I think the same is true with any new operating system to various degrees. Being a software company MS has little control over the adoption rates in the hardware world. This is actually a big reason why I like ATI over NVidia. ATI had good drivers while vista was still in beta. They have XP64 drivers when that was still in Beta.
Blackberry couldn't get me drivers for over a year after XP64 came out, and now I have a Windows Mobile phone. This DX10 thing does seem odd to me, but there is more marketing there than anything. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > Vista just isn't ready for primetime. Whether you say that is the > fault of Vista, or whether you go with it being the hardware and > software developers moving too slowly to produce Vista drivers is > immaterial when trying to get your system to work with existing > software and hardware. > > I've noted that gaming now seems to be just a few frames behind XP in > Vista with Nvidia's drivers in most major gaming titles. However your > chances of experiencing gaming hiccups is still much higher in Vista, > and much, much higher in Vista 64. > > I'm getting excited again to dual boot to Vista, but then when I think > about the possible problems I grit my teeth and decide it isn't worth > the possible frustration when my XP system is actually stable. > > Another thing which has me shaking my head is that Microsoft's much > touted Halo 2 for PC is a Vista only release which does not utilise > DX10 features. The game looks practically Cel-shaded in some > screenshots that have been posted online. Then there is this much > hyped DX10 version of Lost Planet. A review site placed images side by > side and the differences between the games was miniscule! The DX10 > version just seemed to have a bit more fog, but in some shots the DX9 > colors and lighting actually looked better to me. And no, the DX10 > version didn't run any faster than the DX9 either! > > So what exactly are we supposed to see with DX10 titles that > developers cannot now accomplish in DX10? > > Vista just doesn't make sense to me right now. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
