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New Computer Now Or Later

by cmetat2 Jun 6, 2006 2:51PM PDT

I am about to buy a high end gaming computer for alot of money and I was wondering if I should wait until the new OS (VISTA) comes out or should I go ahead and buy the computer. I recently ordered the two best video cards (NVIDIA 7900GTX SLI). Now on Nvidia's website it says that the cards are Vista ready, but I read a review on CNET that says they'll only be good on DirectX 9.0. Vista only runs on DirectX 10.0. Does that mean the video cards will be obsolete by the time Vista debuts or perhaps will Nvidia be able to submit drivers to download so I get full graphics potential? I also am using the AMD 64 bit chip which also says it is Vista ready. But is it ready only with the minimum requirements or am I just wasting my time and should wait before I buy. Please HELP!

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If you already bought the cards.
by strickjh2005 Jun 6, 2006 4:59PM PDT

If all you are worried about is Vista, then go build your high end machine.

Vista will be pushed back more and more. Many people are going to stay with XP because it will probably be faster. All the newest games will be backwards compatible with XP for at least a few years. HL2 can run on win 2000. And since a gaming rig is only a gaming rig for about 2 years. You should never have to say, damn I can't play this until I get Vista.

If I am wrong I will give you my address and you can come give me a punch in the face. ; )

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NEW COMPUTER
by cmetat2 Jun 6, 2006 10:45PM PDT

Well I actually already ordered the computer not just the cards but I could cancel if I wanted to. But thank you for your help!

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Halo 2 will be "Vista only"
by 101Ares Jun 21, 2006 9:25PM PDT

It wont run on XP. this is how M$ is tring to get people to buy their system,Vista only games

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(NT) (NT) Wait until the dust settles, too many ifs
by Willy Jun 7, 2006 12:36AM PDT
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Vista v.s XP
by PKsteven Jun 7, 2006 5:41AM PDT

Here's my personal take, Vista seems to be having trouble getting out of the gate. I know a lot of gamers and they have some new systems much like you and when they put Vista on, they said it ran , well, like crap. They all went back to XP. I personally don't care for it and would stick with XP right now and I call Vista the Win ME of NTFS. I would say it's slow, sluggishly irritating, a bogged down XP and not worth the time. I would stay with what works for now. This is just my opinion though and you should still do some self research.

Paul

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If its anything like the beta...
by strickjh2005 Jun 9, 2006 9:40AM PDT

I am beta testing Vista... Its worse than windows xp 64 bit. I have working hardware becuase ATI is smart enough to give Vista drivers.. but I still prefer xp alot.

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If it's anything like....
by PKsteven Jun 9, 2006 1:16PM PDT

I agree that it is terrible currently and as much as I hate to say this, it is "BETA". That is a big word for 4 letters. I got around to thinking , yes I do that once in a while, and I figure maybe MS is doing the right thing. In the past they put out an OS and beta test the darn thing as legit OSs causing millions to fix issues as they went. Perhaps this is a better route to take and eventually will be more stable in the near future. I don't like the resource sucking of the OS but with higher ram, 64 DCPs and all, I suppose you can get more out of an OS. If it shows little improvment before final, then count me out, i'll wait for the next generation and use XP for now.


Paul

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LATER
by damasta55r Jun 9, 2006 4:51PM PDT

Vista, menrom, ddr3, atis no-link crossfire, hdmi compatibility, blu-ray/hd, dx10. All coming soon.

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BUY ONE NOW.......................
by Scrotes4Life Jun 24, 2006 10:51AM PDT

Buy one now.........if you want a new system, then buy a new system!
Forget about Vista and stick with XP Pro. Everybody's hyped-up over Vista but it's going to turn out to be crap.
Vista-Vista-Vista.............. do some heavy research.

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Thanks
by cmetat2 Jun 24, 2006 3:50PM PDT

I went ahead and purchased the computer, hopefully if I decide to upgrade to the new operating system and play direct x 10 games maybe companies can make drivers to fix any incompatabilites. Appreciate the advice and it will be a while before I upgrade.

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