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Feb. 6th, 2007 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournWill Vista Run Your Games: The Final Word [www.extremetech.com]
Vista may have a lot to offer gamers in the future. This is an OS that will be around for years, and it's important to take that view of it: Windows XP wasn't the best choice for gaming the day it was released, either. Parental controls, the Games Explorer, DirectX 10, and the Games for Windows logo program can all be good things for PC gamers. The only thing holding up the OS is a month or two worth of patches and driver improvements. Even so, I'm generally really happy gaming on Vista and impressed enough with the way it looks and behaves when doing non-gaming tasks that I don't have any desire to boot up Windows XP. There is no compelling reason for gamers to run out and upgrade immediately just for the games, but I don't think a gamer who upgrades is going to be disappointed. The standard "your mileage may vary" caveat applies, but gaming on Vista is a surprisingly pleasant and relatively painless experience so far, and only stands to get better as drivers improve and games are patched.
