support DX9 so it reverted back to Vista Basic but I must say it kicks a**! Only anoyances are the new positions of the shut down button and stuff on the start menu. So I submitted feedback about that. Also, I suggested adding the Luna and Royale theme back in Vista RC1 because some people might not want Vista for the graphics but the performance...hmmm true about luna... but if you want complete performance from the OS you would revert back to the classic view, and about the start menu i went back to the oringal ones because i prefer them!! TBH, you should upgrade your graphics and try out Aero Glass, you will love it.. you dont have to buy a state of the art 400£ card... to get it to run jus a card with Dx9 compatibility and atleast 64mb mem.. i would reccommend at 128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 everyone has their own preferences, but i personally feel with out aero Vista is very similair to XPAero makes Vista unique so its gotta be thereOk but is having a new look a reason to upgrade your OS ?If you guys think that Aero is the only new great thing about Vista, then you've gotta do some more testing and reading. There's a lot more to Vista than meets the eye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camarade_Tux Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 From a french news site:Ceux qui souhaiteraient qualifier dès maintenant leurs matériels devront rencontrer les caractéristiques suivantes pour obtenir le logo :Haute Définition audio et support de DirectX 3D 9Une ou plusieurs sorties digitales pour cartes vidéoEthernet et/ou support du Wi-FiSupport de l'USB 2.0En outre, les PCs Vista Premium devront posséder au premier juin 2007 :le décodage matériel H.264le support HDCPle support de plusieurs écransle HD audio et la détection automatique d'un périphérique estampillé HD audio lors de sa connexion au systèmele support du Serial ATA 2.5un disque dur hybride avec 50 Mb de mémoire flash et une vitesse d'écriture d'au moins 8Mb/seconde pour les ordinateurs portablesle support du démarrage sur des périphériques USB comme les clésle bouton de démarrage de Vista sur la télécommande pour les ordinateurs de type MediaCenterune étiquette verte pour le Driver Quality RatingTranslation:Things needed to get "Vista Ready" logo.HD audio, Dx 9 supportOne or more digital output for video cardsEthernet and/or Wi-FiUSB SupportThings needed to be "Vista Premium":Harwdare H.264 decodingHDCP support.Multi-monitor supportHD audio and automatic detection of HD audio peripherals upon connection to the systemSerial ATA 2.5 supportHybrid hard driver with at least Mb flash memory and write speed of at least 8MB/s for laptopsUSB Boot supportFor MCE computers, remote must have a button to power on the computerDriver Quality Rating sticker.With such computers everything will be faster, but imho it just adds to the bill.Also, I don't think Aero is the only new thing. And I'm far from that. However, I only see minor kernel improvements. I did not test yet cause I need my wireless and I can see it on my brother's computer.Speech recognition and other things to make your computer easier to use ? My brother tried that in the living-room. First he looked dumb, second he was a pain in the arse.There are a few interesting kernel features but I don't think it needed a new OS or rather I don't think they make Vista a revolution. What is interesting is to have a 64-bit OS. And about all those things to reduce startup time, why not simply put an option not to use swap during startup (until a session is opened) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabiddog Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Imo Vista is a bit bloated look at space it takes and memory it usesif i want customised effects i wanna add them not have it already installed anything vista can do xp can doso cant see any point changing tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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