Intel 2013 Haswell Processor to finally get DirectX 11.1

[tweakboy]

http://www.guru3d.com/news/intel-2013-haswell-processor-to-finally-get-directx-111/ ..

Im on hands and knees for this one LOL

 

[AnandThenMan]

Better late than never? When will we see DX12 BTW?

 

[wuliheron]

Having the hardware doesn't do you any good if the drivers still suck.

 

[IlllI]

well according to the article, (in regards to dx11.1) "This yet-unreleased API seems to be part of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system"

so i suppose dx12 will maybe come out with windows 9?

 

[wuliheron]

well according to the article, (in regards to dx11.1) "This yet-unreleased API seems to be part of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system"

so i suppose dx12 will maybe come out with windows 9?

Microsoft always comes out with a new version of dx with each new operating system. Considering how radically different windows 8 will be, their desire to move into the portable market, and their record for falling flat on their face the first time they try something new I suspect windows 9 will be rushed into production.

 

[IlllI]

well if it goes the way vista did, you may be right about that

 

[-Slacker-]

I'm guessing dx11.1 will be to dx11 what dx10.1 was to dx10, namely, a performance improvement for the same IQ.....?

 

[nenforcer]

Always alternate Microsoft Consumer OS purchases...

Windows 98 SE -> Windows ME (skip) -> Windows XP -> Windows Vista (skip) -> Windows 7 -> Windows 8 (skip) -> Windows ??? (purchase)

 

[nonameo]

Always alternate Microsoft Consumer OS purchases...

Windows 98 SE -> Windows ME (skip) -> Windows XP -> Windows Vista (skip) -> Windows 7 -> Windows 8 (skip) -> Windows ??? (purchase)

3.0 / 3.1/ 95/ 95 OSR2 / 98/ 98 SE

looks like you can go back further

I don't think anyone cared before 3.0... maybe not even before 3.1

Can't say much about dos, never really used it much without windows

 

[Dadofamunky]

Ah, the days of Ventura Publisher and WordPerfect under DOS...

 

[wuliheron]

Always alternate Microsoft Consumer OS purchases...

Windows 98 SE -> Windows ME (skip) -> Windows XP -> Windows Vista (skip) -> Windows 7 -> Windows 8 (skip) -> Windows ??? (purchase)

LOL, that's being generous. I know a guy who still uses windows 95 to run his business. In MS case, their track record is so bad I wouldn't recommend buying a new one unless you knew it was good or had no alternative. Caveat Emptor.

 

[nenforcer]

LOL, that's being generous. I know a guy who still uses windows 95 to run his business. In MS case, their track record is so bad I wouldn't recommend buying a new one unless you knew it was good or had no alternative. Caveat Emptor.

Win 95 to run a business, that's incredible. I plugged a fresh install Windows 98 SE box into the internet a couple of years ago without a firewall and the thing had popups and was infected within a matter of minutes. I wouldn't go anything earlier than XP at this point (which I still run).

It's pretty amazing how much scanning / virus / malware traffic is out there.

 

[Idontcare]

LOL, that's being generous. I know a guy who still uses windows 95 to run his business. In MS case, their track record is so bad I wouldn't recommend buying a new one unless you knew it was good or had no alternative. Caveat Emptor.

I recently went bowling at a family bowling alley, it was slow at the time and the owner was running the register.

I made a passing comment (happy conversation) to the observation that his audio equipment was all analog and nearing the age in which it would go from "I own it because it's teh cheap and crappy" to "this here is a bonafide collectors item!".

He then turned the monitor around on his score keeping system and showed me that it was still DOS based, ran on an truly ancient DOS box, and he mused at the fact that to upgrade his system to something 21st century the software alone would cost him $75k

Sometimes the old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" holds true.

 

[wuliheron]

I recently went bowling at a family bowling alley, it was slow at the time and the owner was running the register.

I made a passing comment (happy conversation) to the observation that his audio equipment was all analog and nearing the age in which it would go from "I own it because it's teh cheap and crappy" to "this here is a bonafide collectors item!".

He then turned the monitor around on his score keeping system and showed me that it was still DOS based, ran on an truly ancient DOS box, and he mused at the fact that to upgrade his system to something 21st century the software alone would cost him $75k

Sometimes the old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" holds true.

That reminds me of a story I read about a factory that had problems with their conveyor belt locking up and they had to kick the thing in the right spot to get it moving again. So they hired a couple of engineers to solve the problem and after running all the estimates and whatnot they recommend they hire a guy at minimum wage to stand there and kick the thing with steel toed boots. When computers become cheap and disposable it will be a different world, but we just aren't quite there yet.