dx9 vs dx10

[KKND]

Here some samples..

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9550

[***Freestyler***]

I have DX10 for Xp :narnar::narnar:

If u want it, ask me and ill sort ya out

[KKND]

I have DX10 for Xp :narnar::narnar:

If u want it, ask me and ill sort ya out

I thought they aren't done with it yet...

[KKND]

Sunday, January 06, 2008

                                                      It is with great sadness that I announce the closing of Falling Leaf Systems, LLC. We set out over a year ago to provide users of both "old and unsupported" as well as "alternative" Operating Systems the ability to run the latest games for the PC. Unfortunately, Falling Leaf Systems was unable to achieve that goal.

However, every ending tends to open another door for opportunity and though we are saddened to announce our departure, we are almost as excited to announce the immediate availability of ALL source code for the Alky Project! It is licensed under the LGPL and includes both the orginal Alky Converter source used to convert the popular Prey Demo to run on OSX and Linux, as well as the alpha release of the Alky Compatibility Libraries which attempted to provide a DirectX10 compatible runtime for Windows XP.

We have also created some new forums on the site for users to discuss the coming cycle of DirectX 10 based games. We hope that you'll pop in there from time to time, and we also hope you join our mailing list to receive an announcement in case some other Open Source project decides to carry on the Alky banner.

[***Freestyler***]

I used a torrent to DL this file.

DirectX 10 RC2 Fix2.1

After DL i installed it and it works fine.

This is what is says when you type dxdiag in the run command.

DirectX Version :  DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.5515)

[kregoron]

Freestyler, im sorry BUT you are either getting one of 3 things with that stuff..

1. You fell for a clewer way of getting some nasty trojan/virus/malware installed on your comp..
2. you just installed a nice little program that messes around with some minor file code so the DirectX dialog states DX10..
3. You got your hands on a Alpha stage code from the Alky project, which was a project developing a DX10 sdk for WINXP.. but that project is dead now..


Yes sooner or later DX10 will hit the streets for Winxp under the name DX 9.0 L.. But thats a bit of way yet..

But just to have a look what you got i took the chance and installed it on my media center (needs a reinstall anyways..) and had a look at the graphics in DX9 / DX10 games and saw no changes... so my guess is option 2.. there were no changes in lighting engine, no grading shadows, and no performance changes whatsoever..

The issue with DX10 is that it cant just be "cracked" for winxp and the reason for this is in the following quote:

*"The main problem with DX10 and Windows XP isn’t runtime libraries. It’s the DX10 Display Driver. It is almost impossible because of the new LDDM design, only ATI and Nvidia can possibly turn this into reality. This project seems to be some kind of ‘DX10 wrapper’, so don’t expect to run DX10 games with it, due to horrible performanc*e and compatibil*ity issues.

Quote from from an old NGOHQ discussion, about the Alky project, link will be supplied when i remember my login details there -.-

[KKND]

Freestyler, im sorry BUT you are either getting one of 3 things with that stuff..

1. You fell for a clewer way of getting some nasty trojan/virus/malware installed on your comp..
2. you just installed a nice little program that messes around with some minor file code so the DirectX dialog states DX10..
3. You got your hands on a Alpha stage code from the Alky project, which was a project developing a DX10 sdk for WINXP.. but that project is dead now..


Yes sooner or later DX10 will hit the streets for Winxp under the name DX 9.0 L.. But thats a bit of way yet..

But just to have a look what you got i took the chance and installed it on my media center (needs a reinstall anyways..) and had a look at the graphics in DX9 / DX10 games and saw no changes... so my guess is option 2.. there were no changes in lighting engine, no grading shadows, and no performance changes whatsoever..

The issue with DX10 is that it cant just be "cracked" for winxp and the reason for this is in the following quote:
Quote from from an old NGOHQ discussion, about the Alky project, link will be supplied when i remember my login details there -.-

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