DirectX 10 available for download..

Dukelord · June 6th, 2007

Does anyone know about this? I came across it today on the web...

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US.../DirectX10.asp

I guess I can install it on a DirectX 9.0c card right? Will there be any significant improvement graphwise for me should I install on a DirectX 9.0c card?

**emwearz** · June 6th, 2007

It only works under Windows Vista and if you have Windows Vista it comes with DX10 installed.

**refraction** · June 6th, 2007

and no it wont make your graphics card magically a dx10 card

KillerShots · June 6th, 2007

No it doesn't come installed on vista, you have to download it. I know of only one game (demo, really) that uses DX10... "Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions". I'll note that it doesn't run on Vista with a GeForce 7900 GTX, but that's not a DX-10 card anyways (and I only have DX-9c installed).

Dukelord · June 6th, 2007

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Originally Posted by refraction

and no it wont make your graphics card magically a dx10 card

Lol...you're funny dude

Cid Highwind · June 6th, 2007

There's the Company of Heroes DX10 "upgrade" as well. Don't bother unless you enjoy WW2 slideshows.

**emwearz** · June 6th, 2007

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No it doesn't come installed on vista, you have to download it.

Dunno what version your using but with Vista Ultimate it comes with it, as I still have not done any online updates and it still says I have DX10.

Im also fairly sure you cant install Direct X 9 in Vista, thus why the DirectX 9 EX is present... (I could always be wrong)

**refraction** · June 6th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

There's the Company of Heroes DX10 "upgrade" as well. Don't bother unless you enjoy WW2 slideshows.

really? a lot of people had performance boosts with it, strangely lol. to be fair tho, you have to get the new nvidia drivers especially optimized for that game

KillerShots · June 6th, 2007

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Originally Posted by emwearz

Dunno what version your using but with Vista Ultimate it comes with it, as I still have not done any online updates and it still says I have DX10.

Im also fairly sure you cant install Direct X 9 in Vista, thus why the DirectX 9 EX is present... (I could always be wrong)

I'm using vista ultimate retail, purchased in february. It only comes bundled with DX-9c

mogster · June 6th, 2007

There's an unofficial version of DX10 for XP btw.

**Yeloazndevil** · June 6th, 2007

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Originally Posted by mogster

There's an unofficial version of DX10 for XP btw.

which doesn't work yet

even if it did work it would be ****ty

Cid Highwind · June 6th, 2007

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Originally Posted by refraction

really? a lot of people had performance boosts with it, strangely lol. to be fair tho, you have to get the new nvidia drivers especially optimized for that game

These guys didn't seem overly impressed to me

doggieiscool · June 7th, 2007

it really does improve visual lag though :P

**fivefeet8** · June 7th, 2007

There's always OpenGL with SM4 feature extensions.

Dukelord · June 7th, 2007

Check this out...

Alky Project

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As a fitting start to this blog, I'm proud to release a preview of our Alky compatibility libraries for Microsoft DirectX 10 enabled games. These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Windows Vista, and increase hardware compatibility even on Vista, by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn't capable of running it. No longer will you have to upgrade your OS and video card(s) to play the latest games.

The guy claims that DX 10 has been hacked...

Direct X 10 Already Hacked, Claims Alky Project Initiator | Portal IT news :: Hardware, Software, Games, Internet, Security alerts

Now if he can pull this off like he says, this would be mega cool...No need to go to the limit trying to upgrade my video card...especially since I use a laptop...I'm thinking PCSX2

Cobalt · June 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by KillerShots

No it doesn't come installed on vista, you have to download it.

I buyed Windows Vista Ultimate, and when I was using Vista OS, it did have DX10 installed. I checked with "dxdiag", and other tools. Really confusing...

NexXxus · June 7th, 2007

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The following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator: /en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.asp

is this because i have XP ?

KillerShots · June 7th, 2007

No, it's because you clicked with the wrong finger. Try your left index finger.

doggieiscool · June 7th, 2007

LOL oh dear. Directx10 isn't for XP. So I don't see why you would want to try.

**MiretanK** · June 8th, 2007

ewwwwww

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KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,918	No it doesn't come installed on vista, you have to download it. I know of only one game (demo, really) that uses DX10... "Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions". I'll note that it doesn't run on Vista with a GeForce 7900 GTX, but that's not a DX-10 card anyways (and I only have DX-9c installed). __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

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Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,692	There's the Company of Heroes DX10 "upgrade" as well. Don't bother unless you enjoy WW2 slideshows. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

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doggieiscool Dear Diary, Jackpot! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: I build machines B*tches Posts: 564	it really does improve visual lag though :P

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KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,918	No, it's because you clicked with the wrong finger. Try your left index finger. __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

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doggieiscool Dear Diary, Jackpot! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: I build machines B*tches Posts: 564	LOL oh dear. Directx10 isn't for XP. So I don't see why you would want to try.

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