Vista Home Basic & DX10?

I am only able to afford Vista Home Basic :( I know it Sucks but all I need it For is IE, Game & Music! :D

I just want to confirm does Vista Home Basic Have DirectX 10?[as I ahve been google'ing for the past 3 hours for it]

Sorry if this seems like a redundent post :P just need to know :)

^^^^^Ignore this guy...

ALL VERSIONS of Vista come with direct x 10, and ALL VERSIONS are identical from a core stand point. ie all are built the same to a set point and then extra features are built in if you require them.

For example, vista home basic in just vista (including dx10) and no fancy features.

Vista home premium is just vista basic with the new aero glass thingy and a media centre, plus other boring stuff.

The others are just home premium with other stuff thrown in...It all really depends on what you need.

i myself only wanted vista and dx10, much like yourself for gaming, so i got the basic version. I am not interested in the media centre abaility, and the aero glass is just a gimmick, one which i will never use,

One last word, if you do purchase basic and then decide to upgrade to premium in the future, there is an upgrade option built into the basic version which allows you to purchase the upgrade from microsoft and update over the net. (all its really doing is downloading the extra features that i mentioned). Do not let anyone tell you otherwise cos the majority of people out there are misinformed and think that all versions are different.

Especially the guy that said some games are not compatible with the basic version...LOL :) how misinformed can you get. If i was him i would stop giving advice on internet forums.

You should know that many games don't work in vista basicdayaccus007

I've seen some BS posted as so called help on this site, but this takes the prize....

^^^^^Ignore this guy...

ALL VERSIONS of Vista come with direct x 10, and ALL VERSIONS are identical from a core stand point. ie all are built the same to a set point and then extra features are built in if you require them.

For example, vista home basic in just vista (including dx10) and no fancy features.

Vista home premium is just vista basic with the new aero glass thingy and a media centre, plus other boring stuff.

The others are just home premium with other stuff thrown in...It all really depends on what you need.

i myself only wanted vista and dx10, much like yourself for gaming, so i got the basic version. I am not interested in the media centre abaility, and the aero glass is just a gimmick, one which i will never use,

One last word, if you do purchase basic and then decide to upgrade to premium in the future, there is an upgrade option built into the basic version which allows you to purchase the upgrade from microsoft and update over the net. (all its really doing is downloading the extra features that i mentioned). Do not let anyone tell you otherwise cos the majority of people out there are misinformed and think that all versions are different.

Especially the guy that said some games are not compatible with the basic version...LOL :) how misinformed can you get. If i was him i would stop giving advice on internet forums.

imrik07

this is not totally true compatibillity with games does change between 64bit and 32bit versions (more things compatible with 32bit)

yeah thats right, although i did only mean the 32 bit versions though. But who in all honesty would want , never mind need a 64bit operating system? LOL....some people crack me up:)imrik07

64-bit Vista is actually pretty good, only thing is sometimes there's a driver for 32-bit but not 64-bit.

Honestly, Vista Home Basic isn't worth it at all to me since the Aero interface is the best part of Vista... and it's only included with Home Premium and Ultimate.

Cool thanks all for the help!

I have two choices, Vista Home Basic orHome Premium, wantedPremium but the Price where I live :shock: lets just say about $170 USD :( so its Basic for me! Oh I still run XP on the old Windows 2000 visual scheme :) so no Aero is no biggie :) and I read somwhere you can get a reg hack for Aero [will confirm this might be wrong :)]

bought ultimate for 200 bucks

the only reason why l got vista is for

1. Fancy crap

2. DX 10

3. Vista Games

4. Looks good on a 22 inch

l suggest you wait belive me your gonna want fancy crap oya media center