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[Vieo]

WGF now DirectX 10

Hmm..

 

[Gattsu25]

The DirectX 10 API will have completely new and faster dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and is supposed to run much faster. The company decided to cut the backward compatibility with DirectX 9, 8, 7 and lower in this API but there will be a way to use games programmed for those APIs. Microsoft will enable support for DX 9 or lower games through a software layer, meaning it might run slower.

um...wow?


:cry

 

[Ecrofirt]

I can understand cutting everything before 9, but not cutting 9.

 

[kgHavok23]

wtf... i guess its good for the long term =/

 

[Ghost]

Hear that? Its the sound of Gabe Newell breaking open another box of Kleenex

 

[Diablos]

What the fuck? Why are they cutting support for previous versions of DirectX?
I don't think any PC gamer is going to be satisfied with this, what M$ is doing could actually end up hurting them. Developers and gamers alike may stick with DX9 while virtually no one wants much of anything to do with DX10..

I just can't see how this is legal. Everyone that has a DX9 card is getting ripped off. Everyone that plays DX9 games won't be able to anymore.

Perhaps there will be patches for games that converts the DX9 games to something DX10 will accept?

 

[sprsk]

dont forget to buy an xbox360

 

[Diablos]

This sucks.

But even DX10 is cooler than John Roberts.

 

[Scrow]

cutting DX9? wtf?

 

[Slurpy]

It will run through a software layer- but yes, it is surprising. I guess making something infinitely backwards compatible does add alot of fat and decrease efficiency though.

 

[Lhadatt]

I just can't see how this is legal. Everyone that has a DX9 card is getting ripped off. Everyone that plays DX9 games won't be able to anymore.

"Legal" is not to be confused with "smart". MS will probably still provide DX9, you most likely don't have to move to DX10. Even though running things in a software layer is not the best idea they could come up with, the lag introduced by the DX9 layer will be compensated for by the increased power of whatever hardware is out by the time DX10 hits.

And, yes, backwards compatibility brings in slowness and bloat. It's best sometimes to just wipe everything and start over.

 

[God's Hand]

This is actually a good thing. DX will be leaner and meaner. Sweet.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

well you will have until some MS update requires DX10 or a game you REALLY REALLY want requires it, this is good just a pain. Just imagine when Intel and Amd's cross liscensing agreement is over and INTEL says guess what fags you can go EPIC or go home. Then everyone will have to change processor ISA's. That almost happened with the introduction of Itanium ...good thing the chip is a dud and now EPIC is just as dated as x86, not literally of course but that ISA is no longer the bleeding edge. I welcome the change but the first few months will be bumpy....

 

[ShowDog]

It almost forces everyone to upgrade their hardware. I'm pissed with a 6800, but if I had a 7800 GTX I'd be real pissed. I'll have enough trouble running something like UE3 without being in some shitty software mode that's slower.

 

[Ryudo]

This is actually a good thing. DX will be leaner and meaner. Sweet.

Lets hope.

 

[Vormund]

Why couldn't DX9 just sit beside DX 10 as well....

Someone explain to me why this couldn't happen

 

[RiZ III]

They seem to have completly redesigned the whole thing. Instead of dragging along more than a decade old architecture theyre throwing it out and replacing it with something completly new. DX9 was built using the same design as the others thats why it had to go =( Well I trust MS for some reason though.