Gaming Hotness for Windows Vista

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Mobile — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:37:19 GMT

well nick white you have shared a very vital info with us! i appreciate it.

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GunVapor — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:02:46 GMT

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The good news is that the Creative ALchemy Project allows you to run your favorite DirectSound3D games on Windows Vista as the developers intended - with full hardware accelerated 3D Audio and EAX support! This is done by translating DirectSound calls into OpenAL. In order for this to happen, a couple of files need to be installed into each game directory. This is handled automatically by the ALchemy installer - but can also be performed manually by advanced users.

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http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx

for other sound card vendor i have no clue

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Michael_Moor — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:49:39 GMT

Hey "Nick White",thx for share

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MarauderX — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:34:49 GMT

Very nice, thanks for the pic.

How about some online games?

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exyeuer — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:18:02 GMT

Windows Vista is the best os in MS history!!!

We like it!

Congratulations for Microsoft!

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Jiffy_No0b — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:13:32 GMT

I can't wait for Crysis.

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PowerHouse — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:57:38 GMT

There should really be an "edit" button. I just realized that Google Tool bar made a number of mistakes when it auto corrected my stuff.

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PowerHouse — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:51:10 GMT

@someone

While nothing new has been added to Direct sound, a lot of capabilities have been removed. This is in part because of OpenAL which will take over. Unfortunately, from what I have read, there will no longer be any audio acceleration for older games.

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Anyway, those rig look slammin'. They really are bring a whole new life into PC gaming. I remember back in the 90s when I would go to a store and be able to play Doom and later on Quake on rigs like that. This will most certainly be a success. The next point which I love is bring LIVE to the PC. I have always wanted to play cross-platform matches. The only thing that might be a problem is the use of mouse and keyboard against controllers. Yes, they have the option as well but from what I understand a M&K are always going to be more precise than even the best players using controllers. No worries though - I'll be sticking to my M&K.

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someone — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:29:47 GMT

Speaking of DirectX, I as a Microsoft customer would like to see something new done to DirectSound, DS3D and DirectMusic in the next version of Windows. Developers would love a hardware-accelerated sound API that uses Vista's new audio stack.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:43:33 GMT

Sn4k3 - you bring up a good point. If the Xbox 360 controller can work with Windows, why couldn't the Xbox 360 Wheel? I don't have one to try but would be interested to see if the Xbox Team intended or intends to make it work for racing games on Windows.

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Randy Scholes — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:03:03 GMT

I don't think i'll ever get a chance to see one of them in my area... I gotta say i think microsoft release the xbox 360 wheel for windows also :)

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newscientist2000 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:59:43 GMT

Great Idea, makes you wonder why this hadnt been done earlier.

What are the specs on the machine inside?

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mrmckeb — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:48:36 GMT

Very cool indeed! Although thanks to (what I call) the "America First Policy", we'll probably never see these in Australia. :(