New Computer

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:03 pm

brtnboarder3241 wrote:if anyone was listeing earlier..sdlvx pretty much points all that out.

and?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:01 am

Tis the season for computers I guess.

My Uncle just stopped up. He said hes tired of his computer (my old one!) and is looking to buy another in the $500-600 range.

So far its between these few:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 6700050006

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/ ... 1611553615

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=5533609

Im leaning towards the Acer/Best buy one or the E machines/Wal Mart.

Probably more towards the Acer since it provides a better integrated video card

Thoughts?

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:47 am

GlassWolf wrote:MS dumped openGL support in favor of going strictly Direct3D in Vista. Not kidding.

So can you still play games in OpenGL or does that OpenGL support have to be in the OS to make it work? Or do you mean for the Windows GUI, they went strictly OGL?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:12 pm

no openGL support means if you play a game that's made for openGL, like say, UT2004, you'll take a 25% hit to performance right off the bat. Maybe more.