Guys, quite simply, DX10 relies on a driver model and method of hardware access that is not doable in XP without an extensive revamp of low level XP subsystems (hardware abstraction layer, etc.). DX10 will not come to xp. Games that have a dx9 code path in addition to a dx10 codepath will run on xp in dx9 mode, and on vista in dx10 mode. Period. Games that have no dx9 codepath, but only a dx10 codepath will run on vista. Period. The end. DX9.L will be a part of DX10 that allows Vista to run DX9 and <= dx games.
Is that clear yet? It would be pointless to have a dx10 -> dx9 translation layer for xp and it would be, to use a technical term, massively unfeasible and (if its even possible) slow as f*ck. Period.
Is that clear yet? It would be pointless to have a dx10 -> dx9 translation layer for xp and it would be, to use a technical term, massively unfeasible and (if its even possible) slow as f*ck. Period.