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Have you guys heard of any new games for Vista? The 3 I have heard about are CRYSIS, SHADOWRUN and Halo2.

I have those previews here ( http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Windows_Vista_computer_games.html ) but I am wondering if there are any games that I

missed..

Mike
http://www.windows-vista-update.com

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A short, practical update that sits between the speculation in the replies and what actually mattered for gamers back then.

Microsoft positioned Vista as the platform for the new Games for Windows — LIVE lineup (Halo 2 was one of the launch Vista titles) and pushed DirectX 10 features as part of that initiative. (news.microsoft.com)

The technical reason for the fuss is the driver model: Direct3D 10 depended on the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) introduced with Vista, so a native D3D10 renderer needed Vista’s driver interfaces — that’s why DX10 features were described as “Vista-only.” (learn.microsoft.com)

That said, the practical reality most gamers experienced was more forgiving. Many early DX10-era games (Crysis is a clear example) shipped with DirectX9 render paths or fallbacks so they would still run on XP; DX10 support usually gave extra visual effects on Vista rather than making gameplay impossible on older systems. Always check the publisher’s official system requirements for each title. (en.wikipedia.org)

If you were trying to figure whether a specific PC would run a given Vista-era game: run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag) and look at the System tab (DirectX version) and the Display tab (driver model, VRAM, driver date); update to the card maker’s WHQL/WDDM driver if needed. Also remember Vista’s Aero plus a modern game use video memory together — Microsoft’s guidance around that era expected a DirectX‑capable card and roughly 128 MB of graphics RAM as a baseline for the richer desktop experience. (howtogeek.com)

In short: , — don’t assume every “Vista” headline meant XP was blocked; was right that the graphics stack changed (WDDM/DX10), and rightly worried about Vista-only marketing, but most big PC releases kept DX9 fallbacks so immediate mass upgrade wasn’t universally required.

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Member Avatar for Scottg1989

I doubt that they are vista-only though. As with most games nowadays, they will work with 2000, me, and xp. Vista should be the same and therefore work with XP too.

It simply wouldnt make sense for them to release it vista-only as i suspect there are many people who wont upgrade to vista for a long time. (I know i wont :))

Although, if they are, I may just have to upgrade for Crysis. After the reviews of this, and also after Far Cry it should be AWESOME!

Member Avatar for jbennet

Actually, very few of the current games will run on vista as DirectX and GDI are having a huge shakeup

Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

Crysis requires DX10. So im guessing it wont run on any other OS til' MS releases DX10 for XP and the like...

Member Avatar for TheNSS

Well, halo 2 is only for vista, ms thinks that if they make a fun game available only for vista, then every body is going to be upgrading just to play that game, yeah... right.

Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

Halo 2 only for Vista? You sure? I mean if they did that, there really won't be any sales of Halo2 and Vista. Not many ppl will upgrade to Vista immediately.

Member Avatar for TheNSS

that's what they've said. i hate MS for that. why can't they just be nice. they did the same thing with halo 3, it'll only come out for xbox 360, bungie didn't want it that way, but hey, MS owns bungie, so they just want people to upgrade to the 360 and Vista. If MS didn't do those stupid things, and if they just gave out free copies of windows and charged people just for updates, then i would like them more.

Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

free copies of windows? that would be terrible business strategy...

Member Avatar for alc6379

Halo 2 only for Vista? You sure? I mean if they did that, there really won't be any sales of Halo2 and Vista. Not many ppl will upgrade to Vista immediately.

I can confirm this, at least anecdotally. Halo 2 will require DirectX 10, and Microsoft has stated they have no plans to release DX10 for anything other than Vista...

My question is this: Does it actually require some feature of DX10, or is this just some arbitrary versioning trick, just to make us need Vista?

Member Avatar for TheNSS

maybe there'll be a hack or something, most of the time there's a hack

Member Avatar for goldeagle2005

My question is this: Does it actually require some feature of DX10, or is this just some arbitrary versioning trick, just to make us need Vista?

If it is a versioning trick, you can be sure not many ppl will lap it up immediately. It's gonna lead to sales slumping for both Vista and Halo2

Member Avatar for jbennet

If vista needs a 128mb gfx card to run does that mean that games which usually need a 128mb would require a 256?

Member Avatar for TheNSS

well i think if your running a game, the whole card is dedicated to the game, if your just using the desktop, then the whole card is dedicated to the desktop, you know what i'm saying?

Member Avatar for alc6379

well i think if your running a game, the whole card is dedicated to the game, if your just using the desktop, then the whole card is dedicated to the desktop, you know what i'm saying?

That's the ticket-- when you're playing a game, the textures and models for the 3D GUI aren't actually loaded. It wouldn't make sense to devote so much memory to something that you wouldn't immediately be using, would it?

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