Doug LaRue wrote:
If you don't know, I really don't "do Windows" but I tend to follow some of what goes on in that off-world plant. I just searched for DX10 and XP and the first 7 returned links point to installing DX10 on Windows XP. So there is no reason to have waited for Vista to play games if they are just depending on DX10.
I actually didn't wait for Vista. The offer was made to exchange a system for a couple of days admin. work, so I took it. Vista was purchased for it in order to be compatible with the latest games.
BTW, is there a reason such a "gamer" as yourself is not using a new console instead of a general purpose PC for video games?
I HATE the stupid controls. Did I mention I HATE the controls? I also at times do some game and 3D development, and that's kinda hard to do on a console.
I'm also getting a lot more from this $690 system than I could from a $500+ console system.
MoBo: Intel® Desktop Board DG35EC CPU: Intel® Core 2 Duo E6750 RAM: 4GB DDR2 Dual Channel 800MHz Video: NVIDIA 8800 GS SLI 384MB HDD: Brand? 300GB SATA II DVD: Phillips DVD RW P/S: 550W Misc: 10 USB, 2 1394a, Realtek 6 channel audio built-in, Intel Gigabit LANI didn't even look to see what is supported by the latest Linux systems but that is a pretty hefty system for a desktop. 4GB of 800MHze RAM, dual core witha 1.3GHz FSB. Holy lickity splits Batman. You probably blink slower than the difference in running Linux in a VM or inside of the NTFS filesystem compared to running it on the native hardware.
It's actually mid-range for games. PGA -- Paul G. Allen, BSIT/SE Owner, Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting Services www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
