Portal and DX10?

[bumblebee_tuna]

Does anybody know if Portal utilizes DX10...? I originally played it on Vista and I recently switched over to XP and reinstalled Portal. With the same settings on, it feels like I got a drop in performance. I also noticed that I don't get the same effects that I did with Vista. I use to see orange or blue particles get sucked into the portals, but now I don't see them in XP.

Anybody got any info?

 

[Geoff]

I don't believe it is, this was taking with my laptop's 8600M GT under Vista x86.

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

I thought so too, but like I also said, some of the effects seems to be missing......... Take a SS of one of the portals to see what I mean......

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

You can see in the Vista, you can barely see it but you can see small orange particles entering in the orange portal on the ceiling........ With the XP screenshot, you don't see any of that.........

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[Redbull{wings}]

take a screenshot of a portal in the same position maybe those particles are falling out of the portal and since the xp one is sideways they aren't?

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

If it matters any, concern with OMEGA, we have similar systems so it might be easier to replicate and compare screenshots.

 

[Geoff]

If it matters any, concern with OMEGA, we have similar systems so it might be easier to replicate and compare screenshots.

I have portal on both my XP and Vista machine, both are DX10 cards as well. I'll post a screenshot from the same location and see if I notice a difference. BTW, they will use the same graphics settings.

 

[Geoff]

Well I just played the game on both Vista and XP and on both I didn't notice any particles that fell, only when you first shot the portal at the wall. Both computers had their settings maxed out.

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

Well I just played the game on both Vista and XP and on both I didn't notice any particles that fell, only when you first shot the portal at the wall. Both computers had their settings maxed out.

Not fall. Sucked......... like a vortex.

I must be seeing things or something............ at least that one screenshot clearly shows what I'm talking about.......

 

[Geoff]

Not fall. Sucked......... like a vortex.

I must be seeing things or something............ at least that one screenshot clearly shows what I'm talking about.......

I see what your talking about in the screen shot, however I didn't notice that happening when I used Vista and XP, with the portals on the ceiling and on the walls.

 

[kobaj]

I can see it in the xbox version, my pc version however doesnt have these particles. Weird, your not crazy though. Its not dx10, but perhaps some other feature of vista.