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FROGGIE!
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Posted: 11th Jan 2007 22:36
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I know that DX10 is the standard direct x thats going to be used on vista, but what about DX9 and lower games?

Is there going to be any sort of backwards compatibility because from what i gather DX10 wont support DX9 or lower games, which would make every game that i own (and every game currently on the market) unplayable on the new system, surely that isnt going to happen is it?
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John Y
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Posted: 11th Jan 2007 22:50
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All your games will run fine, because they provide a version of DX9 as well as DX10.

Get the new DarkBasic Professional IDE for only $19.99/~£9.85
Http://synergyide.thegamecreators.com
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Steve J
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Posted: 11th Jan 2007 22:51
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how did you gather that? No, it emulates dx 9. This has been asked 1000000 times, please search next time

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Raven
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Posted: 12th Jan 2007 09:15
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Quote: "how did you gather that? No, it emulates dx 9. This has been asked 1000000 times, please search next time"


How many more ******* times... it doesn't emulate DirectX9!
It uses DirectX9Ex!!

Sweet jesus it's hard to ever get people to listen.

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Han
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Posted: 12th Jan 2007 14:00
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hmm....some peaple really need to know how DirectX is build.....

DirectX is THE programm with backward-compability......

Example:

You code a prog that uses DirectX7 und so you use perhaps the function

example_function_dx7()


Then you start your programm on a PC that has DirectX 8.1

And your prog calls the "example_function_dx7()" , maybe there is a "example_function_dx81()" but Dierct X8.1 includes ALL the functions form the lower Versions,so that your program actually USES THE SAME FUNCTION as if this PC has installed DirectX7.....

i suppose it's the same thing in DirectX 10....
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David R
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Posted: 12th Jan 2007 17:45
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Quote: "how did you gather that? No, it emulates dx 9. This has been asked 1000000 times, please search next time"


How could you even get that impression - it even says that Vista has DX9 and DX10 on the flipping MS site


"History shall be kind to me, for I intend to write it" - Winston Churchill
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rhino humper01
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Posted: 14th Jan 2007 05:02
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DX10 comes bundled with Vista
DX9 works with vista
just like DX8 and below worked with XP.
Just imagine vista as an extended version of XP with some pretty things in it. And DX10
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