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Originally Posted by Mango
1. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that it will leverage all the advanced features of Direct3D 10 and 11; i.e. the engine will work in DirectX 11 but could still look like it does in DirectX 9.
2. It would probably help with design decisions if the developers new what OS users are running, and thus how many users have access to DirectX 10/11 on newer OS's (not to mention 64-bit processing and the infinite RAM limit that goes with it).
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1. It will leverage DX10 and 11. If you have DX9 hardware you simply won't see the goodies.
2. Poll is not necessary. Designers don't give a crap what os you use. They code for optimization of hardware. The PC Gaming OS standard is windows so they all code to the top tier version. That only leaves 64bit optimization - and multi core support. All of which have been confirmed for S.O.W Battle of Britain.
Almost everyone will be on window 7 ....... so pick your flavor.
I use Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit because I need the networking functionality .... unless you work in IT and need advanced networking features
** Almost everyone will be
VERY WELL served by Home/Professional editons. Save some money that way too. Not too mention significantly fewer processes running and lower memory footprint.