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08-19-2008
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| | DirectX 10 Quick noob question: Does Vista DirectX 10 improve DVD or Bluray image quality on an LCD display? My guess is DirectX 10 only affects games. I'm just curious if it makes a difference during a (DVD or high def) video playback. As you can tell I've never used Windows Vista. Do I also need a DirectX 10 capable PCI Express graphics card or any legacy AGP graphics card will work just fine? |
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08-20-2008
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| | Re: DirectX 10 DirectX is best known for its gaming features, but it actually powers and does a lot more than just games. Nonetheless, the answer to the specific question regarding DirectX and Blu-Ray playback is "Nope, no improvement" since Blu-Ray playback is not implemented in Vista but in hardware/software by your playback system. Read more here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=294 Notwithstanding the above, you will want a DirectX 10 card with Vista. Not only will some features of Vista not work without it, but anything older and slower will impact Vista performance. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "John" <a> wrote in message news:uVwyNQlAJHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: > Quick noob question: > Does Vista DirectX 10 improve DVD or Bluray image quality on an LCD > display? > > My guess is DirectX 10 only affects games. I'm just curious if it makes a > difference during a (DVD or high def) video playback. As you can tell I've > never used Windows Vista. Do I also need a DirectX 10 capable PCI Express > graphics card or any legacy AGP graphics card will work just fine? > |
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08-20-2008
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| | Re: DirectX 10 Richard G. Harper wrote: Quote: > DirectX is best known for its gaming features, but it actually powers > and does a lot more than just games. Nonetheless, the answer to the > specific question regarding DirectX and Blu-Ray playback is "Nope, no > improvement" since Blu-Ray playback is not implemented in Vista but in > hardware/software by your playback system. > > Read more here: > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=294 > > Notwithstanding the above, you will want a DirectX 10 card with Vista. > Not only will some features of Vista not work without it, but anything > older and slower will impact Vista performance. > DX 10. I've been running Vista for quite some time without any problems and I know my graphics card doesn't support DX10. gls858 |
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08-20-2008
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| | Re: DirectX 10 "gls858" <gls858@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eHUh$ftAJHA.4540@xxxxxx Quote: > Richard G. Harper wrote: Quote: >> DirectX is best known for its gaming features, but it actually powers and >> does a lot more than just games. Nonetheless, the answer to the specific >> question regarding DirectX and Blu-Ray playback is "Nope, no improvement" >> since Blu-Ray playback is not implemented in Vista but in >> hardware/software by your playback system. >> >> Read more here: >> >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=294 >> >> Notwithstanding the above, you will want a DirectX 10 card with Vista. >> Not only will some features of Vista not work without it, but anything >> older and slower will impact Vista performance. >> > I would be interested to know what parts of Vista won't function without > DX 10. I've been running Vista for quite some time without any problems > and I know my graphics card doesn't support DX10. > > gls858 > you're using? I'm wondering if a (motherboard) integrated graphics chipset (for example: integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100) is good enough. I don't do PC games at all so I suppose Vista runs just fine with an integrated card. |
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08-20-2008
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| | Re: DirectX 10 John wrote: Quote: > "gls858" <gls858@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eHUh$ftAJHA.4540@xxxxxx Quote: >> Richard G. Harper wrote: Quote: >>> DirectX is best known for its gaming features, but it actually powers and >>> does a lot more than just games. Nonetheless, the answer to the specific >>> question regarding DirectX and Blu-Ray playback is "Nope, no improvement" >>> since Blu-Ray playback is not implemented in Vista but in >>> hardware/software by your playback system. >>> >>> Read more here: >>> >>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=294 >>> >>> Notwithstanding the above, you will want a DirectX 10 card with Vista. >>> Not only will some features of Vista not work without it, but anything >>> older and slower will impact Vista performance. >>> >> DX 10. I've been running Vista for quite some time without any problems >> and I know my graphics card doesn't support DX10. >> >> gls858 >> > Thanks to all of you for your reply. Gls858, may I ask what graphics card > you're using? > > I'm wondering if a (motherboard) integrated graphics chipset (for example: > integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100) is good enough. I don't do > PC games at all so I suppose Vista runs just fine with an integrated card. > > 7600GS/256 ram. I think when I bought it it was around $100. My guess is the Integrated graphics won't run Aero or the other fancy crap like Dreamscene but if you don't care about those it would probably work. You can always add a card later if you want better graphics performance. gls858 |
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