GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR . . . . . . .
What the bleepity bleeeping bleep is Microsoft trying to do? Send me to crappy console gaming?
click this: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41577 and read the article
Wily Ferret @ The Inquirer said:But these gamers shouldn't fret too much - 10.1 adds virtually nothing that they will care about and, more to the point, adds almost nothing that developers are likely to care about. The spec revision basically makes a number of things that are optional in DX10 compulsory under the new standard - such as 32-bit floating point filtering, as opposed to the 16-bit current. 4xAA is a compulsory standard to support in 10.1, whereas graphics vendors can pick and choose their anti-aliasing support currently.
Definitely irritating and I would likely be cursing endlessly under my breath but as is noted in the article...
As it stands DX10 already put developers in an odd situation. The majority of people stil run XP and will for quite a few years, IMO. Vista adoption is happening and will continue to but developers have to remember that DX10 [supposedly] will never work under XP so they'll lose a lot of gamers if DX9 isn't supported in their games and if only a limited group of people have Vista and a DX10 supporting card... can they really justify the work?
DX10 can work on XP.Yeah, I'm not sure (or rather, I doubt) that article was written by a true pc gamer, because I did notice a couple of (paper) improvements that seem appealing--notably shader model 4.1 and "the ability to render to block-compressed textures".
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from http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forg...0-1-Preview-for-Windows-Vista-SP1-61398.shtml
"Microsoft estimates that in excess of 10 million gamers have upgraded to Windows Vista just to reek in the benefits of DirectX 10. The latest statistics from Redmond reveal that Vista sold over 60 million licenses from January 30. "
Presuming those are 10 million PC gamers that bought directx 10 cards, I should hope that also equals 10 million annoyed PC Gamers.
DX10 can work on XP.
There is DX 10.1?Possibly, but I'm not sure how well it works under xp with respect to Vista--nor am I sure about 10.1.
Obviously, directx10 and 10.1 will likely be better supported under Vista.
There is DX 10.1?
I thought there weren't many DX10 video cards out yet and they are already making going to 10.1.Announced, yes . . .
Read from post 80 onwards
I thought there weren't many DX10 video cards out yet
How can I check to see if my card inside my laptop that came with Vista fully supports DX10?Lots of Directx 10 supported video cards are out. 10.1 cards likely won't be released until 2008 (at least, not by ATI, but I'm not sure about Nvidia).
How can I check to see if my card inside my laptop that came with Vista fully supports DX10?
I doubt it then since it's the Intel GMA950. I'm not a gamer much so it's ok.I would just go by the model number of the card. The GeForce 8 Series of GPUs (so 8600, 8800, etc.) are Directx 10 cards. So are ATI's radeon 2900 and 2x00 series, I believe.
There's probably a list of directx 10 cards somewhere, but I'm afraid I'm a little busy at the moment to search. I'm agonizing over whether I should build a system now or wait.
I doubt it then since it's the Intel GMA950. I'm not a gamer much so it's ok.
I've never had a great graphics cards, but I got a steal on this laptop for $480 so it's all good.Yeah, that doesn't support directx 10.
And....you expected more from MS?! Console gaming rocks, btw. Especially with kb/m support now being added to some games.
Find me anyone including devs that care about DX10...good luck.
According to an online survey by Valve Software, only one in fifty players who access download service Steam has a DirectX 10-compatible graphics card and Windows Vista installed. In an interview with heise online, Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software, said that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista only and excluding Windows XP. He said this decision affected the whole industry as so far only a very small percentage of players can use DirectX 10.
They were so money hungry to try to get people to upgrade to Vista for DX 10.Here is another story I love to see: Gabe Newell: DirectX 10 for Vista was a mistake
To read the whole story follow the link at the beginning of the post.
Here is another story I love to see: Gabe Newell: DirectX 10 for Vista was a mistake
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To read the whole story follow the link at the beginning of the post.