Microsoft's only technical reason for DX10 being vista only no longer applies?

Skyfire · Jul 11, 2007, 08:23 PM

http://www.the-inquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40913

"The original reason was that DX10 required graphics memory to be virtualisable...This would not work with XP...It was an honest technical reason why you could not backport DX10 to XP without a major rip and replace operation. Microsoft wasn't going to bend on this one at all...Nvidia had about as much success implementing this required feature as it did with it Me II drivers, that is to say, none. It couldn't do it, but it was required for DX10...So, MS threw NV a life preserver and made GPU memory virtualisation completely optional...In any case, in doing this, MS removed the only impediment to backporting DX10 to XP, it is now, and has been for quite a while, completely possible."

-The Inquirer(www.the-inquirer.net)

hopefully this is true, and would definitely help DX10 game sales should drivers, etc. be made that support DX10 on XP, and would without a doubt make projects like this http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/ sound much more realistic and less "selling/advertising a product that simply cannot work due to technical difficulties."

All in all though, I think I like the way things are turning out as an XP user/gamer, and having decided against going to vista until at least SP1.

Vikingod · Jul 11, 2007, 08:39 PM

Thanks for the submit, please discuss here

Jul 11, 2007, 08:23 PM	#1
Skyfire DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 0	Microsoft's only technical reason for DX10 being vista only no longer applies? http://www.the-inquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40913 "The original reason was that DX10 required graphics memory to be virtualisable...This would not work with XP...It was an honest technical reason why you could not backport DX10 to XP without a major rip and replace operation. Microsoft wasn't going to bend on this one at all...Nvidia had about as much success implementing this required feature as it did with it Me II drivers, that is to say, none. It couldn't do it, but it was required for DX10...So, MS threw NV a life preserver and made GPU memory virtualisation completely optional...In any case, in doing this, MS removed the only impediment to backporting DX10 to XP, it is now, and has been for quite a while, completely possible." -The Inquirer(www.the-inquirer.net) hopefully this is true, and would definitely help DX10 game sales should drivers, etc. be made that support DX10 on XP, and would without a doubt make projects like this http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/ sound much more realistic and less "selling/advertising a product that simply cannot work due to technical difficulties." All in all though, I think I like the way things are turning out as an XP user/gamer, and having decided against going to vista until at least SP1.

Jul 11, 2007, 08:39 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Thanks for the submit, please discuss here __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*