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Post #336840

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Tiptup
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Windows 7
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Date created
17-Nov-2008, 5:57 PM
lordjedi said:

Your comment about newer effects not needing to rely on a driver model to work is laughable.

Okay. :)

DirectX 10 gives access to hardware-based effects that the latest version of DirectX 9 won't allow gamers to access. (DirectX 9 is the highest Microsoft will allow XP to go.) For Microsoft to claim that they can't support those effects in DirectX 9 is laughable. For you to claim it wouldn't be possible for them to "easilly" support those effects in DirectX 9 is also laughable to me. :)

Edit: Your other points are worthless to me. If you like the amount of money you have to pay to Microsoft to get your new hardware and software to work every three years or so, you can do that and I won't care. I expect a bit more support for a piece of software that costs me over a hundred dollars to purchase.