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DX11.1 not coming to Win 7
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Shame for those who plan to stick with 7.
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That's a bit bad. Hardly like XP not getting DX10, as that was a few years out of date at the time already. Windows 7 is still very current, MS clearly want to phase it out as soon as they can.
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No reason for them not to support it other than a Creative Labs style feature restriction, due to trying to increase W8 sales. It's an incremental update, not a completely different model.
Daft buggers IMHO... I suspect there may be a little bit of a back lash.. especially if W8 is not widely adopted.
Daft buggers IMHO... I suspect there may be a little bit of a back lash.. especially if W8 is not widely adopted.
Ridiculous arbitrary restriction I suspect most developers will see sense and not use it for games, etc. tho as they wouldn't want to narrow their target audience and I can see a lot of people not moving on from Windows 7 for awhile. MS seem to be progressively losing the plot.
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Are there still people using Win 7? Lol
The problem is a lot of people did upgrade to Win 7 on the back of the DX11 feature. (Albeit a big feature)
Now it sounds like DX 11.1 is so minor that it might as well be insignificant, but it still puts a nag in people minds that they should update to to Win 8.
I Knew Microsoft would do this. They have seen that this tactic works so why not do it again?
They have to differentiate Win 8 from 7 afterall.
Now it sounds like DX 11.1 is so minor that it might as well be insignificant, but it still puts a nag in people minds that they should update to to Win 8.
I Knew Microsoft would do this. They have seen that this tactic works so why not do it again?
They have to differentiate Win 8 from 7 afterall.
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And if they're going to be revving Windows versions faster they need all the differentiation they can get.
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MS making OS so crap now they have to use cheap tricks to get people to upgrade. Reducing the price, not supplying dx upgrade what next... lol
Instead of making fancy block interfaces they should focus on improving the sound, printing, graphic, security and so on. Sound and printing has been nothing but problematic since windows xp in my experience and windows 8 does not look much better.
Instead of making fancy block interfaces they should focus on improving the sound, printing, graphic, security and so on. Sound and printing has been nothing but problematic since windows xp in my experience and windows 8 does not look much better.
Not true ,Win8 is very good OS IMHO,besides Vista got DX10,Win7 got DX11,Win8 gets DX11.1,so nothing new there.
Btw try reading up on security improvements in Win8 ,I think you find they did quite a bit in that department,sound and printing has been fine for me on every OS from Microsoft ,ie Vista,Win7,Win8 so don't know what you are on about.
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I bet those problems are all your own doing.
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They did both.
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Some people seem to think it is.
New XYZ feature not coming to your OS that is still in mainstream support? I think that reason enough to feel slightly peeved to be honest.
However, I don't think it's a HUGE deal. I'm sure Gabe Newell will use it as ammunition at some point and a few of the easily led gaming crowd will get dramatic about it.
I don't really mind a vendor differentiating on features - if you want it and think it has value, buy it.
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Microsoft are on cold hard knees. painful, I cant believe what they've done to the PC with Windows 8.
They made a bad mistake, and Bob, thats going to cost
They made a bad mistake, and Bob, thats going to cost
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Yeah, no worries.
Now show me some games using it and what the differences are and ill reinstall it.
Now show me some games using it and what the differences are and ill reinstall it.
"I don't like" and "They've made a huge mistake that's going to cost them" aren't the same thing.
If you REALLY can't believe what they've done with Windows 8, I don't believe you've really used or know much about it.
They've replaced the start menu with a start screen, big deal, get over it.
Beneath the big scary evil start screen that people are seemingly struggling to use, is a classic yet advanced Windows that runs faster and has quite a few nice tweaks over 7.
Get over it and stop whinging about it.
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Can agree with this even with my driver issues (fixed now) I love how fast windows 8 is.
I dont get the driver flicker on AMD cards no more when using the internet net. My gaming performance has increased abit, plus you still have your windows 7 under what is now a big start menu with lots of customize option.
I dont get the driver flicker on AMD cards no more when using the internet net. My gaming performance has increased abit, plus you still have your windows 7 under what is now a big start menu with lots of customize option.
"I don't like" and "They've made a huge mistake that's going to cost them" aren't the same thing.
If you REALLY can't believe what they've done with Windows 8, I don't believe you've really used or know much about it.
They've replaced the start menu with a start screen, big deal, get over it.
Beneath the big scary evil start screen that people are seemingly struggling to use, is a classic yet advanced Windows that runs faster and has quite a few nice tweaks over 7.
Get over it and stop whinging about it.
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"I don't like" and "They've made a huge mistake that's going to cost them" aren't the same thing.
If you REALLY can't believe what they've done with Windows 8, I don't believe you've really used or know much about it.
They've replaced the start menu with a start screen, big deal, get over it.
Beneath the big scary evil start screen that people are seemingly struggling to use, is a classic yet advanced Windows that runs faster and has quite a few nice tweaks over 7.
Get over it and stop whinging about it.
spoffle cut the waffle out