Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games 437
PetManimal writes "Computerworld is reporting that gamers who have installed Vista are reporting problems with first person-shooter titles such as CounterStrike, Half-Life 2, Doom 3. and F.E.A.R. (Users have compiled lists of games with Vista issues.) The complaints, which have turned up on gamers' forums, cite crashes and low frame rates. Not surprisingly, the problems relate to graphics hardware and software: 'Experts blame still-flaky software drivers, Vista's complexity, and a dearth of new video cards optimized for Vista's new rendering technology, DirectX 10. That's despite promises from Microsoft that Vista is backwards-compatible with XP's graphic engine, DirectX 9, and that it will support existing games. Meanwhile, games written to take advantage of DirectX 10 have been slow to emerge. And one Nvidia executive predicts that gamers may not routinely see games optimized for DirectX 10 until mid-2008.'"
People Were Right! (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing surprising (Score:5, Funny)
Now, off topic, I must confess that I no longer even read the Slashdot paragraph, but I just read the headline and then go straight to the comments to see what the controversial parts were.
Re:People Were Right! (Score:2, Funny)
Funny how the world works.
What??? (Score:4, Funny)
Since when has gentoo had DirectX 10?
Cheers,
Roger
They even copied THAT from the Mac (Score:5, Funny)
[And yes, this is a dig at *both* sides, so let's see how that goes down
Simon
Thats all right (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm thinking about it now... it's... it's so beautiful...
Slowed by Security (Score:5, Funny)
I'm putting mine in a safe deposit box! (Score:4, Funny)
Therefore, I've got a few backup copies of my w2k pro install disk, and I will be putting the original in a safe deposit box at the bank next week.
I didn't see a damn thing in XP that warranted the time spent, much less the money spent, on upgrading. Vista is no different.
Re:People Were Right! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What did you expect? (Score:5, Funny)
Damned. How will I watch my MP3s now?
Re:People Were Right! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:People Were Right! (Score:5, Funny)
You're right. It's because they're stupid. Game developers don't do Mac versions of games because they're too stupid. It's not because the PC games market is pretty small compared to consoles, so the much smaller Mac market is objectively tiny. And you don't ever see games that run on more than one platform. And game developers are never beholden to deadlines or budgets that make producing a Mac version not only uneconomical but also a pain in the neck.
No, it's because game developers are stupid. And probably lazy, too.
Thanks for your piercing insight.
Re:It beats (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Tips for Vista Gaming: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nothing surprising (Score:5, Funny)
You must not be new here.
Re:People Were Right! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:NVidia certainly dropped the ball (Score:3, Funny)
That's not a bug, it's a feature designed to engage the user emotionally.
I guess that settles it (Score:3, Funny)
Why upgrade? (Score:2, Funny)