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Windows 7 and *OS* graphics acceleration

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  • 23-01-2009 12:18pm
    #1
    xbmc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭


    According to this video the graphics card horsepower will be *more* available to the OS in windows 7 than in previous versions of windows.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVFeNHOagQ

    Do us non gamers finally have an excuse for buying expensive cards now and seeing real snappyness* in window rendering.


    *its a word look it up:)


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    #2
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,434 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    No need for expensive cards..any cheap card will do fine as long as it's not integrated graphics.

    Damn..I just wasted my 1000 post :(


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    #3
    alansweeney100
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭alansweeney100


    Hmm so windows 7 will make better use of my graphicscard. Seems to be getting a lot of positive press, windows 7. Would you be mad to install the beta now?
    ( Congrats on your 1000th post Mat, I'm sure your employer is thrilled 4 u :D )


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    #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,411 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    most testers are reporting back no problems. I myself had a lot of issues that Id put down to lack of driver support on my end - HP vista x64 drivers bother to check if theyre really being installed on Vistax64 and so I cant trick them into thinking otherwise. The lack of drivers led to a few blue screen stops during sleep and wakeup, and wireless malfunctions when waking from sleep. And then there was that business with the boot manager that I wont get into - pain in the ass.


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    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    just installed it, no problems with drivers so far, all my Vista drivers installed without problem.


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