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Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10 Says Carmack

Posted by Zonk on from the stick-with-what-works dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "In an interview with Marcus Yam at Daily Tech legendary PC/Console game creator John Carmack holds forth on DirectX 10: 'Personally, I wouldn't jump at something like DX10 right now. I would let things settle out a little bit and wait until there's a really strong need for it.' and then zings Microsoft's marketers over DX10's mandatory use of the Vista OS: 'Carmack then said that he's quite satisfied with Windows XP, going as far to say that Microsoft is artificially forcing gamers to move to Windows Vista for DX10.' There are a few good tidbits on Xbox 360 vs. PS3 development, and a fairly clear disinterest in Wii as a platform for his company's products is shown."

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  1. Make up your mind, Carmack... by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is DX10 relevant or not? If it is irrelevant, then the move to Vista is not forced. If the move to Vista is forced, then by his own argument DX10 is a relevant factor, and he contradicts himself.

    I can't see a way that the move to Vista for gaming can be at any point independent of DX10 performance - in fact, along with overall OS performance I would say it was one of the crucial factors in whether I make a switch away from XP.

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  2. What Carmack didn't say... by PFI_Optix · · Score: 1, Troll

    Vista is probably going to be a better OS than XP, and it won't kill anyone to have DX10 since DX9 titles will work on it. You don't need to rush out and buy Vista, but you'll most likely wind up with a copy sooner or later and there's no good reason to not use it in favor of XP.

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  3. Re:One thing.. by Mex · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many times must it be repeated? OPENGL IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO DIRECTX. OpenGL is an Open GRAPHICS LIBRARY.

    Seems like some of you are still stuck on 9 years ago, no offense. DirectX9 is a set of tools not limited to graphics.

    Linux, as much as it pains me to say, does not have a DX9, or 8, or hell, even DX7 equivalent.

  4. Re:Interesting that he's not interested in Wii dev by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    >>Nintendo should make a second generation Wii that's packed with all the multiple core processors and powerful graphics cards, as well as the cool features of the original Wii. They could call it an even more spectacular market failure than the Dreamcast

    Fix'd.

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