Posts by petran79

yes, the problem stems from games that run on Windows 95/98 and specifically those that have direct3d acceleration. As of yet it is not possible for those games to work in a virtualized Windows 95/98 environment (eg Direct3D patch of...

Quote:Originally Posted by xoleras Lets go back to your original statement "better PC graphics will lead to better console graphics" What the HECK are you talking about? Your statement that better PC graphics will lead to better...

Quote:Originally Posted by xoleras Maybe you haven't been paying attention for the past 5 years, since console games are more profitable - devs develop for consoles first and PCs only as a second consideration usually. There are a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mattbag This. On topic I'm pretty excited about the new Xbox hopefully it will lead to better graphics on PC games and hopefully more innovation from developers. I'll probably buy one at launch and...

Quote:Originally Posted by gotendbz1  Try this and see if mobo is still under warranty. You might be able to get your money back for the mobo if they can get u a replacement. But u will have to get a new CPU as they are not...

2 years ago I built a PC. It had a Gigabite motherboard, problem was that it was the now discontinued 1156 chipset, though it was the cheapest option at that time. model was a Gigabite H57 USB3 the features it had and made it an...

I could follow the same route but somehow I consider SLI a waste, even if you add an older card. More heat, more watt, more noise, more space in case you want to add any PCI card, so I'd opted for an 660 too. All games run at max...

Are you sure it is a GPU and not CPU issue?

Quote:Originally Posted by M3T4LM4N222 It will work in XP but why would you use XP with such great hardware? Not to mention you CANNOT use DirectX11 in Windows XP. Vista can use DX11 with a Windows update, 7 and 8 and DX11 directly...

Currently I have an Nvidia GTS 450 and dual boot Windows XP and Windows 7 64-bit. With the price drop I am considering getting an AMD 7870 in the near future. But I read there are some issues with Windows XP. as it appears...