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Microsoft Confirms DirectX 11 to Accompany Windows 7

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Wasnt it said that W7 would be out in July of 09? IIRC, they said they were releasing RC's in December.
 

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Good news for ATI's RV870 and parallel computing. I am not sure about nVidia's GPU line. It is not even 10.1 compliant and had no tessellation unit.
 
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i too, heard that DX10 (not just 10.1) cards can run DX11.

That means all DX10 hardware can run DX11 under vista. nice.
So hopefully we don't have to live with all of the "WORLDS FIRST!! DX blah blah compatable GPU's!!!" advertising like we did when DX10 and Vista first reared their heads. :laugh: I remember when the first Dx10 cards came out MONTHS, (maybe even a year?) before Vista was even close to being ready...crazy man, just crazy. lol...It would be pretty nice if they could run 11 with out going through hardware changes. If they could make it happen as painlessly as the step-up from pci-e1.1 to 2.0 that would be fantastic....but with driver issues and bugs that WILL plague the whole thing, probably not...But they may surprise all of us and EVERYTHING WILL WORK RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!!, birds will sing, busty, raven haired vixens fall from the sky and into our laps, and prime rib magically appears on our plates at dinner time....ya right! lol ...If you are right though that would be cool, alot of people have spent some serious cash on some of the new gpu's( I'm almost ready to) and to HAVE to upgrade just for a new OS is a pain in the wallet more than in the A$$...It's not right to "force" consumers to "upgrade".
 

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worlds first native DX11 card! worlds fastest DX11 card! worlds longest name DX11 card!

this card has THE WORLDS FIRST DX11 CASE STICKER!

marketing will never cease to annoy.
 
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