Seems that Crysis uses DirectX 10,which is only avaible in Windows Vista.<br>It's an API!!! there no reason why directX10 can't run on XP..seems<br>that microsoil are using gamers to sell thier new flagship O/S!<br><br>Shame about that,the only reason I duck back to windows is too play games.<br><br>I think it may stay that way for sometime to come.<br><br>:-(<br><br>Lee<br><br><b><i>Arron Finnon <arron.finnon@hotmail.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hi guys,<br><br>Cedega, what a topic this can turn out to be. All though I'm not much of a <br>gamer and in fairness i know less about gaming than i do about Linux (which <br>i know isn't saying much), i understand the importance of this subject. I <br>do speak to a lot of people about making the full time switch from Wind0ze <br>to Linux, and most of them are gamers. They want to be able to continue <br>their
gaming and just feel that Linux is just too fair behind to do this, <br>now I'm not saying this is the case (cause in fairness i wouldn't know, just <br>what i have heard from people).<br><br>However gaming commands a large user base of people and in my belief it is <br>the final big hurdle, not just the ability to handle the games them self but <br>rather bad P.R attached. I actually never hear a good word about Cedega, <br>but this could be for a lot of reasons, but I'm left remember an incident <br>when Cedega users where banned from a on-line game (can't remember the name <br>of it, but it was big enough to make the Computering news) for a day, <br>because the games company thought the Cedega users where either cheating or <br>vulnerable to cheating. This kinda issue i think scares new users wanting <br>to make the Linux jump i think. I think that a mass of new and enthusiastic <br>users can't wait to ditch “sir bill of gates, and his dancing monkey boy <br>palls”
and stick a tux in their machines.<br><br>Too often i have been told by people, “i use XP for my games”, “if i could <br>I'd get rid of windows i would” so i do believe that more time needs to be <br>invested into getting games working (be it either via WINE or Cedega). As a <br>university society we have the chance to have a stall at freshers fair, <br>where i imagine we'll get some computing students wanting to know more about <br>Linux, and i too imagine that the issue of gaming will pop-up once again, so <br>as a group of loosely associated Linux people it would be good if we could <br>do a series of talks and presentations on it. I feel that the gaming bunch <br>are being exposed to Linux on such a regular basis, especially with the <br>PlayStation's running Linux and the likes.<br><br>So i suppose the next step, if all of those interested in doing a Linux <br>Gaming presentation email (and i have googlemail, for all of those that tut <br>at me having a hotmail
account) me, i have a few people that i could ask to <br>help on it as well, then maybe we can do a series of presentations and <br>workshops and see if we can gather a head of steam and get more new lambs <br>into the fold.<br><br>Let me know what you think, oh what am i saying of course you guys will :-><br><br>Arron M Finnon;<br><br>in breaking news: Home computers are being called upon to preform many new <br>functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Mail <br>http://ideas.live.co.uk<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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