Microsoft Speaks DirectX 10

5 Sep, 2005 at 7:32pm ET Article published in Tech

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   5 Sep 2005 ~ 7:42pm RWB Me no likey....
   
   After reading a bit more though and thinking about it, it probably wouldn't be that bad conisdering the incredible pace that graphics cards are advancing. Being slower might not be that much slower, but still faster in the fact that the hardware will be so much faster it wouldn't be noticable?
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   6 Sep 2005 ~ 4:26am Enverex Yeah, can't say I like this either. What is wrong with DX detecting what version the program wants to use and using a secondary DX9 mode or somesuch rather than a compatability layer?
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   6 Sep 2005 ~ 8:16am CyrixInstead Isn't 'secondary DX9 mode' just a posh name for a compatability layer? I didn't read the article but I'm all for cutting true backwards compatability if it means that it jettisons excess baggage and makes things better. As long as the compatability issue is no slower than today, then there's no problem.
   
   I won't make a judgement on that until it happens but I think Microsoft know it would be stupid to force people to play their games slower just to adopt a new DX version, especially as the vast majority of people won't be upgrading to DX 10 hardware for a long time. It's only the geeks that adopt early.
   
   ~Cyrix
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   6 Sep 2005 ~ 8:42am Enverex

   CyrixInstead wrote:

   Isn't 'secondary DX9 mode' just a posh name for a compatability layer? I didn't read the article but I'm all for cutting true backwards compatability if it means that it jettisons excess baggage and makes things better. As long as the compatability issue is no slower than today, then there's no problem.
   
   I won't make a judgement on that until it happens but I think Microsoft know it would be stupid to force people to play their games slower just to adopt a new DX version, especially as the vast majority of people won't be upgrading to DX 10 hardware for a long time. It's only the geeks that adopt early.
   
   ~Cyrix

   
   No, by secondary DirectX9 mode I mean like dual booting, so it has DX9 for things that need it and DX10 for the new things. They have already stated that it will be using a compatability layer and that things WILL be slower...