DirectX 9.L will be a DirectX 10 for Windows XP
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 10/17/2006 04:14 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ] · 3895 views
We managed to glean a few facts about the upcoming DirectX 9.0 L we told you about. 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.
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Yakumo Posts: 2 Joined: 2004-05-27 |
#65363 Posted on: 10/17/2006 04:41 PM
This article is complete bunkum. 9.0L (Longhorn) was renamed to 9.0Ex (Extended, to support "features such as cross-process shared surfaces, managed graphics memory, prioritization of resources, text antialiasing, advanced gamma functions, and device removal.") long ago. 9.0Ex is the version of directx 9 that will be built into Vista to enable backward compatability for dx9 and earlier games/apps to run ON VISTA. 9.0Ex will not be available on winXP as it is not needed, 9.0c is the last version of dx for xp. |
