Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10 video
card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU on
an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.

Thank you,
David

"titus12" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10 video
> card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU
on
> an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>
> Thank you,
> David
>
>


DX-10 AFAIK is being developed for XP but is still in the alpha stage...
so check back later in the year.

As to Vista...well, let's just say there are still a few bugs left.

For now, I'd stay with XP and see how DX-10 shapes up in the future

Maybe the label said "DIRECT X 10 capability",but no such software is on
the card,& since XP doesnt run with Direct X 10,you'll have no problems with
the card.

"titus12" wrote:

> Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10 video
> card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU on
> an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>
> Thank you,
> David
>
>
>

On Mar 1, 4:04*pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
> "titus12" <titu...@msn.com> wrote in message
>
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10 video
> > card; or should I upgrade to Vista? *I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU
> on
> > an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>
> > Thank you,
> > David
>
> DX-10 AFAIK is being developed for XP but is still in the alpha stage...
> so check back later in the year.
>
> As to Vista...well, let's just say there are still a few bugs left.
>
> For now, I'd stay with XP and see how DX-10 shapes up in the future

Do know where you got the info that DX 10 will be ported back to XP.
Last I heard, MS was not making DX 10 for XP. DX 10 is for Vista only
(???)

"smlunatick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 4:04 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
> "titus12" <titu...@msn.com> wrote in message
>
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10
video
> > card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU
> on
> > an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>
> > Thank you,
> > David
>
> DX-10 AFAIK is being developed for XP but is still in the alpha stage...
> so check back later in the year.
>
> As to Vista...well, let's just say there are still a few bugs left.
>
> For now, I'd stay with XP and see how DX-10 shapes up in the future

Do know where you got the info that DX 10 will be ported back to XP.
Last I heard, MS was not making DX 10 for XP. DX 10 is for Vista only
(???)

Well...there is a possibility of DX-10 in the future:

http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquir...-on-windows-xp


http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...inux-os-x.html



Of course, since my gaming has not gone beyond the win3x version of Tetris
I'll probably not be needing to try DX-10 <G>

On Mar 2, 12:27*pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f81abda7-b5c8-45ab-9a30-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mar 1, 4:04 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "titus12" <titu...@msn.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10
> video
> > > card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU
> > on
> > > an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>
> > > Thank you,
> > > David
>
> > DX-10 AFAIK is being developed for XP but is still in the alpha stage...
> > so check back later in the year.
>
> > As to Vista...well, let's just say there are still a few bugs left.
>
> > For now, I'd stay with XP and see how DX-10 shapes up in the future
>
> Do know where you got the info that DX 10 will be ported back to XP.
> Last I heard, MS was not making DX 10 for XP. *DX 10 is for Vista only
> (???)
>
> Well...there is a possibility of DX-10 in the future:
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquir...dx10-is-do-abl...
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ims-to-bring-d...
>
> Of course, since my gaming has not gone beyond the win3x version of Tetris
> I'll probably not be needing to try DX-10 <G>- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Possibility= Yes
Probability= No

Microsoft is pushing Vista fully force!

philo wrote:

> "smlunatick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:f81abda7-b5c8-45ab-9a30-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mar 1, 4:04 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>"titus12" <titu...@msn.com> wrote in message
>>
>>news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>>Will it be much of a difference if I stayed with XP with a new DX 10
>
> video
>
>>>card; or should I upgrade to Vista? I have a P4 630 with HT 3.0 MHz CPU
>>
>>on
>>
>>>an Asus P5GD2-X Motherboard with 4GB of DDR2-PC800 memory.
>>
>>>Thank you,
>>>David
>>
>>DX-10 AFAIK is being developed for XP but is still in the alpha stage...
>>so check back later in the year.
>>
>>As to Vista...well, let's just say there are still a few bugs left.
>>
>>For now, I'd stay with XP and see how DX-10 shapes up in the future
>
>
> Do know where you got the info that DX 10 will be ported back to XP.
> Last I heard, MS was not making DX 10 for XP. DX 10 is for Vista only
> (???)
>
> Well...there is a possibility of DX-10 in the future:
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquir...-on-windows-xp
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...inux-os-x.html
>
>
>
> Of course, since my gaming has not gone beyond the win3x version of Tetris
> I'll probably not be needing to try DX-10 <G>
>
>

Not really running DX-10 but converting the "game" to be able run
without DX-10, see excerpt.

The project plans to do this by building a converter that can take in a
DX10 game executable and spit out a modified version that can be run on
a (non-Vista) target OS.