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Windows Vista SP1 Gaming Performance

This is an area where HCW is not sure exactly what to expect. Knowing that SP1 includes an update to DirectX 10 (bringing it to 10.1), but today's games barely make use of DX10 in the first place; in most cases, it's a better idea to use DX9 mode to attain playable framerates.

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Rice6636d ago

WOW, i thought it would do more...

TheMART6636d ago

So when is SP3 for XP coming out? I am curious how that will run, they said 10% faster performance or something like that

pwnsause6636d ago

the beta is installed on my inspiron 9300, it runs very fast, on counter strike source I had the game running on 80fps 1024x768 on high settings before sp3, after sp3, 120fps.

TheMART6636d ago

Well not sure if I'll install the beta or just wait for the final version... That's why I am curious when it'll release officially. Anyone?

TheIneffableBob6636d ago

It's rumored to release within the next week.

I'm using XP SP3 RC2 (close to final version) right now and it runs great. Some things don't work such as my mouse poll rate changer (since it doesn't recognize the SP3 version name), but pretty much everything else works fine. I've noticed a decent increase in speed and stability is pretty much the same. The only crash I've had was when I repeatedly inserted and pulled out a USB thumb drive from the USB port on my chassis' front panel.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio22d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing22d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9222d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit22d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing22d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9222d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."