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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #210 on: November 29, 2013, 06:37:06 PM »
Quote from: Max on November 29, 2013, 06:31:04 PM
What's steam?  :headscratch:

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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #211 on: November 29, 2013, 06:39:12 PM »
Quote from: Max on November 29, 2013, 06:31:04 PM
What's steam?  :headscratch:

Online gaming site where you buy and download from them OR the game you buy in a store requires you to play it online through Steam.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #212 on: November 29, 2013, 06:48:35 PM »
Quote from: 68ZooM on November 29, 2013, 06:35:47 PM

I find the statement about no more XP updates being released amusing sense i just got a few updates when i just logged online and have been getting them in the past.  Whats your source for that statement.

April 8, 2014.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #213 on: November 29, 2013, 07:06:34 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on November 29, 2013, 06:48:35 PM
April 8, 2014.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help
Mind you that doesn't mean third parties are going to stop releasing drivers for it, just that Microsoft is going to cease support.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #214 on: November 29, 2013, 09:19:49 PM »
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #215 on: November 30, 2013, 03:52:22 AM »
Quote from: Karnak on November 29, 2013, 07:06:34 PM
Mind you that doesn't mean third parties are going to stop releasing drivers for it, just that Microsoft is going to cease support.

Running XP is already a huge security risk and it's going to get only worse. Since its users are inevitably going to disappear there is no reason for hardware vendors to keep wasting resources in supporting it. Just face it, even if you happen to still use it the OS is outdated, dangerous and deserves to be buried already.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #216 on: November 30, 2013, 08:16:57 AM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on November 30, 2013, 03:52:22 AM
Running XP is already a huge security risk and it's going to get only worse. Since its users are inevitably going to disappear there is no reason for hardware vendors to keep wasting resources in supporting it. Just face it, even if you happen to still use it the OS is outdated, dangerous and deserves to be buried already.
Depends on how you run it.  As far as hardware vendors, they will keep supporting it as long as it is profitable.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #217 on: November 30, 2013, 08:39:22 AM »
Quote from: Karnak on November 30, 2013, 08:16:57 AM
Depends on how you run it.  As far as hardware vendors, they will keep supporting it as long as it is profitable.

Considering that the user base is as low as it is already and the chances that anyone buying new hardware is going to install it on XP are diminishing, I'd say we're way past that point already. The only reason why motherboard etc. manufacturers continue to support XP is that there are still some busineses that desperately cling to XP.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #218 on: November 30, 2013, 09:18:38 AM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on November 30, 2013, 08:39:22 AM
Considering that the user base is as low as it is already and the chances that anyone buying new hardware is going to install it on XP are diminishing, I'd say we're way past that point already. The only reason why motherboard etc. manufacturers continue to support XP is that there are still some busineses that desperately cling to XP.
Over half of the Chinese still use XP according to http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-CN-monthly-201311-201311-bar, but I agree the number of them is non-significant in a global measure. As well as the 30% in Africa.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #219 on: November 30, 2013, 09:23:04 AM »
Quote from: Bizman on November 30, 2013, 09:18:38 AM
Over half of the Chinese still use XP according to http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-CN-monthly-201311-201311-bar, but I agree the number of them is non-significant in a global measure. As well as the 30% in Africa.


Yes, lets support ChiComm techies. 
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #220 on: December 01, 2013, 07:52:14 AM »
Quote from: Bizman on November 30, 2013, 09:18:38 AM
Over half of the Chinese still use XP according to http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-CN-monthly-201311-201311-bar, but I agree the number of them is non-significant in a global measure. As well as the 30% in Africa.


And how many are real registered copies? Lol. I remember being able to buy pretty much and program, including Final Cut Pro at the local markets in Kabul .....
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #221 on: December 01, 2013, 08:12:43 AM »
Quote from: dirtdart on December 01, 2013, 07:52:14 AM
And how many are real registered copies? Lol. I remember being able to buy pretty much and program, including Final Cut Pro at the local markets in Kabul .....
Registered or non registered, it doesn't matter in this case. They exist. And the amount of them is enormous.

It's true, though, that a great deal of them are pirated, which means that they can't install most of the updates available, leaving them extremely vulnerable, making them an easy target for bot farmers. But the Chinese piracy issue has been known for quite a long time and most probably is also true for the more modern Windows version.

Back to the original subject without forgetting where this thread has gone: Will the new version be ready before the end of XP support? And how long will AH be playable on XP, be it this current version or the one we've been offered glimpses of?
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #222 on: December 01, 2013, 10:06:56 AM »
Quote from: Bizman on December 01, 2013, 08:12:43 AM
Back to the original subject without forgetting where this thread has gone: Will the new version be ready before the end of XP support? And how long will AH be playable on XP, be it this current version or the one we've been offered glimpses of?
I keep hoping to build a new computer, but the money for it just keeps falling through for one reason or another.  I am stuck with WinXP for the foreseeable future.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #223 on: December 01, 2013, 10:08:08 AM »
Still on Win7 here.
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Re: About the new terrain
« Reply #224 on: December 01, 2013, 10:11:40 AM »
Quote from: Skuzzy on November 29, 2013, 06:43:42 AM
Marketing.  You have to love it.  There is not a 3D graphic feature available in DX11, which cannot be done in DX9.

In the meantime, this thread has wandered a long way from its intended path.

Isn't DX11 required for the use of tessellation?
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