Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Sep 2007 19:58 UTC, submitted by Adam S
"Before I launch into my tirade, I need to make a confession. I like Vista. I use it daily, but I also use it with the full knowledge that it's a pre-service pack 1 OS from the boys in Redmond. That necessarily means it will have glitches, bugs, and annoyances. That's a given. I'm willing to put up with all those headaches. But there were several things I was really looking forward to in Vista that are simply missing in action or broken. These are features I'd really hope would improve my productivity and make life a little easier."
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RE[12]: Pillers of Vista.
by cyclops on Thu 20th Sep 2007 08:15
in reply to "RE[11]: Pillers of Vista."
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I'm glad you ignored my points and stuck with a single misconception. Of what an Api is or the role of Vista. in this instance.
Any abstraction between the program with the hardware, has the potential to slow it down. The whole point of DirectX is to get much "close to metal" as is possible, while providing an interface of common functionality, between different hardware. Vista just gets in the way.
In reality to get the best benefit from the hardware you would not even use an API.
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2005-11-29
Lol, you think reiterating your tired argument will make it right or something. I'll just quit responding to it, you can read back for the justification.
Don't pretend to understand the intricacies of Graphics development, or downplay the role that drivers take in performance.
You're insinuating that drivers take no roll in performance, you need to TALK to the hardware. The old Graphics Driver Format was deemed inefficient for the needs of DirectX10 by every party involved in it's development.
They decided to leave the backwards computability baggage at the door with the old Graphics Driver Model, and go with WDDM for Windows Vista.
This new Graphics Driver Architecture, designed from the ground up with efficiency and performance in mind was a refreshing take to providing a Graphics Platform.
Are you arguing with me or not? You seem to make points, then contradict yourself. First you say that me saying the "API is not being used to its full potential" is wrong, and then you agree with me.
Are you coming to the realization that you were wrong, or do you have no clue what you're talking about?
The aims of my posts were never to outline DirectX10's strengths, they were merely to counter your assumptions about it's role in the Game industry.
If you're too dense to see this, it's your problem not mine.
Judging from your less-than-objective view of previous posts on this website, it wouldn't be too far off to label you as a fanboy with a low knowledge:emotion ratio.
This will be my last response to your FUD unless you provide something worthwhile.