Windows Vista

[Krusty]

In your settings directory there are files, like "video8.cfg" and so on. I'm not sure WHICH file has the slider info (it's not video8) but if you copy the entire directory you should be safe.

Or if you're not sure, just max the sliders out one way or the other.

[jtdragon]

What I've read is that DirectX 9 is not surported by the new system so they put a patch in it to run older games but they will run slower.

[Kev367th]

Originally posted by jtdragon
What I've read is that DirectX 9 is not surported by the new system so they put a patch in it to run older games but they will run slower.

DirectX 9 and below is via software emulation in Vista.

All prior versions had direct support for older versions.

Just yet another way MS is trying to lever (i.e. force) Vista onto people.
They 'claim' DX 10 is actually faster than all its previous incarnations.

[Skuzzy]

The DX10 pipeline has been redesigned.  It will be faster, for most games, not all.  Unfortunately, DX10 will only be available for Vista, which means very slow support for it.

DX9, DX8 and DX7 are still supported in Vista, but all other versions earlier than that have been dropped.

[llama]

More benchmarks:

Using a brand-new Dell Dimension E520, a Core2 Duo at 1.86 GHz, 1GB of RAM, SATA, and a Geforce 7600 video card, I get the following benchmark scores:

3DMark 2003
XP: 3805
Vista: 3150

18% difference

3dmark 2006
XP: 662
Vista: 610

8% difference.

These are both totally spottless OS installations.

I think we can start to see some trends emerging...

-Llama

[MrRiplEy[H]]

llama are you using the RTM Vista or RC? The RC's are reported to be much slower.

[llama]

RTM of course.

Silly Human. ;-)

-Llama

[scottydawg]

The short and sweet of it:

If you value your sanity and your wallet, stay away from Vista.