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DirectX 11.1 will be exclusive to Windows 8
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 12 November, 2012
Microsoft has announced that DirectX 11.1 will be a Windows 8 exclusive.
The company says there are no plans to make it available for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, either.
Employee Daniel Moth added: "DirectX 11.1 is part of Windows 8, just like DirectX 11 was part of Windows 7. DirectX 11 was made available for Vista...but at this point there is no plan for DirectX 11.1 to be made ... [ read the full article ]
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dEwMe
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12. November 2012 @ 11:26 |
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Gotta do something to get us to upgrade I guess but don't see this standing. Gonna piss a lot of Win7 users off. Not enough for me to upgrade though.
Just my $0.02,
dEwMe
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Bozobub
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12. November 2012 @ 12:09 |
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Oh, it'll stand, just like DX10 and Vista. But just like DX10, this won't be enough to force people who don't like the OS to change their minds. It's not like 3D isn't already available.
Unlike DX10 and XP, however, there's no fundamental structural change that makes it unfeasible for someone to hack the code to get it to run on Win7, if anyone cares enough. Considering most games still use mostly DX9 features with a smattering of DX10, I doubt anyone will - lol...
I'm surprised it took 'em this long to pull this stunt with Win8.
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mukhis
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12. November 2012 @ 12:51 |
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if 11.1 makes 3D playback native, this can be a killer feature given how expensive 3D media players like TMT5/powerDVD are. therefore, if you like 3D and win7, like me, you are going to be pi$$ed off for sure.
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Bozobub
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12. November 2012 @ 13:31 |
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@ mukhis: The latest SVN builds of MPC-HC (Media Player Classic-Home Cinema, a free player) support 3D.
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A5J4DX
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12. November 2012 @ 15:20 |
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no biggy
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xnonsuchx
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13. November 2012 @ 06:01 |
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After suggesting they'd do such a thing months ago, I can't say I'm surprised. It's how they tried duping some people into 'upgrading' to Vista.
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Frogfart
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13. November 2012 @ 10:14 |
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I don't give a toss anyway. I predict a major failure and the next head to roll will be Mr Ballmer's.
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13. November 2012 @ 12:03 |
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kma while your at it steve.
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plazma247
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16. November 2012 @ 08:50 |
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KurianOfBorg
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30. November 2012 @ 06:39 |
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Originally posted by mukhis:
if 11.1 makes 3D playback native, this can be a killer feature given how expensive 3D media players like TMT5/powerDVD are. therefore, if you like 3D and win7, like me, you are going to be pi$$ed off for sure.
No. All it does is make quad-buffered output GPU agnostic. Previously you needed to use NVAPI or AMD's API for S3D. Now you just use DirectX. All three are free for anyone to use anyway. The exception was you couldn't use NVAPI quad-buffered output with OpenGL on GeForce GPUs without a license.
Someone still has to make the Blu-ray media player.
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