"DirectX 10: The future of PC Gaming", good read!

[Alec§taar]

Especially for you guys into gaming!



* Check it out:

DirectX 10: The Future of PC Gaming

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._gaming/1.html

(Enjoy the read!)

APK

P.S.=> It's written clearly & has decent illustrations for concepts understanding... I hope you find it as informative as I did (much of it I was aware of, & most of it regarding driver architecture (software-side) for VISTA, but many points not as well - mostly hardware related ones here that game developers feedback was used by Microsoft for, to improve things @ that level also in this API)... apk

Ah crap, now I'm up after I'm suppose to go to bed >.<

[Frogger]

thanks Alec it was a good read...F

[Alec§taar]

Originally Posted by Frogger

thanks Alec it was a good read...F

You're welcome!

However, the real thanks is due to the author of that article: Again, it really was decent, clearly written, well illustrated, & packed full of good facts/information, especially for folks into gaming, as many here are.



* All in all, a GOOD read!

APK

P.S.=> Heh, Hey Slater - was it worth staying up & reading, or what?? apk

[technicks]

That was a good one Alec. The only bad taste that dx10 leaves behind, is that you have to buy Vista for it. That is another 150 euro's or so. Plus a new dx10 card. That is a large amount of money. A bit of a shame.

But it looks very good.

[Alec§taar]

Originally Posted by technicks

That was a good one Alec.

Yes, I & others that read it thought so as well... 5 pages of GOOD stuff!

Originally Posted by technicks

The only bad taste that dx10 leaves behind, is that you have to buy Vista for it. That is another 150 euro's or so. Plus a new dx10 card. That is a large amount of money. A bit of a shame.

I agree, but it's how stuff in this field gets done typically - some advantage is given in some KEY market area (I have always personally felt that computer gaming IS THE biggest market in software there is, but I am not a market analyst either, so take that w/ a grain of salt) to some NEW OS, & it's the carrot in front of the donkey's nose keeping him walking (buying, in our case as the consumer).

Originally Posted by technicks

But it looks very good.

It does - very technically EFFICIENT!



* Which means faster imo... or, it will @ least offset memory consumptions (the part about object instancing, which iirc, is 472 bytes for every added object instanced as an overhead copy from the original) & probably be faster (or, @ the very least, will offset some of VISTA's added weight (w/ added function, more 'bloat' usually comes along, a fact o' life!))

APK