DirectX 11 details

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: SteelSix
Full support in Windows Vista? I last read DX11 was to be included with Windows 7. Does this mean it will be out sooner than Windows 7?

DX11 is supposedly optional in Windows 7.

 

[Modelworks]

The problem with the news release is nothing in there is set in stone yet. They could still change anything in the api.

I'm looking forward to this though:
http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/

Really hoping OpenGL continues to gain ground.
Everything I do now on my pc, but games is OpenGL.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: SteelSix
Full support in Windows Vista? I last read DX11 was to be included with Windows 7. Does this mean it will be out sooner than Windows 7?

basically means that Vista will have full support, whereas XP does not have support for DX10 (and obviously won't have DX11) - those with Vista won't need Windows 7 for DX11...

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Im starting to have a feeling DX11 will be timed for the next Xbox, not Windows 7.

And the next XBox might finally close that gap between console and PC, running Windows 7 even...

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Not really, Taltamir. Here are the things GPUs are good at: Calculating lots of floating point numbers in parallel. And now the things GPUs aren't good at: Integer math, branching logic, and everything else not involving floating point math. As a souped-up FPU, there are lots of activities GPUs can beat a CPU at, but there are plenty more for which you will want a traditional CPU. x86 isn't going anywhere.

yea, and most CPU only activities have long since gotten to the "good enough" point.
The real intensive operations of the future are basically all FLOPS monsters, and besides, look at the sizes, performance, cost, etc of CPUs vs GPUs...

I understand there are differences and it would not happen over night or at all, but if DX11 allows many programs to start running on the GPU we could see a shift in power.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
I really hope the industry reverts to OpenGL or moves to a new standard. Hopefully Vista will continue to do damage and it will.

Yeah, it'd be nice if OpenGL was the standard so that gaming wouldn't be Windows bound.

I would love to see Linux become a gaming platform.

Same here, although I'd prefer gaming to be spread out among all three major platforms.

 

[Nathelion]

I agree it would be nice if OpenGL would become the standard. I would love to stop dual-booting. However, Microsoft will never let it happen, and that's a fact.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: Nathelion
However, Microsoft will never let it happen, and that's a fact.

Of course not. Someone has to make it happen (Apple, maybe?).