NoNamer wrote:
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Tuesday 07 November 2006 16:47 \__
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>> > Test renders using Blender 2.42a show Vista to be a resource hog.
>> >
>> > Test render, average of three renders for each platform,
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>> > Fedora Core 6 Linux 13m 09s
>> > Windows 2000 13m 37s
>> > Vista RC1 14m 09s
>> >
>> > Shuttle PC, AMD Barton 2500+ 1 Gb ram with a Vista performance rating
>> > of 2.8
>> >
>> > I would have hoped Vista would be at least as fast as Windows 2000.
>> > Where have all those years of development gone?
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>> That's only about 5% slower, which is impressive. Other benchmarks are
>> more pessimistic.
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>> Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 per cent slower than XP
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> For DirectX 9.x titles - let's wait and see. Vista just RMTed and you
> have no benchmarks *at all* to back up your claim.
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Yup... wait and see...
> For DirectX10 titles - you are going to see
There it is... the BIG microsoft cop out... the vapor of all insidious
vapors... promoting something in the future as being better, when everyone
that has had anyexperience with windows knows that it's just going to plain
SUCK...
> *huge* improvements in
> performance due to the way DirectX10 has implemented the API (super
> quick state changes, state buffers, rotating constant buffers, etc.).
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Blah, blah... where's the beef? Show me a url that backsup your claim!
> OpenGL won't be able to touch the performance of a DX10 application -
> and this will leave Linux even further behind than it already is for 3D
> gaming (which isn't saying much given the Linux desktop share is so
> dismal and gaming is even more dismal under Linux).
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Wow...
FUD: acronym for Fear, Uncertainly and Doubt. The very foundation of the day
to day operations of MicroSoft...
FUDDER: The person that engages in the act of installing Fear, Uncertainty
and Doubt so as to attempt to derail a competitors product...
You are a FUDDER of the highest degree...
> XP has had 5-6 years of refinement - Vista isn't even OUT yet.
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XP... 5-6 years of refinement and it's STILL a steamy pile of dog crap...
> Let's wait for some real benchmarks. Also, most Vista drivers are
> still in beta as well. Once the manufacturers are being benched on
> Tomshardware and the such - they will pay MUCH more attention to their
> driver performance under Vista.
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> In other words: Vista performance is going to get better and better
> *real* fast than the RC1 releases would otherwise indicate.
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> But - I'm sure you'd love to distort the truth as much as you can;
> doesn't really matter though - Vista already has more marketshare on
> the desktop than Linux does lol - and it's not even released yet to the
> public.
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | So if you play Battlefield 2 or FEAR or any other popular game you are
>> | likely to get lower frame rates with Vista. That is certainly not a
>> | good buying argument but don?t think you and I have much choice as it
>> | looks like a take it or leave it deal. I like Vista as the 3D desktop
>> | looks sexy but that is probably its key feature.
>> `---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34915
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>> Microsoft doesn't yet play games on Vista
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The firm has its Vista logo all over its boothm, but all the machines
>> | that we investigated were running Windows XP.
>> |
>> | Obviously, it is still not the right time to switch to Vista as things
>> | might be not stable for current games. We hope that they can meet the
>> | early 2007 schedules.
>> `----
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33924
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