Take a look at Windows XP and tell me that again.

And going back to the OpenGL/Linux combo comment for a second, if you think OpenGL is in any way sueprior to DirectX, then you've stumped me as to why. The only benefit as far as I'm concerned is that it's open source. It's always a few years behind DirectX in terms of detail level, and a lot of developers don't bother to code for it at all. STEAM is coming to Linux platforms which will help when some devs decide to port their old games over to Linux, but it won't make any significant headway any time soon. Stick with Windows (insert you preferred version here) for games.

Faster draw calls, get access to new features as they come, not as M$ releases new OSes, cross platform, open source. The problem is that the few engines that do support it are usually the ones behind in terms of graphics. Though I would not trust my info on it, I have no hands on experience with either DX or GL.

The winning argument for me is not getting capped when your OS becomes old. Enjoy DX9, XP; DX10, Vista; DX11, 7.

It has got a long way to go, the Nvidia 310 drivers are a start, but I will be keeping a copy of 7 for games & XP for old/buggy7 games.

I've used it myself, I'd say it's terrible. They still do have a Windows 7 desktop (thank god) but it's a bit hard to find the start menu button. Windows 8 IMO pretty much turns your entire computer into a Windows Phone (which I don't even like anyway). I'm sticking with my Windows 7.

I liked windows 8, until I found out gaming on it was terrible and I cannot, I have tried everything but I can't get GFWL to work on it. I heard you could get a free downgrade to windows 7 or something anyone know where? P.S. my computer came with windows 8 i didnt upgrade.

I would say Nay personally. It stills runs everything fine. No problems running GTA just not the best. 

I dunno about you but here most of IT and multimedia related companies still use XP and have no problems with it whatsoever. They set up their PCs for employees with XP and would not upgrade to either 7 or 8 because it would take a lot of time and money to do that with no or negligible effects on employees' work output. More trouble than its worth.

 

Same goes for Linux. They use Linux in my dad's office. I think it was when W7 was released, I last went to his office with him and I saw his work PC was equipped with a 'better than vista' looking Linux version (don't ask me what was the name I'm a complete moron when it comes to linux; its meant for professionals). I don't think they'll be upgrading to 8 or even 9, for that matter.

 

As for myself, I've already said- the thumb rule for all my softwares is: If it ain't broken, don't fix it. I learnt this lesson with my first graphic card. Driver issues, y'know.

 

Most companies use XP for the reasons you listed towards the end of your first paragraph. It's costly to buy licenses and train average-joe employees who aren't tech savvy. Going from XP to the newer operating systems is a huge upgrade in terms of potential performance and convenience of use. The problem is that shit-pile IBM's that large companies use and their proprietary (insert random business) software don't benefit from 64-bit support, multicore CPU's or a slicker interface with faster searching, system monitoring and multitasking. It has nothing to do with XP not being broken.

If you follow that motto of yours religiously you'll be left back in the stone ages. Everyone has to let go some time, like it or not. Also I wouldn't say Linux is for professionals. It's just an alternative OS. Some versions of it may be complicated to install and are intended for PC intellectuals, but those aren't the mainstream distributions. A lot of Linux builds today look almost exactly like Mac OS, Windows or a hybrid of both.

Regarding Sniper's statements, by the time Microsoft releases a new OS at it's current rate, any person looking to PC game for graphical reasons will have obsolete hardware, and will need a computer upgrade anyway. And whether it comes to the OpenGL API or the DirectX API, the graphics cards change over time, and again; need to be upgraded. API's like GLIDE had speed advantages over DirectX too, but realism is what gaming consumers are looking for these days, and because Windows is the dominant OS, and most people don't know the difference in coding, they don't care how they get it. DirectX still is and for the forseeable future will be a better API when it comes to detail. Unfortunately it's proprietary to Microsoft, but as with their acquisitions of the first big software contracts in the 1980's and 1990's, Microsoft got it right before Apple and the rest did, and they ran with it. Other OS's may reign supreme one day, but they'll have to chip away at Microsoft for the next couple of decades to do it unless there happens to be some magical breakthrough where everything will work as it does today but faster, cheaper, more widely available and compatible with everything in existence. And that wont happen with the U.S.'s broken patent system. Nope, it'll be business as usual in the computing industry. Stifling innovation by hiding behind a team of lawyers.

Edited December 3, 201213 yr by unr3al

If you follow that motto of yours religiously you'll be left back in the stone ages. Everyone has to let go some time, like it or not.

 

Well, I respect your opinion, Unr3al. But I'd still stick to my motto. I admit change is necessary. But its also a fact that its necessary when the necessity occurs. I don't believe in blindly following a company whose motto is to make money just like all others'.

That's how the corporate world works, sir. Our innovation in electronics occurs when it's convenient for the big companies to throw us a bone. We could have far better electronics right now than we currently do were it not for broken patent systems, law suits and greed. But we're sheep, and we don't do much about it. We just deal. lol Necessary change depends on the individual. Gamers benefit from performance enhancements. If you don't want them, that's cool. But I'll always take performance or detail enhancements if I can get them. Windows 8 or not.

I'd love to hear if W8 really proves profitable for gamers. And if it does, I won't hesitate in upgrading, sir....at some point p'raps in future.