2007-01-14 06:58:17 · 5 answers · asked by Simon S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
DirectX 10 is a core component of Windows Vista (which won't be available to consumers until January 30, 2007). DX10 won't be back ported to earlier platforms.
As far as DX10 compatible graphics cards, the only one I know of is Nvidia GeForce 8800. Cards from other manufacturers (ATI) should be coming out soon.
As far as DX10 games, most games big games will support DX9 and 10 until the end of this year, when you will start seeing the first DX10 only games.
2007-01-14 07:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by georgegraha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are referring to as DX10 is never gonna come out. What I mean is that Direct X is being replaced by Microsoft's new technology called the XNA that powers XBOX and will be available on Vista as well. DX10 is already deprecated in support for the newer XNA. DX10 already exists to provide some of the XNA features to lower DX9 modules. Therefore components of so called DX10 already exist in recent releases of DX9 for some time but there will not be full DX10 release as I have come to know.
Details are available on Microsoft website itself. Just try the developer zone of DirectX for all information pertaining to it.
XInput has been available for quite sometime already.
If its XNA you are looking for.... unfortunately we are all in the same *&^%.
EDIT: Please don't confuse Direct3D 10 with DirectX 10 and email me. whoever that was.
2007-01-14 07:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by vangel_sg 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
January 30, 2007 its going to be in vista. No seperate downloads. Gety ready to buy Vista.
2007-01-14 07:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by Best Helper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who you believe:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32444
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX
http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
Looks a little loaded
2007-01-14 07:03:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it dosent
2007-01-14 07:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by feellicks 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋