I don't plan on getting Vista at all.

WinXP Pro SP2 does everything I need (work and hobby wise) and runs the vast majority of my games (even though DOSBox is needed for some of them). DX10 doesn't really seem to offer a great deal more when you weigh performance/benefit against cost of implementation, and I've never been a graphics whore anyway.

Why should I pay out for a new graphics card, more RAM and a new OS just so that I can have the joy of trying workarounds to get some of my older games and applications working (or not at all), and seeing a few more graphical effects in other games while they run at the same framerate or more likely worse? I don't like the concept of Games For Windows LIVE, and the Aero interface doesn't interest me. Some of the 'new' security measures are already available as updates for WinXP (like Defender etc.).

Vista just doesn't offer anything compelling that I absolutely need. If games start coming out that are DX10 only, well so be it. I'll miss out on some games. That's not a big deal to me, because I use my PC for a great deal more than just gaming.

RobertBowen

100% utterly completly and totaly QFT I agree and thats why i dotn have it.

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[QUOTE="BounceDK"]For now it sucks, maybe that'll change but I doubt it.BounceDK

How do you know it sucks?

The majority of PC owners buy their PC in stores and it comes with Vista. If anyone is avoiding Vista it's the tiny community that build their own computer.

i don't even need to try it to know that.

The quadcore is technicly the better processor but there aren't any games optimized for quad core processors yet so the performance gains will be marginal at best. The extra 2 cores won't be useful for a few years while programing catches up with hardware.

BirdofP

omg look its somebody with sense! FOR ONCE! seriousy the entire pc hardware/games board just doesnt seem to know that.

i dont care what people say...i have the Q6700(2.66 ghz, ya it wasnt cheap) but with four cores, dude you wont understand how fast it goes...it will last past 09 if you ask medemonik_360

bull. Four cores isnt even supported by most games yet. dual core barely is! You wont see results from quad core for YEARS yet.

the biggest problem with stalker is that it was promised to have an open world. the actual game i guess you could call "open" but it fell FAR short of everyone's expectations. the A life is meh at best. you cant possibly have that interesting situations with little tiny load zones where there are only about 20 animals and they all get killed off by wandering stalkers. i just wish stalker was "open" like morrowind or oblivion instead of an "open" linear path. (plus the infinitely respawning npcs at the freedom base dont help realism)Crucifier

its not because those invisible annomalies block alot of it so thats bs. and the GS guide mentiosn some awful game breaking scripting bugs later.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]I love how people complain about "+1 000 000" bugs but never mention even 1 of them. I have never seen a bug in STALKER. Einhanderkiller

There's a bug with the inventory system where if you have too many items, you can no longer click on and drag items at the bottom of the list.

Theres one where pda messages keep appearing like they are new even if yourve had then for ages all of them do it and its very annoying. I hated stalker anyways the weapons were buggy and terribly inaccurate and awful there was way toio much walking etc. Hated it.

I installed the game fine, but whenever I try to launch it a box pops up saying "Protection Stub has stopped working". I've played this copy of the game on my friends comp so I know its not the game. I have Vista and I tried running it as an administrator and I changed the compatibility to XP. Does anyone have any ideas?LostZen

from the way you said it its a copy of that game and if so the reason is obvious.

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anybody think there will be one?????

PredatorRules

why not? but i don't think they need one to convince us to buy it - coz whoever have minimum requirements specs or more will get that game

i have never bought a game without a demo. besides half life.