why no dx10 for xp?

i doubt there is any reason xp cant also have dx10 other then a way of stupid microsoft trying to force gamers to buy crappy vista. the only reason i want dx10 on xp is truthfully just to run 3dmark vantage.

Well, Vista and XP seem to have different architectures. So to include Direct x10 into XP would take quite a bit of effort on Microsoft's part, something they don't want to do as they want to focus on newer products and services.

darn:P

i doubt there is any reason xp cant also have dx10 other then a way of stupid microsoft trying to force gamers to buy crappy vista. the only reason i want dx10 on xp is truthfully just to run 3dmark vantage.

Appule70

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i doubt there is any reason xp cant also have dx10 other then a way of stupid microsoft trying to force gamers to buy crappy vista. the only reason i want dx10 on xp is truthfully just to run 3dmark vantage.

JigglyWiggly_

Yeah, basically Microsoft didn't want to give the consumer any reason to stay with XP when they could be spending their money on a half finished operating system that shouldn't have even been on the shelves for another 6 months

Yeah, basically Microsoft didn't want to give the consumer any reason to stay with XP when they could be spending their money on a half finished operating system that shouldn't have even been on the shelves for another 6 months

Cheveros

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

As a general rule of thumb - So long as your rig is built with DX10+ hardware, Vista wins hands-down.

Older DX9 hardware = XP Win!

Newer DX10 hardware = Vista (x64) Win!

Also Microsoft wanted to get Vista appealing to gamers.

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Yeah, basically Microsoft didn't want to give the consumer any reason to stay with XP when they could be spending their money on a half finished operating system that shouldn't have even been on the shelves for another 6 months

opamando

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

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[QUOTE="Cheveros"]

Yeah, basically Microsoft didn't want to give the consumer any reason to stay with XP when they could be spending their money on a half finished operating system that shouldn't have even been on the shelves for another 6 months

Hellsing2o2

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

because it got bad publicity from people with 512mb of sdram and amd xp 1700+ which complained that nothing worked and it was slow. To be honest the same thing happened with windows xp with people running windows 98 couldn't get anything to work....

I was running the beta and now the rc of windows 7 on both my rig and my cheap laptop and to be honest i saw some performance gains on my laptop but not on applications just start-up and shutdown. My rig was fast before with vista and it's fast now....i will preorder windows 7 E for my rig but not for the performance......it's because i like the interface:lol: same reason why most people will upgrade....since sp1 fixed the issues and it's also getting dx11

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[QUOTE="Cheveros"]

Yeah, basically Microsoft didn't want to give the consumer any reason to stay with XP when they could be spending their money on a half finished operating system that shouldn't have even been on the shelves for another 6 months

Hellsing2o2

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

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[QUOTE="opamando"] A few things......one, Vista is a much better OS than XP. XP was complete trash until SP2.

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

JigglyWiggly_

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

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[QUOTE="opamando"] A few things......one, Vista is a much better OS than XP. XP was complete trash until SP2.

Also, it is not really possible to have TRUE DX10 on XP.

JigglyWiggly_

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

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[QUOTE="Hellsing2o2"]

Then why is Microsoft launching Win7 so soon after Vista? I was very surprised when I started hearing about Win7 just one year after Vista's launch.

Makari

Why can't every OS last as long as XP? It feels like microsoft should put all they're effort into making they're current OS awesome rather then constantly making new ones right after the other.

[QUOTE="Makari"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Uh, Windows XP came out 1 year after 2000, which was a wonderful OS. 95> 98 3 years(about same vista > win 7), XP is just the odd ball lasting so long.

Hellsing2o2

Why can't every OS last as long as XP? It feels like microsoft should put all they're effort into making they're current OS awesome rather then constantly making new ones right after the other.

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[QUOTE="Makari"] This. Either a lot of people have extremely short memories, or a lot of people are really young. :D ~3 years between OS's is about the average for MS, with XP being EXTREMELY early and vista being EXTREMELY late.opamando

Why can't every OS last as long as XP? It feels like microsoft should put all they're effort into making they're current OS awesome rather then constantly making new ones right after the other.

True, but MS DID fix it. But I'm sure if MS could have had they're way, they would have just made another OS to fix the problem rather then just fixing the current one. And Vista is still brand new in my eyes, and has ALOT of room to improve. I don't quite see the point of Win7.

Microsoft has to overhaul their OS's because Apple overhauls theres and tries to appeal to mass market with that glossy look.