Direct X 10 and windows XP

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Bah, screw directx, they should make OpenGL games 🙂

I was thinking this might spell a revival of OpenGL games. Developers are forced into the unsavory position of spending a lot of time trying to take advantage of the features of DX10 when there aren't going to be a lot of people with it on their machines for some time. OpenGL would be a good way to sidestep that.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: djmihow
I can imagine Link19 in a bar drunk telling people. WHY OH WHY DID THEY MAKE SO MANY VERSIONS FOR THE WIN 9X SERIES BUT ONLY ONE FOR THE NT SERIES. WHY OH WHY.

That is funny, funny sh1t. So very funny.

 

[Stumps]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: djmihow
I can imagine Link19 in a bar drunk telling people. WHY OH WHY DID THEY MAKE SO MANY VERSIONS FOR THE WIN 9X SERIES BUT ONLY ONE FOR THE NT SERIES. WHY OH WHY.

That is funny, funny sh1t. So very funny.

Yes it is..Link19 is a retard

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
While the initial release of Windows 95 never included a version of Direct X, Direct X has always been known as Direct X; even from version Direct X 1.0: Microsoft DirectX 1.0 Questions and Answers

The Game SDK was only needed if there was a need to develop Direct X driven games.
First version of Direct X that actually shipped with an OS was back with Windows 95 OSR2 (Direct X 2.0 - June 05, 1996).

The existance of the "Games SDK" pre-dated calling the runtime "DirectX". That name came later, as MS shipped end-user drivers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX
"The first release version of DirectX was shipped September of 1995 as the Windows Games SDK."

According to this http://gadgetblog.theeislers.com/2006/02/directx_then_and_now_part_1.php , "DirectX" was coined by reporters writing about the then-new "Games SDK".