Is it worth it? Or should I wait?

Well.. I think it worth it
Maybe it just me :x , but I did noticed some changes in performance

2 Questions.

1. Do you have a DirectX 9 graphics card?
2. Do you have any games that make use of DirectX 9 API's?

If you can answer yes to either of these questions then go for it.
If you answer no to both them really there is no point.

How can you tell if your graphics card uses directx 9 ??

I have win 2000 pro with a Matrox G400 32MEG agp card

Thanks

1) No, I don't have a DirectX 9 compatible video card
2) No, I don't have any games that make use of DirectX 9 APIs
But despite those facts, (now I'm quoting Microsoft) "(...) it does not hurt to install DirectX 9.0. Some of the new functionality built into DirectX 9.0 may even enhance the quality and performance of your existing titles. Additionally, many game demos do not come with DirectX, so you may need to install DirectX 9.0 if you plan to play the latest demos."
And that is what I was referring to.

Actually...

I've read that playing internet/LAN games that use directplay (directx 9) with people with older (directx 8 ) directplay builds can have trouble connecting... Also, it seems on Windows XP with DirectX 9, that there's a bug with Windows Messenger.

I think I saw something about it in DirectX FAQ

ATI RADEON 9700 & 9500 - They are the only DirectX 9 cards on the market.

Thanks BladeRunner

Just a followup that I did in fact experience this first hand, with Age of Empires 2.

Like usual??

Auch!! ;( I've got to addmit that MS makes superior mices, but otherwise.. Windows is good as a gaming platform, but for developers.. no, I don't think so.. One more thing and let me put it this way: If I had a server, I had to be crazy to let it run on Windows platform.
You've got to addmit that Windows really needs permissions.

I was talking about file permissions.. like read/write/execute..


And I feel deeply sorry for them..


Well.. you don't have to use Windows when you're programming win32 applications, do you?

As a matter of fact I'm not.. I really hate Linux when it comes to configure something.. It can be a real pain in the a**


And what about FAT32??

Exactly! Now, what is the most common windows version around?
I think it says alot about how seriously MS takes when it comes to security..

Enough of advertising

PS: Stuff I really care about is on my ext2 partition
PPS: I think we're just a bit off topic here.. someone can get angry

Well.. my guess would be the one with FAT32 file system, wheather it's 98 98se or Me.. Though, you're right, more and more are moving to XP.
But still, windows security is far from perfect.. For instance, how many viruses are there for windows and linux? And the important question is: How come the result is what it is??

I know NTFS is good, the only thing I hate is that you've got to be careful when you trying to format. Heard that fdisk doesn't see NTFS..


I had actually other thing in mind.. This section is (was ) kind of about DirectX 9.0 and we're talking about NTFS, FAT32, windows and other things.

This is what I'm talking about.. MS should spend more time (money) on security development.

To be honest, I don't think it's the reason..

If only it was that great as you describe.. I remember one time, MS spent 2 month to fix a security hole in IE or maybe it was Outlook, can't remenber, but the point is: This is just awful!!

Once again, MS should have taken care about this not you.. One of the reasons I switched browser and mail program

Heard of it, hope it's not another PR trick

I'm not defending anyone here, and I what you to understand it, but in a way , don't you think it helps to develope a better software?

I'd be honest with you, I'm new to Linux and really not in position to answer this question