DX10 for XP?

[Joe_D]

The "inquirer" seems to think so.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35110

I don't know what this will mean.
If trure, perhaps you can have a dedicated DX10 sys with XP to run FSX?

Keep in mid though that DX10 is not backwards compatable with previous DX10 versions and XP will not surport DX9 as well as DX10 as VISTA will.

P.S.
I posted this in the FSX fourm as it seems to concern primarily FSX users.

[flymo]

erm... isnt the sould purpose of Vista DX10, from everything ive heard its stayng on vista is DX10

[Joe_D]

erm... isnt the sould purpose of Vista DX10, from everything ive heard its stayng on vista is DX10

Perhaps what MS really means is only VISTA will support (the non backwards compatable) DX10 along with DX9 simultaniously?

Let's not forget that if you install DX 10 (whatever it is called) in XP, you can no longer run any app that needs DX9

[Katahu]

Why the heck are reading the tabloids for? Are you still convinced that aliens will conquer the wold?

*no pun intended*

[Joe_D]

Why the heck are reading the tabloids for? Are you still convinced that aliens will conquer the wold?

*no pun intended*

Tabloids? M$?
You need to be psychic to know who is telling the truth.
M$ does not exactly have a good track record of telling the whole truth 100% of the time!

Anyway, it will be interesting how all this pans out.

[Katahu]

M$ does not exactly have a good track record of telling the whole truth 100% of the time!

Neither do the tabloids. And they're never even close to be even 1% truthful.

[KDSM]

What the article is saying is that the upcoming directX 9.L will allow XP to run direct X 10 programs

[Super_Game]

So when will the nVidia Geforce 8800 GTX and GTS cards be released? And will they also be compatible with XP?

[Santaclauseee]

well acording to what i've read on the net they'll be availible mid next year... and of corse they will be compatible with xp, but you will have to run dx 9.L so it will be running a ferrari on chip fat kind of thing...
kind regards
Benji