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Jan 13^th, 2006 at 10:04pm

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Hi Guys and Ladies, I know I'm behind the times, But what is "Vista". caveman

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Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2006 at 10:53pm

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Vista is the Retail name of longhorn
its the next version of windows.

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Reply #2 - Jan 14^th, 2006 at 1:22am

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Yeah, and to exploit it you're going to need some pretty decent hardware, like a Directx 9 compliant videocard with decent memory and performance and 512MB RAM.

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Reply #3 - Jan 14^th, 2006 at 1:31am

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Yeah, and to exploit it you're going to need some pretty decent hardware, like a Directx 9 compliant videocard with decent memory and performance and 512MB RAM.

I keep seeing posts that state Vista will require DirectX9. I was under the impression that DirectX9 was pretty much standard for the last 18 months or so, maybe longer. Does anyone still use DirectX > 9.

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Reply #4 - Jan 14^th, 2006 at 3:03am

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If you are asking if anyone uses something less than DX9 as in directX 8, or 7, then yes, some people still do. People with older video cards use older directX.

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Reply #5 - Jan 15^th, 2006 at 6:17pm

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Hey Guys, Sure do appreciate the info. This brings me to another question concerning "Vista". Perhaps I should put this in as another question. Thanks very much. caveman

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Reply #6 - Jan 15^th, 2006 at 6:20pm

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I thought Vista was going to coincide with DX10.

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Reply #7 - Jan 16^th, 2006 at 12:38am

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I thought Vista was going to coincide with DX10.

thats the plan.

Dx9 will be out by what, june-july. it has to be when Vista is out. we were talking about this in the FSX forum.

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