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[News] The Impact of DRM on Gaming and Performance

Vista DRM to slow down high-end graphics? [update 1]

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| We've posted before on how the Vista brand will change the PC gaming
| market. But how will the OS affect the gameplay experience itself?
| An in-depth analysis of the operating system's draconian digital
| rights management features suggests gamers might not be too happy
| with some of the system's unintended performance effects.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/25/vista-drm-to-slows-down-high-end-graphics/

DRM is also costing battery life (around 25%), without accounting for
resource hog and Aero...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/18/ms_drm_plays_for_shorter/ 


Related:

Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 per cent slower than XP 

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| So if you play Battlefield 2 or FEAR or any other popular game you are
| likely to get lower frame rates with Vista. That is certainly not a
| good buying argument but don?t think you and I have much choice as it
| looks like a take it or leave it deal. I like Vista as the 3D desktop
| looks sexy but that is probably its key feature.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34915


Microsoft doesn't yet play games on Vista 

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| The firm has its Vista logo all over its boothm, but all the machines that
| we investigated were running Windows XP.
| 
| Obviously, it is still not the right time to switch to Vista as things
| might be not stable for current games. We hope that they can meet the
| early 2007 schedules. 
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33924


Is DRM good or bad for consumers?

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| In addition, many consumers don't understand DRM restrictions, and
| they're surprised when a CD that works on a home stereo can't be
| played somewhere else, she said. Vendors offer "little disclosure
| about how consumers can use" DRM-protected content, she said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/08/HNdrmgoodorbad_1.html


The Danger of DRM

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| Sony, having acquired Columbia Records in 1988, was now aligned behind
| music industry interests. It had long sought to replace the open MP3
| format with its own ATRAC audio compression scheme in order to retain
| control over digital music files and limit the potential for music
| file sharing.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/CEE58947-0EE3-44B1-AAEB-28CDCB307ADE.html

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