Microsoft working on DX10.1

S_D · 20 Jun 2006 at 19:42

Yes yes, I know we won't see DX10 till Vista and G80/R600, but apparently they're working on 10.1 at the mo. The only thing I can guess they'll put in extra will be the DirectX physics API they're rumoured to be working on.

Linktastic

Please, by the way, DO NOT turn this into a Havok/ATI/Physx argument, but I'm intrigued to think how you guys think this will impact the first batch of DX10 cards around Chrimbo...

Simon

JUMPURS · 20 Jun 2006 at 19:57

Sorry but this is from the inquirer so excuse me while i dont belive this, they also done a report with a source of 'some guy i sat next to on a plane to Japan' on how the PS3 was flawed because they didnt understand anything lol
and this one they have 'no specific details' or should that be, 'we have no details about anything but this makes a headline' lol

sorry this isnt a thing aimed at you, just the inquirer lol

S_D · 20 Jun 2006 at 20:17

JUMPURS said:
Sorry but this is from the inquirer so excuse me while i dont belive this, they also done a report with a source of 'some guy i sat next to on a plane to Japan' on how the PS3 was flawed because they didnt understand anything lol
and this one they have 'no specific details' or should that be, 'we have no details about anything but this makes a headline' lol

sorry this isnt a thing aimed at you, just the inquirer lol

Fair enough I suppose, but I find it entirely conceivable that MS is working on the next thing from DX10 considering the DX10 spec would've been finalised some time ago. I guess I'm a little surprised at the possibility of it happening so soon..

Darkwave · 20 Jun 2006 at 21:19

JUMPURS said:
Sorry but this is from the inquirer so excuse me while i dont belive this, they also done a report with a source of 'some guy i sat next to on a plane to Japan' on how the PS3 was flawed because they didnt understand anything lol
and this one they have 'no specific details' or should that be, 'we have no details about anything but this makes a headline' lol

sorry this isnt a thing aimed at you, just the inquirer lol

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Gerard · 20 Jun 2006 at 21:46

Id say its fairly obvious theyre already working on the next version, same as graphics card companies are already working on cards that are like 18 months away or more.

locutus12 · 20 Jun 2006 at 21:50

S_D said:
Yes yes, I know we won't see DX10 till Vista and G80/R600, but apparently they're working on 10.1 at the mo.
theinquirer.net/

Simon

apply salt, lots of salt...

fornowagain · 1 Aug 2007 at 16:55

Thread revival time.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-1339-48c4-bd5a-8506e5acf571&DisplayLang=en

Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview

Direct3D 10.1 is an incremental, side-by-side update to Direct3D 10.0 that provides a series of new rendering features that will be available in an upcoming generation of graphics hardware.

* TextureCube Arrays which are dynamically indexable in shader code.
* An updated shader model (shader model 4.1).
* The ability to select the MSAA sample pattern for a resource from a palette of patterns, and retrieve the corresponding sample positions.
* The ability to render to block-compressed textures.
* More flexibility with respect to copying of resources.
* Support for blending on all unorm and snorm formats.

This tech preview provides an early look at these features and the handful of new APIs that support them. The August 2007 Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview requires the Windows Vista SP1 Beta which will be available to MSDN subscribers once it is publicly released.

Next gen cards btw.

D3D10

Tom|Nbk · 1 Aug 2007 at 17:25

Bah no tesselation support then?

fornowagain · 1 Aug 2007 at 19:31

No Tom, Ive had a good look round about these comments and can't find any reference to it. Doesn't mean it gone though.

gizmoy2k · 1 Aug 2007 at 21:55

10.1 has been known about for months, infact doesnt the 2900xt support it already??

Yet again a mountain out of a mole hill around here :rolleyes:

HangTime · 1 Aug 2007 at 21:57

gizmoy2k said:
10.1 has been known about for months, infact doesnt the 2900xt support it already??

Yet again a mountain out of a mole hill around here

That's as maybe, but the OP was posting about it over a year ago.

jaykay · 1 Aug 2007 at 21:57

dx10.1 is just like dx9b, nothing really special.

paradigm · 1 Aug 2007 at 21:58

jaykay said:
dx10.1 is just like dx9b, nothing really special.

I thought it was more akin to DX8.1 over DX8, i.e. DX8.1 is what DX8 should have been.

Tom|Nbk · 1 Aug 2007 at 22:17

paradigm said:
I thought it was more akin to DX8.1 over DX8, i.e. DX8.1 is what DX8 should have been.

Sounds like the same case here tbfh.

ergonomics · 2 Aug 2007 at 00:45

they need to help get dx10 to work properly, let alone dx10.1

egraphixstudios · 2 Aug 2007 at 01:01

will the current 8800 gtx cards be able to handle dx10.1 instructions? i dont want to spend good money on a card; only to realise 4-5months down the line its not good enough...

LoadsaMoney · 2 Aug 2007 at 11:25

egraphixstudios said:
will the current 8800 gtx cards be able to handle dx10.1 instructions? i dont want to spend good money on a card; only to realise 4-5months down the line its not good enough...

Nope they don't suport Dx10.1, you need a new card, the 9800's in November will be Dx10.1 i think.

deuse · 2 Aug 2007 at 11:58

egraphixstudios said:
will the current 8800 gtx cards be able to handle dx10.1 instructions? i dont want to spend good money on a card; only to realise 4-5months down the line its not good enough...

well i hope not as i just got a 8800

willhub · 2 Aug 2007 at 12:17

I'm glad I never bought an 8800GTX now, would be well angry, I'm gonna get a 9800GTS or GTX depending on the price at launch.

Tbh I'm angry I switched from the 8800GTS now due to the fact time is starting to fly too fast since I got the 2900.