Light at end of tunnel? DX10.1 and DX10 on XP

[KNiVES]

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6824&Itemid=2

XP will never get DX10. Sorry if pearoast.

 

[Margaret]

"DX10.1 fully supports DX10 hardware. No hardware support is being removed....It's strictly a superset. It's basically an update to DX10 that extends the hardware functionality slightly."

Thought it would require new cards?

 

[Pulseammo]

To run the dx10.1 bits, i.e the bits inside the superset that aren't inside the dx10 subset ;P

 

[SkeeterUK]

10.1 is for the free and no performance loss 4x AA always on i think due to a ram chip i think tho i cant be sure.

 

[KNiVES]

Yes, the eDram. 10.1 has a host of other features too.

 

[willhub]

So DX10.1, will work on the 2900/8800 series? So this will mean that they get even better with free 4xAA, so properly were all this DX10 is faster than DX9 comes from? Maybe with the DX10.1 update it will be?

Sounds like it could be prolonging the life of out cards now

 

[crazyswede]

So DX10.1, will work on the 2900/8800 series?

No, DX10.1 will not work on these cards.

 

[jaykay]

Yep xp will never have dx10.

Glassenberg also addressed rumors that DX10--currently exclusive to Vista--would be coming to Microsoft's Windows XP. It seems that DX10's Vista exclusivity is unlikely to change

 

[lay-z-boy]

Pea Roast

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9902318&postcount=184

 

[The $6m Dan]

Sp people are going to have to pay for an eDRAM chip on a card to get free 4xAA when they're probably going to use 8x instead.
Sounds like a waste to me.

As for DX10 on XP - John Carmack has asked that NVidia and ATi open up so that OpenGL can take advantage of the new features. So while DX10 may not appear on XP, the new shaders may appear on the older OS via OpenGL. Nothing has been confirmed though. This was purely a request from John Carmack.

 

[willhub]

No, DX10.1 will not work on these cards.

So whats all this about DX10.1 on current 8800/2900 cards?

 

[Rezident]

So whats all this about DX10.1 on current 8800/2900 cards?

It's not. You'd have to buy another new card. Great isn't it?

 

[jaykay]

Not that bad. If your card can do 4aa with out a performance hit its pretty pointless, where this is good is for the mianstream end.

 

[martin9887]

It says DX10.1 will support the current hardware but won't be able to expose the features of it.

New hardware is required to use the new features of DX10.1.

8800's/2900's will still be able to run the games and DX10.1 just not use all the new features.

 

[willhub]

Oh, that still means a 9800 series card is on the agenda then.

 

[Booner!]

Oh, that still means a 9800 series card is on the agenda then.

And it also brings greater reason to buy one.. I was just settled with my 8800 aswell