Direct X 10 on XP??

DX 10 is a hook up of Windows, let´s say that for one instant DX10 is for XP... with all the monopoly that our dearest friend Bill has, he is going to allow that?...

I'm am XP user that hates Vista and the fact that the service pack is not going to be ready till 2009, but if I wanna play Crysis great I need Vista and I can't do a thing about it. I´m praying that Assassins Creed come with DX9

evan806

Crysis has already been confirmed to play on DX9 and XP there will be less eye candy and the day/night sequence will not be available but the game can be played.

Halo will not be available for PC users. HAlo 2 will not be available. Gears of war will not be available.

DX10 will NOT be available!

If I understand the situation correctly, then pepperman33 has it right. There will infact be a Direct X 9.0Ex (the "L" version was a code name for DX10 and the L stood for longhoorn). The new version for XP will allow the Vista only games to be played on XP boxes, but will NOT allow shader 4.0 to function. It will also not allow for any speed gains that a DX 10 game may have over a older DX 9 games. So XP users will be able to play games loke Halo 2, but not at it's maxed out settings and it may not play as smooth. From my understanding, this has always been in the works and none of the current "Vista" only games were ever intended to be Vista only. The big thing is wether or not a DX 10 title is worth even trying on a DX 9 platform if performance lag and visual limitations are to cut it down to a ghost of a title.

kodai

That sounds good enough for me,i wonder if we will be able to get achievement ect on xp too?

I'm guessing this will be implemented in sp3...which isn't coming out until early 2008.

Meaning Pirating Vista? Yeah cause that won't get you suspended from the forums or anythingwhgresiak

Halo will not be available for PC users. HAlo 2 will not be available. Gears of war will not be available.

DX10 will NOT be available!

DrDoomed

um i play halo 2 on my xp pro 64bit (no lies)

There is a way to get it to work with XP. Posting it here however, is illegal.speed1