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DirectX 9.L will be a DirectX 10 for Windows XP - tech|
| (hx) 01:54 PM CEST - Oct,16 2006 | TheInquirer
reports that the upcoming DirectX 9.0 L is simply a renamed and refurbished
DirectX 10 for Windows XP. It will make DirectX 10 games to work on Windows XP.
And games such as the upcoming Crysis won't work on the existing DirectX 9.0 c.
they need a DirectX 9.0 L.
One of the biggest issues is the fact that Nvidia or ATI won't have any mainstream or entry-level cards until at least mid- to end of Q1 2007. This suggests that if Vista tips up around the beginning of the year, gamers will be turned off by it. Electronic Arts, the publisher of Crysis, wants to sell hundreds or thousands, even millions of copies and we doubt that Nvidia can produce and sell that many Geforce 8800 GTX and GTS cards. It will be interesting to see whether the Windows XP Crysis will be different from the Vista ones.
Update: Now they report that they were wrong about DirectX 9.0 L. They managed to confirm the existence of DirectX 9.0L but it won't be a DirectX 10 for Windows XP. It will be the other way around. It is a faster version of DirectX 9.0 that will run under Vista only :-D
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last 10 comments: | Safer | (02:55 PM CEST - Oct,16 2006 ) | If they ever acctually would cite their sources somone would acctually belive them.
One thing is true atleast, there will a last revision of DX9 platform.
However, it will not be s "refurbished" DX10 pack of libraries, but rather compability extensions towards DX10 - not new shader support or anything else. Just plain old backwards compability. |
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| yhancik | (08:11 PM CEST - Oct,16 2006 ) | L ?
L like in L Word ?
Light ?
Eliezer Dob Liebermann, the writer ? |
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| KingArthur | (01:25 AM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | | I dont know much about video cards, do I need a specific video card to run DX10? or do my 6800 GT's support it? |
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| Chode | (03:56 AM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | yhancik> L ?
L like in L Word ?
Light ?
Eliezer Dob Liebermann, the writer ?
Longhorn.
TheEnquirer is not a news source, it's an f'ing joke! |
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| Ravenheart | (12:30 PM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | | Either way Halo2 will run on XP, its just a matter of time till the crackers do their job :P |
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| Sabot | (03:33 PM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | KingArthur, Nope the current crop of graphic cards only support DX9, provided you have a dedictated DX9 card -which you have.
You will need to buy a brand new card to play *dedicated* DX10 games, plus of course Vista |
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| xxxx | (06:55 PM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | | Yup and another reason more and more PC gamers will take the logical path and go console. |
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| Safer | (08:41 PM CEST - Oct,17 2006 ) | I'll just have to add:
You don't need a DX10 card to run Vista - but as allready said, DX10 hardware uses DX10, but is backwards compatible with exsisting DX9.
In short: DX10 hardware a-okay to run and play on XP, but is a blast on Vista. |
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| KingArthur | (06:57 AM CEST - Oct,19 2006 ) | | Thanks for the reply are there any cards on the market today that are DirectX 10? like the 7950 GX2 is it DirectX 10? |
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