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At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference

Posted by michael on from the nuts-and-bolts dept.

downix writes "At Toms Hardware they're running an article where they discuss the next-generation Windows graphics system. The big part of the scoop, it's being done via DirectX. Have to validate those 2Ghz CPU's and GPU's that need their own nuclear power plant to run somehow." Some other interesting things there - quiet PCs, more about the Oqo, etc.

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  1. Nobody really. by glrotate · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's Son's spot on the PC manufacturer list? 8 or 9? Yeah Video seems to be a real killer app.

  2. Re:DirectX by Znork · · Score: 1, Troll

    The number of computers supported by any single API target is shrinking rapidly. Look at the graphics? It's gettin amazing if you even _get_ graphics rather than a complete lockup or a crash. Take a look around in the various game vendors tech support forums, and you'll see that it's getting as bad as when you had to write separate drivers for every video card in existence.

    DirectX 8.x isnt a universal API. It's a universal disaster.