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There are troubled times ahead. Through one bold move, Microsoft has decided that it will not support, the already too ?old? DirectX 9, not to mention DirectX 8 or any of the previous versions. But... it appears to be some logic hidden somewhere.

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boniek Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2005-04-03

#63472 Posted on: 12/02/2005 07:18 PM What can I say. LOL? WTF? Well I don't care anymore really, because I'm switching to console some time next year and I will use my so old and outdated comp only for net, work and music.

Mertsch Moderator Posts: 3001 Joined: 2002-08-22

#63474 Posted on: 12/02/2005 09:03 PM I mean seriously ... when is vista going to be released ... in 1 year or even later ... which games that run slow today will run slow in one year ?? no game ... so if you loose 10% or 20% performance for older DX games ... who does care ? the PC performance at that time will be enough to compensate this ... and dropping older parts ain't that bad idea ... anyone always does say MS unstable ... insecure ... now that they want to drop and outdated part of this so bad code ... it not right, too I say - wait till its time to really conclude anything I very much doubt MS will cut of one arm by shutting down any game that existes up to now

BetrayerX Unregistered

#63475 Posted on: 12/02/2005 11:27 PM Maybe that's exactly what they want...probably one of those "independent" studies suggested that most people pirating the OS are the gaming fans.

MajorAttitude Unregistered

#63476 Posted on: 12/03/2005 12:36 AM Last I heard Vista was August 2006. Can someone point to an article at Microsoft where it backs this story up? This is the first I heard of it.

hinkle Unregistered

#63480 Posted on: 12/03/2005 01:38 AM This has been known for a long time and actually was the initial reason why MS decided to scrap the DX name and go with WGF because they changed several things fundamently which broke backwards compatibility.

Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09

#63481 Posted on: 12/03/2005 01:41 AM Wouldn't surprise me, but what in the world does that have to do with poor OpenGL and DX9 and lower support?

MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21

#63484 Posted on: 12/03/2005 03:18 AM One more move into the wrong direction. Time to get a console and let PC gaming die?

MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21

#63485 Posted on: 12/03/2005 03:20 AM I dont have anything against new technology, even if it throws away old stuff completely, but why do they have to do this now? why cant they wait until the very old PC AT technology is getting replaced by something totally different and all people will have to switch anyway? Like someone said already, they are inventing the wheel again while there are still cars being sold that need the old wheel.

jeremym Member Posts: 22 Joined: 2003-06-13

#63486 Posted on: 12/03/2005 04:15 AM Thats what im wondering..no where did they cite a source. I heard that DX7 was going to be axed and that DX8 was being considered but that was from a non cited source article as well. I dont think they would kill DX9 games..would be stupid with the new hardware out now...new games out now. I want to see who the source was for that article. Anyone can type up a story if they do not have to cite a credible source. Was probably the inquirer anyway :P

Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09

#63487 Posted on: 12/03/2005 04:18 AM Good God no, I'd rather install a dual boot with Win98 again then ever resort to using a console. Consoles are schwag.

ChrisW Unregistered

#63488 Posted on: 12/03/2005 05:28 AM I'm calling Bullshite on this one. DX9, has a few years left in it, yet. And developers are only now getting to grips with it. That, and the Xbox 360 is DX9, which should last MS for another 5 years. So, cross PC-XB360-PC, development WILL happen, now that both are more than capable without any missing features. I can't see developers coding for DX10, then downgrading to DX9, for XB360 ports. DX7, and DX8, I can see being dropped. Afterall, there's really no reason at all to still be using a DX8 card, today. Radeon 95xx cards are as cheap as a single game, now, and more than capable of running today's games.

scyphe Unregistered

#63490 Posted on: 12/03/2005 11:10 AM This is a complete misconception. Vista will not include a default OpenGL API, but anyone can install the API (for instance a runtime that's released on the gamecd etc). Not such a big deal.

scyphe Unregistered

#63491 Posted on: 12/03/2005 11:11 AM Or Paul Thurrott, the guy with the most false statements ever.

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