DirectX 9 on display anywhere

[71skylark]

Has there been any report of Directx 9 being in use at comdex?

[StealthHawk]

i would think that's impossible as it hasn't been finished yet.

the public beta came out, what, last week?

[SavagePaladin]

Its possible that people have been devloping for it already...
the 40.xx have supported it forever...

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by SavagePaladin
Its possible that people have been devloping for it already...
the 40.xx have supported it forever...

yeah, but we won't see any games using it until a few months after DX9 final is out to the public.

[SavagePaladin]

undoubtedly true, but i was thinking more tech demos or stuff

[Dazz]

You know what i find funny is that Q3 is a Open GL game yet it needs DX to be installed for it to work lol. I am sure Doom III needs DX9 to run stable and support some of the features.

[SavagePaladin]

Originally posted by Dazz
You know what i find funny is that Q3 is a Open GL game yet it needs DX to be installed for it to work lol. I am sure Doom III needs DX9 to run stable and support some of the features.
in Windows theres a good reason for that...but that doesn't mean it needs direct3d, naturally.

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by Dazz
You know what i find funny is that Q3 is a Open GL game yet it needs DX to be installed for it to work lol. I am sure Doom III needs DX9 to run stable and support some of the features.

yeah, it uses DX for DirectInput, DirectSound, etc.

[SavagePaladin]

From what I know, directx is like a different OS contained in Windows in that it gives the application different priority levels and overall code to use.
Now if only I could get a OS made around it so I wouldn't waste all the RAM <g>