Will DirectX 10 be available for Windows XP?

[circles122345]

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No. Windows Vista, which has DirectX 10, includes an updated DirectX runtime based on the runtime in Windows XP SP2 (DirectX 9.0c) with changes to work with the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and the new audio driver stack, and with other updates in the operating system. In addition to Direct3D 9, Windows Vista supports two new interfaces when the correct video hardware and drivers are present: Direct3D9Ex and Direct3D10.

Since these new interfaces rely on the WDDM technology, they will never be available on earlier versions of Windows. All the other changes made to DirectX technologies for Windows Vista are also specific to the new version of Windows. The name DirectX 10 is misleading in that many technologies shipping in the DirectX SDK (XACT, XINPUT, D3DX) are not encompassed by this version number. So, referring to the version number of the DirectX runtime as a whole has lost much of its meaning, even for 9.0c. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DXdiag.exe) on Windows Vista does report DirectX 10, but this really only refers to Direct3D 10.


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[cloud]

same question here, does this mean that if your vcard is dx10 8600gt you will need to upgrade to vista?

[EarlZ]

DX10 is windows vista exclusive, there wont be any possible way to have DX10 on windows XP. Its technological limits combined with marketing.

[cloud]

Does that mean that Windows XP users are stuck with Direct X9 capable video cards?

[brown_dog]

Well better stick with DX9 to have more FPS juice out of games today. Never mind the improvements in graphics quality. :mrgreen:

[EarlZ]

Does that mean that Windows XP users are stuck with Direct X9 capable video cards?

No, we can use DX10 videocards but cannot use DX10 as our renderer/API or whatever you wish to call it.

Well better stick with DX9 to have more FPS juice out of games today. Never mind the improvements in graphics quality. :mrgreen:

There arnt any significant graphics improvement yet, but with the release of 3dmark vantage i sure hope game devs will see the true potential of DX10.

[circles122345]

yes, you can download that file at any time...nag download pa ko ana ron.. try ko gamit..

[lokster]

nope you cannot use dx10 for xp. vista only, and if u have a dx10 card on xp doesnt mean its incompatible. means just you cannot take full advantage of the card if ur on XP compared to Vista

[cold_fusion]

M$ may not port DX10 to xp. This is marketing strategy forcing users to buy Vi$ta.

[circles122345]

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