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6/17/12 at 11:18am
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No-one is going top write games in OpenCL until there is more in the way of support for it.
Like said its possible, just we don't have to resources for it.
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why programmer couldnt use opencl only for repetitive and very ressource intensive stuff like shader?cant opencl interact with the way actual game are made?
If your referring to a pixel shader, then that's a completely different type of API (DirectX/OpenGL). Something like that would take a very long time to mature. Especially given the limitations of hardware.
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post #282 of 350
6/17/12 at 10:12pm
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Are you MS employee or just blind fanboy?

Neither actually.

Tell me, how is Windows 8 not as stable as Windows 7?
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6/17/12 at 10:48pm
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Neither actually.
Tell me, how is Windows 8 not as stable as Windows 7?

This is an example of a user having issues.

There's also the fact that, y'know, it's not finished.
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post #284 of 350
6/17/12 at 11:40pm
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This is an example of a user having issues.
There's also the fact that, y'know, it's not finished.

Sounds like a driver issue he's having. I don't remember graphics drivers with Windows 7 RC being that great either. So far it's been as stable as Windows 7 64 bit for me. Just my observation.
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post #285 of 350
6/18/12 at 12:56am
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Neither actually.
Tell me, how is Windows 8 not as stable as Windows 7?

Then tell me how is it more stable than 7? When it's not even out yet.

Stability can change overnight with just a commit, if you're not an MS employee who happen to have access to final form of 8, then isn't blind faith fanboy fitting? rolleyes.gif
Edited by horrysh8 - 6/18/12 at 12:58am
post #286 of 350
6/18/12 at 1:10am
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Then tell me how is it more stable than 7? When it's not even out yet.
Stability can change overnight with just a commit, if you're not an MS employee who happen to have access to final form of 8, then isn't blind faith fanboy fitting? rolleyes.gif
The only possibilities of it being in-stable is someone on the development team seriously screwing up. Vista was from scratch so it has a reason for being as buggy as it was, Windows 7 being based from that and turned out stable. Now Windows 8 is based off Windows 7 which is an existing stable operating system. There really is no reason for it to not be stable, unless there is human error.
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Human error- the metro interface.
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6/18/12 at 11:21am
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Human error- the metro interface.

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Human error - greenlighting the idiotic brainstorming session that came up with that idea.
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6/18/12 at 11:22am
Man you guys are boring, not even considering my extra sensory mice tongue.gif.

lachen.gif

I do not want kinect, it's more of a novelty, right now. It would be effective in a VR world though, glasses and erraythang.

I'm lazy though, that amount of interaction would make me lose a few pounds.
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lachen.gif
Human error - greenlighting the idiotic brainstorming session that came up with that idea.

It's not a bad idea- on tablets tongue.gif.

From the interactions that I've read about here on this thread, it seems to be a complete (professional) productivity killer though. I'll give a taste in a SP or two, but until then, I have a feeling I'll be on W7 till something revolutionizes that desktop space. IMO.
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6/18/12 at 11:35am
I've been using Windows 8 on my laptop for about a week now almost exclusively. I find it works just as well as Windows 7. Sure I had to look up some keyboard shortcuts for IE 10 to make it easier to browse, but overall I do not think it is that difficult to figure out. They just need to include a card that has all the commands and shortcuts like a video game comes with. I stumbled upon IE 10s 3 finger swipe for forward and backward as an example of things I wish I knew before hand.
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