M$ may release DirectX 9 soon

[|JuiceZ|]

We may see it as early as tomorrow:


Microsoft has found some mercy in its heart and will finally end the agonising wait for DirectX 9 and is likely to release it tomorrow. With three betas and two release candidates version we saw slowly and surely that DirectX 9 is about to become a fully fledged bird that will help some companies live happier and release DirectX 9 drivers.

The only currently shipping card(s) that support it are Radeon 9700 and 9500 Pros and Amateur, which many will find glistening under the Christmas tree.

Nvidia did present its DirectX 9 supporter, Geforce FX but this card will be available no sooner than February in quantity.

ATI will be the first to benefit from this, since they have been shipping DirectX 9 hardware from September and now they will offer their customers free drivers with full support for DirectX 9 final as soon as it's officially released. ATI is already offering an RC0 version of DirectX 9, its fancy demos and drivers for 9700 and 9500 generations but in about one day it will have the final one ready for its rocking role.

Developers will finally have a real API that they can play with.


-neowin.net

source:
The inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6640)

[ragejg]

Now many of us "current-gen" folk are gonna feel all the pain that GF2 and ALL MX owners have felt since '01!!

*/writes "GF-FX" on every calendar day space for Jan. & Feb '03/*

;) :D

[Raptorman]

Remember that the Inquirer reported this. We all know how reliable they have seemed lately.

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by ragejg
Now many of us "current-gen" folk are gonna feel all the pain that GF2 and ALL MX owners have felt since '01!!

*/writes "GF-FX" on every calendar day space for Jan. & Feb '03/*

;) :D

when is 3dmark 2003 or any DX9 capable game actually coming out :D

won't feel the pain till then.

[|JuiceZ|]

Originally posted by StealthHawk
when is 3dmark 2003 or any DX9 capable game actually coming out :D

won't feel the pain till then.

yea I hear that, we just started getting more dx8 games on the market :rolleyes:

[Kruno]

I was really excited until JuiceZ posted the source. :/

[|JuiceZ|]

yea, like Saturn said on the news post, take it w/ a grain of salt :rolleyes:

[sytaylor]

Originally posted by StealthHawk
when is 3dmark 2003 or any DX9 capable game actually coming out :D

won't feel the pain till then.

anyone else noticed that everything is late? the geforce fx, dx9 and the latest 3d mark! who is everyone waiting for?!:confused: interesting huh?

[|JuiceZ|]

Originally posted by sytaylor
anyone else noticed that everything is late? the geforce fx, dx9 and the latest 3d mark! who is everyone waiting for?!:confused: interesting huh?

Thats a good point but here's my thoughts on the issue:

dx9 = it will several months until start seeing games show up on the market that utilize features found within dx9 for now I think we'll just have to stick w/ tech demos.

3dmark2002 = how many of you really believe this is a credible benchmark? With all the controversies of drv optimizations and the benchmark being sensitive to high fsb frequencies, I sure don't.

geforce fx = sure I'd love to grab one when it first comes out but then again, how long will take developers to write games that fully utilize its potential including dx9? I'm personally tired of watching tech demos only wishing I could have the same level of detail in a mainstream game. I know this is an issue many developers struggle with because they're trying to cater to the masses across multiple pc platforms but yet utilize the lastest in graphics technologies. This is a gap that graphics manufactures and game companies have been trying to bridge for years now.

[SavagePaladin]

Originally posted by |JuiceZ|
Thats a good point but here's my thoughts on the issue:
[list]
dx9 = it will several months until start seeing games show up on the market that utilize features found within dx9 for now I think we'll just have to stick w/ tech demos.

Directx 9 is supposedly a lot simpler than 8 was. Points right there...
Command and Conquer Generals will supposedly have 128 bit color, oddly enough. That'd rock. Might be a 'I'll believe it when I see it' thing, but I don't know.

[VeritechK7]

Yeha i'm still on this crummy GF2 but still does the job.. i mean right now there are still many dx 8 based games out there. MS should take a little more time to further refine it if they can . just to kink out any last minute bugs. AS someone already pointed. Games will be coming out sometime after dx9 and will probably ahve to wait a while for them to take full advantage of the API

[SavagePaladin]

Originally posted by VeritechK7
Yeha i'm still on this crummy GF2 but still does the job.. i mean right now there are still many dx 8 based games out there. MS should take a little more time to further refine it if they can . just to kink out any last minute bugs. AS someone already pointed. Games will be coming out sometime after dx9 and will probably ahve to wait a while for them to take full advantage of the API
Sure it does the job...but eew. I'm on this crummy gf3ti200 and want a gffx :)

[VeritechK7]

I would like one too.. looks like i'll be job hunting. My parents give me random allowance i swear.. like every once in a while 20 bucks. :/ i'm still waiting on that 100 bucks i should be getting for building my dad's friend's computer.. I feel cheated at times when people use me for my so called computer building skills :/

[Starscream]

Originally posted by VeritechK7
I feel cheated at times when people use me for my so called computer building skills :/

I used to feel that way sometimes too. Now before I even touch someones pc I tell them up front it's 20 bucks an hour. No negotation, if you don't like it bring it to a store and pay at least 40-50 an hour. If there's any BS about the money after the job is done, I will NEVER help them with any sort of problem again.

[DXnfiniteFX]

I am beta testing Generals. I'm in their multiplayer test. Anyone interested in reading the stories I wrote? Some of them were good enough to be posted online. I will post the link if I get interest generated here.

To tell you the truth, Generals sometimes feels slow. Then again, I'm forced to play online and I only have a 56k connection. However, I wonder if DX9 will change that situation, as Generals is supposedly DX9. How the heck it is running on DX8 (which we all have and DX9 is NOT being released today) I don't know, but I'm not complaing.

This game ROCKS!

[VeritechK7]

same experience when running UT whch is dx7 when i ony had 6.1 installed

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by sytaylor
anyone else noticed that everything is late? the geforce fx, dx9 and the latest 3d mark! who is everyone waiting for?!:confused: interesting huh?

well, the next 3dmark will need to be released after DX9.

video cards never have to really "wait" for DX releases, ATI released the R300 long ago, and that was a DX9 card. Parhelia had some DX9 features and was out even earlier.

lastly, games.

we still have very few DX8 games. so either devs will basically skip DX8 and jump straight to 9 with backwards compatibility for 8, or DX9 games will be a long, long time in coming :(

[SavagePaladin]

Originally posted by StealthHawk
we still have very few DX8 games. so either devs will basically skip DX8 and jump straight to 9 with backwards compatibility for 8, or DX9 games will be a long, long time in coming :(
I suspect, based on the supposed fact that dx9 is simpler, they will jump to 9. Devs said dx8 specific hardware wasn't that great, and 9 should change all that, iirc.

[sytaylor]

yeah i saw an article saying how dx8 wasn't really an ideal jump over dx7, it wasnt devloper friendly at all, wheras nine is a massive leap... so its gonna take time but a year from now we'll start reaping the rewards of this gutsy move by an industry in hard times