DirectX 10 for Windows XP 2008
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DirectX 10 for Windows XP 2008
DirectX
10 is the latest version of the DirectX suite of multimedia application
programming interfaces that Microsoft has built exclusively into its
latest operating system, Windows Vista. Gaming enthusiasts will only be
able to access DirectX 10 via a combination of one of the latest video
cards and one of the editions of Windows Vista. These libraries allow
the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Microsoft 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," revealed
Cody Brocious, Lead Engineer on the Alky Project.
With
Windows Vista, Microsoft has also overhauled the DirectX driver
architecture in the operating system. However, Microsoft does not offer
backward compatibility with previous Windows platforms for the new
Windows Display Driver Model in Vista.
These libraries allow the
use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Microsoft Vista and
increase hardware compatibility..
The current preview allows
you to run a number of examples from the DirectX SDK on Windows XP.
They're not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we want to whet
your appetite. We hope to release builds in the coming months
progressing from demos to fully functional games.
How to Install?
Inside
this zip is a README.TXT file with complete instructions on where to
install the files (don't worry, we'll have an installer in the near
future) and how to get and run the examples from the SDK.
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Link:
http://blog.bitcomet.com/junior03/post_22447/
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