Behold... the DX10 on XP Project!!!

[Spino]

There's been talk in tech circles of the groundless and to date, unproven claims made by MS that DX10 can only be implemented within the framework of Vista. We all know that MS needs to find excuses for people to pony up the cash for Vista and by making it the only place where gamers can enjoy DX10 goodness is one way of ensuring its success. Hell, the fact that Halo 3 will sport zero DX10 features and yet is slated to be a 'Vista only' for PCs should tell you about the lengths MS is willing to go.

Well in the face of adversity some clever lad has figured out that it's possible to emulate DX10 on XP using an D3D/OpenGL wrapper.

The project itself...

http://alkyproject.blogspot.com/2007...is-blog-i.html

Here is where I first learned of the project...

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=40682

So there's the very real possibility this wrapper may not offer maximum compatibility or the best peformance but damn it all, if it keeps me from upgrading when I'm not ready to upgrade I'll give it a shot!

[Bijo]

The things people do to avoid Vista, heh heh

And you too! Give up, and join the dark side. You cannot resist it. You know it's powerful. You must assimilate. Go, go now(!), and purchase Windows Vista from the powerful hungry Microsoft! *looks upon you with evil soul-penetrating eye*

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Now we just need some DX10 games to try.

Take that, Microsoft!

[TosaInu]

Wouldn't Microsoft prevent release?

[LeftEyeNine]

Wouldn't Microsoft prevent release?

What if the outcome is released as a different API -having a different name?

I guess Lame MP3 codec was built the same way, which has been the free Mp3 encoding standard for quite some time, as quality as the original Fraunhofer one.

[TosaInu]

Hello LeftEyeNine,

Possible. But DX10 is supposed to be a sellingpoint for Vista.