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Nvidia too thick to implement virtualised graphics memory.

If you want d3d10 features on XP use OpenGL which allows them to be exposed. MS makes money by getting you to upgrade. MS loses money by having their engineers back port d3d10 to XP. And wastes nvidia, amd, and intel's time by making them write a Vista and XP version of their drivers. It...
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- Post #28
- Jul 12, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Need a new game recomendation

Best to check gamerankings or metacritic instead. Both take all the reviews they can find and produce an average score. Most people get bored of Doom3 quickly, even though its a pretty game. FEAR might be worth looking into too. These responses are what I'd expect to read if you'd ask...
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- Post #9
- Jun 3, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Need a new game recomendation

I'd say get a MMO like World of Warcraft or Guild Wars, but you might not like the lack of directly control. But if they can hold your attention they'll hold it for a long time. Try a fast paced RTS like Company of Heroes. Warhammer 40,000 : Dawn of War and its (stand alone) expansions are...
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- Post #6
- Jun 3, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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I'm overwhelmed by the C++

Yes, but it's also the worst thing about C++. Multiple inheritance is another one of those good and bad things. Moving forward just use Java/C# and 64bit for everything and forget about memory problems :)
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- Post #28
- Mar 18, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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I'm overwhelmed by the C++

That's probably because C#/Java programmers sit there wondering why C++ programmers would ever put up with all the dangling pointers and random crashes caused by misuse of pointers and having to manually manage your memory :) C++ is a bit harder to write well than Java/C#, so it makes sense...
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- Post #22
- Mar 17, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Need some game recommendations

If you liked startcraft you'll probably like Company of Heroes or Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. Dark Crusade is an expansion for DoW, but it can be played without owning the original. All in all I'd say CoH is the better game and has much better graphics, but it's set in WW2...
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- Post #5
- Mar 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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After a new RTS

The Tiger was fixed in another patch. It's impossible to have true realism and balance for fun. The gfx are the most realistic of any game out there and I'd rather have a really fun game and just accept they decided to make a motorcycle a sniper hunter for balance reasons.
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- Post #20
- Feb 17, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Supreme Commander demo runs like poo! Game recommendations.

If you're looking for another RTS check out Company of Heroes. It's the best :P But it is the exact opposite of what you wanted, instead of lots of units that don't matter you use only a small amount and play on very small maps. Quite different than SupCom and most RTS in that you need to...
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- Post #4
- Feb 17, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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After a new RTS

Company of Heroes for sure Dawn of War Dark Crusade Supreme Commander in a few days
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- Post #14
- Feb 16, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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C&C3 on the 360 and UT3

Yeah, it started in DX9 and DX10 was added after. So will all games that support the 360 or what to run on XP. I'm asking specifically what you mean by 9.0c game with 10 features as opposed to a 'pure' dx10 game. e.g. if you were talking about d3d8->d3d9 you could mention geometry...
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- Post #36
- Feb 13, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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I'd like to learn a programming language

Pascal was the best a while back, but IMO others have surpassed it so forget it. Forget asm, it's been decades since any real PC applications were written in it. C was good, but it's missing too many convenient features that C++ added so forget it. C++ tries to be all things to...
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- Post #56
- Feb 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Supreme Commander demo available

How is it more modable than Company of Heroes?
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- Post #66
- Feb 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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C&C3 on the 360 and UT3

I see you haven't tried the battle for middle earth 360 RTS from EA :P
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- Post #33
- Feb 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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C&C3 on the 360 and UT3

What do you mean by that? Yes, DX10 has less overhead than DX9, but textures still take the same amount of ram. 1024x1024 dxt5 texture still takes a meg regardless of dx9/dx10/opengl, so don't expect higher resolutions or more textures just from a different API.
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- Post #32
- Feb 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Corporate source control software

Perforce is great.
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- Post #6
- Feb 11, 2007
- Forum: Windows

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