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    Direct X 10

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Vaath, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. Vaath

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    So my desktop and maybe new laptop will have directx 9. I see that games like crisis are writing both 9 and 10 versions.

    Guess i'm confused, I hear DX 10 is NOT backwards compatible. Now does this mean when they write for games to be ONLY for 10 not 9 down the road, will the pc be unable to play these dx10 games at all or just missing some extra effects?

    Because my desktop is main gamer and it has an x1950pro (directx 9)

    So when they start just writing with 10 only what exactly does this mean for dx 9 cards?

    sorry to ask so many questions just like to know the future for my desktop and laptop.
     
    Vaath, Apr 17, 2007
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  2. Adamal

    Adamal Notebook Evangelist

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    No what it means is you will need DirectX 10 installed on your computer. They could of course write it so that you older hardware wouldn't be able to run it, but I'd bet all gfx cards would be dx10 by then.

    DirectX 10 has a DirectX 9 compatibility layer so most developer's would write to that.

    What a DirectX card means is that it has the hardware to support DirectX 10 features in hardware. DirectX itself is nothing more than an API for developers to use to make it easier to write to the hardware.
     
    Adamal, Apr 17, 2007
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  3. Vaath

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    thank you :)
     
    Vaath, Apr 17, 2007
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