DirectX 10 on Windows XP.. Possible??

Many many downloads on youtube and google of... DirectX 10 for windows XP.. i thought it was inpossible... i did hear that many of these are viruses, and the ones that do work mess up you video card..

anyone download any of these??

i really want directX 10... but i dont want to pay for vista!!! maybe wait till Win7?

DX10 on XP is a gimmick, it really isn't DX10 as far as I am aware. If you want DX10 or even DX11 you can go download Windows 7 which will give you about a year of free usage before it starts shutting itself off.

DX10 on XP is a gimmick, it really isn't DX10 as far as I am aware. If you want DX10 or even DX11 you can go download Windows 7 which will give you about a year of free usage before it starts shutting itself off.

kilerchese

dx10 in xp is technically impossible due to the software. the project that was trying to get it to work failed and really had too many problems to be considered even a alternative. try downloading windows 7 or just buy windows vista with a free upgrade

Many many downloads on youtube and google of... DirectX 10 for windows XP.. i thought it was inpossible... i did hear that many of these are viruses, and the ones that do work mess up you video card..

anyone download any of these??

i really want directX 10... but i dont want to pay for vista!!! maybe wait till Win7?

[QUOTE="StealthKnife"]

Many many downloads on youtube and google of... DirectX 10 for windows XP.. i thought it was inpossible... i did hear that many of these are viruses, and the ones that do work mess up you video card..

anyone download any of these??

i really want directX 10... but i dont want to pay for vista!!! maybe wait till Win7?

TerroRizing

are you joking? the change from separate shader units to unified general purpose ones wasnt special?

[QUOTE="TerroRizing"][QUOTE="StealthKnife"]

Many many downloads on youtube and google of... DirectX 10 for windows XP.. i thought it was inpossible... i did hear that many of these are viruses, and the ones that do work mess up you video card..

anyone download any of these??

i really want directX 10... but i dont want to pay for vista!!! maybe wait till Win7?

washd123

are you joking? the change from separate shader units to unified general purpose ones wasnt special?

Thats a convenience for developers. It does nothing for performance for the end user. I'm assuming you're talking about the unified shader model. Unified shader hardware has nothing to do with DX10.

Thats a convenience for developers. It does nothing for performance for the end user. I'm assuming you're talking about the unified shader model. Unified shader hardware has nothing to do with DX10.

XaosII

um it also has benefiets for the end user. put a card with 400 vertex shaders and 400 pixel shaders with all the clock speeds the same as a hd4850 and see which one comes out on top. the unified model is more efficient allowing more power to be utilized since there wont be resources just ideling around.

and yes it does have to do with dx10. a card cant be considered dx10 without that. the whole push for it was due to the development of dx10

[QUOTE="XaosII"]Thats a convenience for developers. It does nothing for performance for the end user. I'm assuming you're talking about the unified shader model. Unified shader hardware has nothing to do with DX10.

um it also has benefiets for the end user. put a card with 400 vertex shaders and 400 pixel shaders with all the clock speeds the same as a hd4850 and see which one comes out on top. the unified model is more efficient allowing more power to be utilized since there wont be resources just ideling around.

and yes it does have to do with dx10. a card cant be considered dx10 without that. the whole push for it was due to the development of dx10

[QUOTE="TerroRizing"][QUOTE="StealthKnife"]

Many many downloads on youtube and google of... DirectX 10 for windows XP.. i thought it was inpossible... i did hear that many of these are viruses, and the ones that do work mess up you video card..

anyone download any of these??

i really want directX 10... but i dont want to pay for vista!!! maybe wait till Win7?

washd123

are you joking? the change from separate shader units to unified general purpose ones wasnt special?