Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Why wouldn't you?
Because it comes with directx11 and reverting to an older version of directx has, in my experience, historically proven impossible.

It's a concern because directx10 was the first version to make a conscious break with previous versions. Prior versions were all backwards compatible; 10 was not. That's why I don't have it, despite having a card which supports it and gains extras features if it is present.

I don't know anything about directx11. It's not available for XP.

Not sure how well it runs older games as I don't usually play them anymore, but the higher versions (professional and ultimate I think) come with an XP mode that might help in that regard, haven't tried that though, you may want to look around on the web if that's a big concern for you.
That's the real concern. I have a lot of older games that I like to play, and I know many of them were left broken or glitchy in vista or directx10. Since windows 7 postdates them I expect it has the same issues unless microsoft deliberately paid more attention to getting older programs working. That would be a complete turnaround of attitude; when making vists and 10 they were all about focusing on the future and let the past be damned.

I did a quick google on the XP mode. Seems it's useless for gaming as it's intended for business use. Lots of resource bloat and it will not let you utilise your video card.