Longhorn and Intel Extreme 2 graphics

[flintstone2000]

In a review of the Compaq V2000, I read that the Intel Extreme 2 graphics chip is not expected to work with the Longhorn version of Windows. True? If so, there are a lot of laptop owners unhappy when they try to upgrade!

 

[fbrdphreak]

That is correct; Longhorn will require DX9 hardware support and Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (or even the new Graphics Media Accelerator 9 or whatever) will not offer support.
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[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That is correct; Longhorn will require DX9 hardware support and Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (or even the new Graphics Media Accelerator 9 or whatever) will not offer support.
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And there won't be any fallback mode or failsafe either, everyone will have to upgrade to a minimum of a geForce 7700.

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- M4H

 

[halfadder]

I think there are far too many Intel Extreme Graphics based systems for Microsoft to ignore. I would bet that Lonhorn will support Intel Extreme Graphics 2, but it might not be hardware accelerated.

 

It'll probably support IEG but will look like junk.

 

[eriqesque]

It will be fine.. Just might have to tune down the eye candy.

 

[trungthiendo]

considering that a very large amount of computers sold have integrated graphics, i don't think microsoft would try to limit itself to only computers with a dedicated gpu

i'm sure it will run fine

 

[hopejr]

I think the GUI will be dumbed down for those cards.

 

[mhillary]

i think more graphics are cool

 

[cruiser1338]

I think that you guys should seriously consider at the point of your upgrade to Longhorn a REAL upgrade to a Mac lappy. It may be a semi-expensive move, but everything you are looking for is righ there in a Mac. Dedicated GPU, amazing speed, and pretty much universal peripheral compatibility, mainly plug-and-play. Longhorn is just Microsoft's response to OSX, and Tiger will be out this month (according to Amazon). When you consider that you may have to upgrade your laptop to get everything that Longhorn would offer, consider that when you buy a Mac, you pay the same if not less for an extremely sturdy machine that'll be compatible with everything you can buy. Plus witht eh rumor that G5 laptops are coming soon, you could choose a better time to give Microsoft a big finger, and come to the bright side; all with a Mac.

 

[halfadder]

10.4 Tiger is essentially 10.3 Panther with a new engine and transmission. It's native 64-bit now and has CoreImage to fully accelerate the (newly resolution independent) GUI and just about all graphics-related functions. There are some other nice updates all the way across the board, especially on the unix side of things. But I do admit that the iLife software bundle (and sometimes Quicken or Quickbooks, an encyclopedia, and some games) bundles that come with the Macs is a really good value.

But that's about it.

Nobody in the public has yet to see what Microsoft has planned for the final Longhorn GUI. I have a feeling we're going to be blow away with a very snazzy default desktop.

 

[trungthiendo]

not everyone is looking to move to a mac platform,

yes mac have their advantages, but windows also has its own.

both platform are good, just depends on what you do and whats more convient for you

 

[flintstone2000]

The score so far:

Longhorn won't work: two respondents

Longhorn will work, just without fancy graphics: four respondents

 

[ShellGuy]

Macs don't run alot of games that windows can so u can chew on that 4 a bit as well.. Macs are not as upgradeable by the enduser as IBM clones are either...


Will G.

 

[hopejr]

But if we talk about notebooks, very few of those are upgradeable anyway. The number of games being ported to macs is increasing, and many of the most popular games that have been released recently for windows are now being released for os x. I still use windows for gaming atm, but that will change soon.
BTW, I saw a pre-release build of Tiger at work today, and it's quite impressive. By the time Longhorn finally comes out, it may be on par, but then again WinFS won't be included so Tiger will be better for a while longer

EDIT: Another thing with Tiger, all the graphics stuff will still be available even with crappy GPU's, but will be delegated to the CPU instead, so there won't be much of a performance increase from Panther for those people. However, if you have a good video card that is compatible with Core Image, Tiger will fly because there will be no more need to bog down the CPU with graphics (all sent to the GPU). I know this is true, because I know someone who's tried it with the pre-releases.