Does Microsoft’s DirectX10 strategy have negative effect on the gaming community? I would say yes, they are bragging about this directX10 to their necks is sore.
There is no doubt that DirectX10 is very powerful and are an huge leap within graphics, but they put to much pressure on the gamer community. As the boss of Valve said recently: Microsoft have made a great mistake when they made DirectX10 only to vista and not to XP.
And in my opinion is that Microsoft stepped over the line when they started to put games from console to PC to vista only, that was a directX9 game (Halo 2).
Anyway I’ve heard rumors that EA have canceled their relationship with Microsoft Because of this.
Don’t stress, the “directX10″ games don’t require as much hardware Microsoft say yes, World in Conflict is working on my PC (which is 2 years old). I’m guessing I will buy a Vista PC in a year, but there is no crime in getting it. I just made this post to calm down people that feel an enormous stress.
But if you are going to update your computer, get DX10. It will soon become more stable and user friendly.
alf2142 out.