Subj : Re: DirectX 9.0c software versus Video HARDWARE DIRECTX 9 or 10+? To : All From : nospam@needed.com Date : Fri Jan 04 2019 01:35 am Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.PO STED!not-for-mail From: Paul Newsgroups: alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,mi crosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: DirectX 9.0c software versus Video HARDWARE DIRECTX 9 or 10+? Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:35:17 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 68 Message-ID: References: <5a5d2214-342b-4c2c-a655-ea2e21bbb34c@qi8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="49666b89f6c025f7ed14a9e005bfcf3b"; logging-data="11701"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19+Y224Wi9hFW8p91d2JayM4LcDvSZwziA=" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:vPArDYMDQMtBGOHQtwqjqq2t89A= Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.windows-xp:4034 alt.os.windows-xp:5439 microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment:2479 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:30927 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:106314 Greegor wrote: > OK, I'm firmly convinced that for Win XP, DirectX 9.0c is the > latest installable DirectX module. > > But I got a casual (easy) game collection CD for the holidays > that is for Windows XP, but requires DIRECTX 9.0 > in the video card and didn't like the 9.0c SW module. > > I also looked into video cards to possibly upgrade > enough to run W7 or W8 fairly well and noticed > that various video cards have DIRECTX 10 or ? in them. > > Apparently this opens the door to having Direct X 10 or 11 > on a Windows XP computer. No, it does not. The door remains firmly shut on WinXP users. They get DirectX 9.0c, as their named standard. DirectX 10 and 11 are an architectural change. As to which element does what when it comes to graphics. The WinXP OS is not prepared for this (and, it was done on purpose, just to stick a knife in the ribs of WinXP users). http://www.anandtech.com/show/2116/2 "Virtual Memory Microsoft is taking tighter control of graphics memory with it's new driver model, and thus is able to provide virtual memory support for the graphics memory subsystem. What this means is that games no longer need to worry about running out of graphics memory. " WinXP doesn't know anything about that. > > Why would DIRECTX 9.0 in a vid card work better > than the DirectX 9.0c software module for a game? > > Is there a lot of other software that runs on WinXP > but can even use DIRECTX 10 (in video hardware)? > > It's not like these are slow computers where > software DirectX runs slow or anything... > > Is hardware DIRECTX 10 or 11 fairly common > for on board video in newer mother boards? Enjoy your WinXP. Enjoy your DirectX 9.0c for as long as drivers are offered to make it possible with modern video cards. Once WinXP is off life support, the video card manufacturers will not feel inclined to continue DirectX 9.0c support. It costs them money to continue to regression test that everything still works in WinXP, so the day after WinXP support is dropped by Microsoft, ATI and NVidia will be "dancing in the streets" as they eject WinXP support from their buildings. If you like your old DirectX 9.0c video games, make sure you've bought a card (by now) to play them with. Paul --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .