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Gamers: Save $100 and get DirectX 11 for Vista!
At long last -- and some would wonder why now, after the release of Windows 7 -- DirectX 11 is finally available for Windows Vista.This means, while still taking a performance hit for running Vista, you could in theory divert that $100 you would spend on Windows 7 into a new, DirectX 11-enabled graphics card!
To obtain it, you need to download the 'Platform Update' which includes a lot of other updates for the Windows Vista and Server 2008 operating systems -- but other than the addition of DirectCompute (which I discussed in my previous feature on DirectX 11), there isn't a whole lot to report. Currently there is also no redistributable package -- something they have always done for previous versions of DirectX. I'm sure it will follow soon.
[via DailyTech but by God, be warned: their site takes about 5 minutes to render...]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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hailfire753 said 6:45AM on 10-30-2009
took me less than 5 sec to render on a year old iMac....
What
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Sebastian Anthony said 9:02AM on 10-30-2009
I tried a few times... I think it has too many external links -- perhaps for all the advertising stuff.
Damn, I hate sites that look like that.
mko said 12:26PM on 10-30-2009
It took me 8 seconds with Win Xp and Opera (Opera has a clock for that)
But take note I'm using Ad Muncher
Nick said 10:32AM on 10-30-2009
If still running Vista not sure it would be worth it.
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