Geoff
VIP Member
If any of you remember when news about Vista and DX10 were out, you would remember that Microsoft was saying how Vista + DX10 would improve gaming quite a bit, and how it would not be possible to have DX10 on XP because Vista had a new Windows Device Driver Model, and virtualization features.
Heres the good news, Microsoft's goal was to require all DX10 compatible video cards to reach this goal, although nVidia's 8 series never could implement virtualization (ATI's r600 does), so Microsoft told nVidia and everyone else that virtualization technology was optional, so now there is nothing thats actually preventing DX10 being used on XP, and it would be completely possible to do so.
The only reason we dont see it is because Microsoft wants everyone to upgrade to Vista. But who knows, we can all dream that Microsoft will release DX10 for XP.
Heres the good news, Microsoft's goal was to require all DX10 compatible video cards to reach this goal, although nVidia's 8 series never could implement virtualization (ATI's r600 does), so Microsoft told nVidia and everyone else that virtualization technology was optional, so now there is nothing thats actually preventing DX10 being used on XP, and it would be completely possible to do so.
The only reason we dont see it is because Microsoft wants everyone to upgrade to Vista. But who knows, we can all dream that Microsoft will release DX10 for XP.