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| | (Post a comment) » DirectX 10: The Future of PC Graphics and GamingIn today's article, we're debunking some of the myths that are out there about DirectX 10 and unified shaders. We'll also go over some of the other notable changes such as DX10's new geometry shader. Finally, we discuss DirectX 10's impact on gaming with Epic's Tim Sweeney. If you're curious about DirectX 10 and want to know more about it, this is one article you won't want to miss! |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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 LBJM (78)  Oct 29, 2006 - 11:11 pm
| | when you guys do your G80 review please benchmark at 1920x1200 with no AA or AF. I would like to know the playable benchmarks for games like COD2 that I play online. » Login to reply to this |
 steelmartin (2) Oct 28, 2006 - 04:59 am | Edited on Oct 28, 2006 - 05:15 am
| Revival for OpenGL/OpenAL?
Just rushing through the article now - DX10 looks promising but it seems the reason for it is mainly the new driver model which will improve stability and also improve performance , not necessarily improve content (though improved performance could mean added content).
I asked a question on the OpenGL forums if you could get DX10-graphics on XP under OpenGL on DX10-hardware. Seems it could be possible with new drivers and new extensions to OpenGL (why not?):
http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004659
Another overlooked question is the sound, which is almost as important in games as the graphics. No DirectX sound hardware layer for older games that don't use OpenAL in Vista, (which means byebye to the use of X-Fi acceleration in
F.E.A.R. but not Battlefield 2142, as I understand it):
http://www.openal.org/openal_vista.html
I hope we'll see OpenGL/OpenAL-games like Quake 4 and Prey, on XP as well as other platforms, competing contentwise with DX10/Vista-games.
Maybe the subject of an article? With this focus on Microsoft's DX 10 (which locks the users to Vista), it would be interesting to get an in-depth report on the future of OpenGL and OpenAL and their possibilities, just to balance things a little.
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 Grey (57) Oct 27, 2006 - 11:06 pm
| | Nice article, way to cut through the hype! Your article convinced me not to wait for the DX10 cards or for Vista. » Login to reply to this |
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