DirectX 9.0L for Vista

[greenhorn]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

:O

 

[! 0 t A]

DAMN why do tech upgrades happen sooo FAST...

WAT 2 do now

 

[thexfactor]

oops ! not again :chair:

 

[KingKrool]

Oh don't worry. Most of the games that come out for a couple of years will have a fall back to DX 9.0 so you can all relax.

 

[PoBoy]

L in DirectX 9.0 L stands for Longhorn !!!

DirectX 9.0 L works on Vista only

We managed to confirm the existence of DirectX 9.0L but it won't be a DirectX 10 for Windows XP. It will be the other way around. It is a faster version of DirectX 9.0 that will run under Vista only.
So I have to disappoint all of you who expected to run DirectX 10 games under Windows XP (and apologise, huh, Fudo? News Ed.) as there won't be an API to supports it.
DX9.0L is a special version of DirectX 9 for Vista only that allows DX9 games to run with Vista's new driver model. It's not possible to run D3D10 on XP without running in pure software emulation.

 

[stone]

Vista exclusive games like Halo 2 and Alan Wake are already decided.

 

[Ck Nish]

KingKrool speaks the truth. It would be sucidal for any devs to restrict themselves to DX10 the moment it is out. It'll be a few years before that ever happens.

 

[Bluffmaster]

Lol... Mods plz Change the Topic now....:| Its Giving wrong Info !

 

[greenhorn]

hmm yeah.. dont want to give anyone false hopes

MODS would you please change the title to "DirectX 9.0L for Vista"

EDIT:Thanks