Do You Think DirectX 10 on XP is Possible?

[amdfangirl]

The reason it won't work on XP is because Vista's driver system is vastly different to XP's. This is the cause of all the driver confusion on launch day... Also if you remeber, Direct X is a way of communicating to the hardware via software... so the complete redesign of this means that the entire architecture is different as Netburst is to Core. Still both are compatible... they are both x86 and both processors...

Now before you say Dx10 is bad, then take a look at the first Dx10.1 designed game... As stuff matures it gets better... the next version of Dx based on 10 shall be better and so and so forth. Vista SP1 closed the gap between Vista and Xp so much its only about a 5fps or less difference on average...

Now before you accuse me of liking Vista, I don't hate or prefer it. My first installation of Vista was nice a pleasant, a huge step from Xp installation. Now my second install on my HTPC (wanted Vista media centre) completely died on me due to the fact my Vista installation was supposedly fake... I lost one itunes activation that day.... =(

 

[Guest]

I just bought a new Shuttle SX38P2 Pro and while I had Vista up and running games smoothly and beautifully for a while, I ended up going back to Windows XP simply for the fact of small irritating bugs like lockups when you shutdown and freezes at the desktop. I don't have a problem with the speed at which it runs games...especially with Service pack 1 installed. I have a problem with the reliability of Vista as a whole. Microsoft should rename it to Vista Millennium and give us a real OS next year.

 

[razor512]

already been done, I currently have direct x 10 installed on my second xp install

it is a hacked version

http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-directx-10-for-windows-xp-from-alky-project/

there many others like this one

and many of them will allow dx10 use in some games, other games will detect dx10 but then not use it because vista is not found

soon there will be a fully working version that will allow all dx10 games to use their dx10 path on xp

 

[Guest]

The dude who was working on DX10 for XP gave up on the project back in January 2008. No development on it for 6 months and I don't see anyone willing to try. Good luck with that. I hope it doesn't screw your OS up.

 

[razor512]

I dual boot multiple copies of xp

the good thing about these projects is that there open to the community so anyone can take up the project and improve, and there many working on it, mainly on some forums

 

[purplerat]

Let's see;
-Vista has been out for 18 months
-No significant progress has been made on DX10 for XP in 14 months
-This thread was started 6 months ago
-The Alky Project was declared dead 5 months ago

And all we have is the same old where it can be installed and kind of works, but really doesn't do anything except maybe screw up things that otherwise should work. To make things even worse by now nobody really cares too much about DX10. Crytek has given up on further patches for Crysis that may have made DX10 more worthwhile and Age of Conan launched without DX10 all together and nobody really cared. Those were supposed to be the two premier DX10 titles but I doubt there's any real desire to "hack" DX10 on XP for them. There's actually more interest in turning off DX10 in Vista than there is for turning it on in XP.
I'm not trying to be negative about DX10. I think it's a move in the right direction for PC gaming. However looking at this from a June 2008 point of view why would an XP user even want it? With almost guaranteed performance drops and compatibility issues you would be much better off just getting Vista if you really want DX10 that bad.

 

[missingxtension]

"Let's see;
-Vista has been out for 18 months
-No significant progress has been made on DX10 for XP in 14 months
-This thread was started 6 months ago
-The Alky Project was declared dead 5 months ago"

Man i just had to reply to this!!
you get so annoying through all this thread!!!!

lets do another update
1 Vista is just about dead, windows seven doesn't just run better than vista. It runs just fine on netbooks! Your brawn is better is than mind argument didn't stand the time. Not only has the industry mindset shifted completely, but now its all about going smaller more efficient. Just like the auto industry that went bankrupt.

2. No significant progress in XP, there wont be. The fact is that Xp has been dropped.
Or has it? Why would MS release an XP mode windows 7?

3. The Alky Project is dead. But it doesnt matter, opengl 2 is the wave of the future. Just like it was when glquake was released.

4. Those people who leaped vista, congratulations!!!
You saved your self a lot of trouble and of course money.
Now your pc that runs xp so wonderful will also run windows 7 until you get around to upgrade. Or maybe you wont have to upgrade.

I do have to hand it to the rat for " nobody really cares too much about DX10", but you still went of to getting vista. Newer is not always better, its just newer.
Just a side note, i am using windows server 2k3 with an xp conversion.
Runs games really really well. Since this is a mix of vista and xp, there is no reason why it dx10 or 11 does not work with xp. The only thing i can think of is that vista visualization within the drivers.

edit: Memory prices went down and it was because of vista. But it was not because people had to upgrade, it was the opposite. People were not upgrading! there was a surplus!

 

[djcoolmasterx]

 

[Neocloud]

So whats the word on this old dead thread.Im guessing 7 came out and killed all arguments here lol.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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