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Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the eye-candy-overkill dept.

Renegade334 writes "The Inquirer has a story about MS Longhorn and its need for better than entry level graphics cards. This is due to the WGF (Windows Graphics Foundation) which will merge 2D and 3D graphics operations in one, and 3D menus and interfaces that require atleast Shader 2.0 compliant cards. Supposedly it will really affect the performance of the new Microsoft OS." This has been noted before in the system requirements for Longhorn, but it would seem the full impact is slowly being realized.

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  1. New Microsoft OS to be more bloated than previous by cybermint · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why isn't this even shocking to me?

  2. oh how cute by otterpop378 · · Score: 1, Troll

    someone still gives a crap about windows.
    that's adorable. no really. we're happy for you.
    seriously. and in 2 years (maybe?) you can tell us how it all worked out for you. Supposing your system doesnt get owned by the time you finish installing the os.