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A Glimpse Into 3D future: DirectX Next Preview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the virtual-sandwich dept.

Dave Baumann writes "Beyond3D has put up an article based on Microsoft's games developers presentations given at Meltdown, looking at the future directions of MS's next generation DirectX - currently titled "DirectX Next" (DX10). With Pixel Shaders 2.0 and 3.0 already a part of DirectX9 this article gives a feel of what to expect from PS/VS4.0 and other DirectX features hardware developers will be expected to deliver with the likes of R500 and NV50."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by Glock27 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Look at some of the top games that have been cross-platform and earned a significate amound of money from a platform other than Windows:

    [empty list]

    and the list goes on and on.

    So, AC, your theory is that these companies are all stupid?

    Could I please see your figures showing that the Mac ports weren't profitable?

    Didn't think so... :-P

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