Pesmerga
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Normally I wouldn't give a hippo's shit about what Microsoft is up to these days, but it's time for me to upgrade my video card from a 7600gts to an 8800gt (or equivalent).
Now, I read an RPS article (full of comments ranting on about how DX10 is nothing new and all the features found there can be done in DX9) explaining how to get the DX10 features in DX9 settings under XP. What gives? Why do we need DX10? What good is it?
Is this simply Microsoft putting pressure on Crytek to make their game "Vista Exclusive", and Crytek simply leaving the cvars hidden in plain sight for gamers to eventually discover, underhanding whatever Microsoft had intended?
Or is it deeper, darker, more convoluted?
The "Games for Windows" propaganda machine churns out more hilarious shit.
And now the latest rumor that DX 10.1 will not be compatible with DX10 hardware. But in the same article it discusses how DX 10.1 has, ultimately, no impact on performance, visual capacity, or... anything.
What gives? Does DX10 really bring anything new to the table? Should we really wait for DX10.1 hardware, and can I justify switching to Vista to play "Vista Exclusive" games?
Now, I read an RPS article (full of comments ranting on about how DX10 is nothing new and all the features found there can be done in DX9) explaining how to get the DX10 features in DX9 settings under XP. What gives? Why do we need DX10? What good is it?
Is this simply Microsoft putting pressure on Crytek to make their game "Vista Exclusive", and Crytek simply leaving the cvars hidden in plain sight for gamers to eventually discover, underhanding whatever Microsoft had intended?
Or is it deeper, darker, more convoluted?
The "Games for Windows" propaganda machine churns out more hilarious shit.
Hear that? It?s PC gaming being slowly throttled to death - AGAIN - by Microsoft and the various companies who are riding their hype train.
First, they released the original Xbox, which caused a massive exodus of PC developers, who created a generation of mostly terrible, still-getting-the-hang-of-console-development games.
A few years later, they realize this. And they know Vista has almost nothing to offer apart from new UI chrome (whoopee). So they try to make gaming a primary selling point - because lord knows PC gamers are used to paying stupid amounts of money for insubstantial increases in performance and fidelity - and strategically make DX10 Vista-exclusive.
After that, they realize that good art running on good engines is what actually makes games look better, not APIs. But at this point they?re just grasping at straws. They operate on pure spin, trying to imply that any game with DX10 support is Vista-exclusive - I?ve seen countless people ask of titles like Bioshock ?isn?t that Vista exclusive??
MS has always operated by convincing people they don?t have options. L337 rig PC gamers are particularly susceptible to this because they?re desperate for ways to justify their purchases.
And now the latest rumor that DX 10.1 will not be compatible with DX10 hardware. But in the same article it discusses how DX 10.1 has, ultimately, no impact on performance, visual capacity, or... anything.
What gives? Does DX10 really bring anything new to the table? Should we really wait for DX10.1 hardware, and can I justify switching to Vista to play "Vista Exclusive" games?