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Beyond Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c

Big.Wayne said:
there could be some games in 6-12 months that really benefit from a specific piece of DirectX® 11 hardware . . . personally I would be of the mind of crossing that bridge when I come to it! . . .
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If that's the case then stick with XP. In terms of graphics, your not missing much atm.

DX 10 & 11 api's haven't been offering any major visual benefits over DX9, at least not in the way DX9 did over DX 8; that was a bigger change imo. Of course they'll always market new dx api's as the second coming...

A lot of it comes down to developers. Not many titles are being built from the ground up using the newer api's, because the majority of customers are running older platforms (DX9 machines, xbox360s, PS3). The software has to work well on those platforms. The new dx features are only being 'tacked on' in a few titles, and it's often hard to see the difference imo. A lot of it's just marketing. I think when we see a new gen of consoles, things will start to change.

Looking at your replies it sounds like you've made your mind up ages ago. I can't come up with a good enough argument to change it!

On a side note, I really like win7, quite a bit more than XP. It's a personal thing I guess....
 
bfar said:
I think when we see a new gen of consoles, things will start to change.
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That's what i was thinking. They are probaly working on a dx10 and dx11 api for the 360 and ps3 as we speak. And then of course the game devs will just port over the console games to windows platform. But i should imagine dx12 and 13 will be upon the windows platform by then?, lol. Rinse and repeat
 
lol at ms

Easily share files, photos, and music among multiple PCs at home
Print to a single printer from any PC in the house
Simplify managing printers, cameras, music players, and other devices
Organize lots of files, documents, and photos effortlessly
Connect to any available wireless network in just three clicks [lol getting desperate?]

and most the other crap that isnt ticked for XP can be done on xp anyway
 
one game that it makes a big difference in is world of warcraft, yes i know all the wow haters will tell you you don't need a high end gpu to run it etc, but what they wont tell you is that without directX 10 the graphics quality slider wont go past half way. and of course if your going to upgrade from windows XP to vista for directX 10 you might as well upgrade to windows 7 instead as its better all round than vista.
 
arknor said:
lol at ms

Easily share files, photos, and music among multiple PCs at home
Print to a single printer from any PC in the house
Simplify managing printers, cameras, music players, and other devices
Organize lots of files, documents, and photos effortlessly
Connect to any available wireless network in just three clicks [lol getting desperate?]

and most the other crap that isnt ticked for XP can be done on xp anyway
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To people who barely know how to use computers, some of that stuff is probably quite useful! :)
 
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