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Microsoft ditches DirectX
The API will unite 2D and 3D Direct Draw into one. This will go some way into providing support for graphics cards to generate the desktop (as well as 3D games), which is intended for Longhorn and may even be with us before then for XP. It will also bring us Shader Model 4.0.
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SNGX1275
on September 29, 2004 3:44 PM |
I'm sure a flurry of W[b]T[/b]F rather than WGF jokes will accompany this graphics technology. |
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Phantasm66
on September 29, 2004 5:00 PM |
This makes no sense to me, they've worked hard to make Direct X as much of a name as an API is likely to get. This is strange. |
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Nic
on September 30, 2004 4:24 AM |
The only thing I can think of is that the product has changed so much that they felt it necessary to change the name. Just think of all those animated desktops that will start appearing :=). |
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