DirectX 10 support on Windows XP

Warpy · 23 Apr 2007 at 04:37

Thanks to stmok:

A company called "Falling Leaf Systems" is working on providing DirectX 10 support for Windows XP.
=> http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/

According to their blog...
They have provided a "taste" to whet your appetite.
=> http://alkyproject.blogspot.com/

What do you folks think?

willhub · 23 Apr 2007 at 08:38

Yea its been talked about on another thread aswell, from what people are saying it seems to be more of an emulator, so your not going to get good playable frame rates in XP.

I found an article that apparently says that Microsoft says they admit Vista is a joke and that its classed as MEII, so if this is true, maybe Microsoft will decide to release it on XP afterall.

malachi · 23 Apr 2007 at 08:52

I thought Microsoft was going to release a final version of directx 9 for XP which would emulate some of the effects of directx 10 or did they scrap that idea?

Warpy · 23 Apr 2007 at 09:21

malachi said:
I thought Microsoft was going to release a final version of directx 9 for XP which would emulate some of the effects of directx 10 or did they scrap that idea?

yeah it was called Directx 9L, then I read this! Here

willhub said:
I found an article that apparently says that Microsoft says they admit Vista is a joke and that its classed as MEII, so if this is true, maybe Microsoft will decide to release it on XP afterall.

I'd be keen for that link if you have it handy

riddlermarc · 23 Apr 2007 at 09:50

Warpy said:
I'd be keen for that link if you have it handy

Seconded, would be an interesting read..

|Ric| · 23 Apr 2007 at 09:56

For the interest of the thread:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39087

The ever reliable inquirer

Warpy · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:06

|Ric| said:
For the interest of the thread:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39087

The ever reliable inquirer

Wow nice find! Xp all the way for me, I'm just crossing my fingers something will happen with being able to play DX10 games on XP somehow.

NathanE · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:26

Warpy said:
yeah it was called Directx 9L

I don't know why the Inquirer believed it was DX10 for XP. Ever since it was announced people knew it was simply a DX9 wrapper for Vista... because Vista doesn't have native DX9 support.

|Ric| · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:35

Naming it with a 9 and not a 10 I would have assumed it would be something for directx 9 and not 10