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Valve Says Choice to Make DX10 Vista-Only Hurt PC Gaming

Posted by Zonk on from the they're-in-a-place-to-know dept.

Erris writes "Valve's President Gabe Newell is calling Microsoft's choice to make DirectX 10 Vista-only a 'terrible mistake' that has harmed gaming. His company's latest hardware study shows the strategy has not moved gamers onto Vista. The result is that almost no one is using the newest version of DirectX, and companies are shying away from creating new input devices that support it. Nine months after release, after Christmas, after graduation, and with school mostly back in session, still only 8% of gamers are using it." Update: 08/27 21:09 GMT by Z : An AC points out that these numbers may be framed poorly given uptake numbers for XP's release.

6 of 463 comments (clear)

  1. Re:XP unable to support dx10 or what? by alxbtk · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I'll consider buying a Direct X 10 game the moment Wine/Cedega supports it."

    You won't have to buy it. It'll be abandonware by then.

  2. Re:Gaming the system for fun and profit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    twitter is gay

  3. Re:It's not 8%! by David+Gerard · · Score: 4, Funny
    At the present rate of Wine D3D development, Wine will support DirectX 10 before there are good drivers for Vista.

    Wine: A better Windows than Vista!

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  4. Re:Huh? by Kythe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep. They're everywhere. :)

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  5. Re:Actual experiences vs. FUDdy the boogeyman by kindbud · · Score: 2, Funny

    Among machines I use regularly in Seattle and in Southern California I'm now running:

            * Two machines that use XP
            * A TabletPC with XP
            * A Dell XPSII laptop that was running Vista RC1, then Vista RC2, and as of a week ago is running the release version of Vista
            * A smaller Dell laptop that followed a similar upgrade path to the machine above
            * A new Dell 9200 Desktop with a quad-core Q6600 CPU and a DX10-capable GTS8600 video card


    OK, my dick's hard now, too. What's next, buddy?

    Part of being a good advocate for a cause like free software is having the maturity to be intellectually honest.

    I want to have your babies.

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  6. Re:XP unable to support dx10 or what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think most people forget the transition from Windows 98 to XP.

    Apparently they've suppressed it completely. Or are you equating Vista to ME?