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DX10 in XP? Possibly

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A group of hackers, going by the name of Alky Project, claim to be able to run DirectX10 without Vista, by the use of a self developed "wrapper".

If this proves to be true, it will mean a major setback for Microsoft.

Microsoft consistently stated that DX10 is interconnected to Windows Vista. The code would be too much an integral part of the Vista-kernel to be used in other Windows versions, but critics say it is a cheap marketing trick to lure especially gamers to Vista.

The hackers behind Alky Project say the statements of Microsoft are nonsense. Cody Brocious, head developer of the Alky team, says on his weblog that by bundling a few executable files, DX10 is feeling right at home on different operating systems.
The 19 year old American claims to have reverse-engineered the code for geometry shaders - an exclusive feature for DX10 hardware - from Vista.

Games which require DX10 would in some cases be able to run on "older" DX9 cards. Brocious says, Windows games will run on other OS's like OS X and Linux, thanks to his wrapper.

An online preview with a few examples from the DirectX-SDK is said to support the claims of the Alky team.


Source (Dutch)
 
willhub said:
This has been posted before I think and its DX10 emulation, gonna be like a slideshow :)
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It depends whether it's emulation or truely a wrapper or binding around DX10. Take a look at WINE on Linux (Wine Is Not an Emulator). It runs Windows software by wrapping a translation layer around the core libraries. There is a slight performance hit but not in the same was that emulation would have. Similarly the NDIS Wrapper on Linux allows you to use native Windows WiFi drivers. Again it's not an emulation.
 
One thing I've been wondering is the possibility of openGL making use of the Shader 4.0 capabilities.
 
Now we all know how good "wrappers" are don't we?
Bottom line is that if in the future you want full DX10 support you'll be moving to Vista.

All this "A hackers group says" and "My mate John thinks" and the like - it'll never happen.
 
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