I don't get this. I run w8, so it's no problem for me. But limiting it just means no devs gonna bother using it for the next five years.
They're trying to force people to upgrade to get certain features but its not going to work lol.
I don't get this. I run w8, so it's no problem for me. But limiting it just means no devs gonna bother using it for the next five years.
Never thought of it like that. But it seems to be that way, yes.The Windows 8 haters are the XP holdouts of this generation.
Windows 8.1 and Xbox One only.
The Windows 8 haters are the XP holdouts of this generation.
Tiled resources sounds really good. It seems useful for a closed system like the Xbox One as it can help keep the amount of memory being used down.
What should I be looking at in the video? Seems I cannot see the difference (watching w/o sound @ work).
correct me if wrong
but isnt this tiled sh*t alot like carmacks megatextures
Very useful, if you has only 5gb of RAM for games. But not so much, when artifacts pops out.
Its a piece of shit that falls over at the drop of a hat. The amount of W8 laptops ive seen in work that have catastrophic OS failures or just refused to boot into the OS is ridiculous.
You've got to be making shit up now.
I understand not liking the OS, but it's literally Windows 7 reskinned with some speed improvements. You're essentially saying Windows 7 is shit, and we all know it's not.
In other words they just assured that virtually no developer will actively support the new standard for years to come, as it was with DX 10 at first, during the "Vista exclusivity" age.
Linux raise on the desktop market can't really come fast enough.
None of my capture or recording gear works for windows 8. Maybe once support for Win8 stops being total garbage I'll consider it, but not before.
Figures. Microsoft always has been forcing people to upgrade to their "new OS". Many companies are still on XP. Good luck.
You've got to be making shit up now.
I understand not liking the OS, but it's literally Windows 7 reskinned with some speed improvements. You're essentially saying Windows 7 is shit, and we all know it's not.
Am I the only one getting DX10+Vista vibes?
He doesn't even know what it's for.What do company/office computers have to do with DirectX, which is primarily used for gaming?
History has shown that trying to gate DirectX upgrades behind OS upgrades doesn't work. Developers won't make games which support a DirectX level the majority of gamers aren't on, and gamers won't upgrade just for a DirectX version number. MS has limited power to force upgrades by dangling games in front of PC gamers because their first party is such a joke, I mean come on guys, Halo 2 Vista amirite?
I upgraded to Win8 for free months ago and never looked back. I wasn't reading forums much either, hench why I was not in hating mind state.
History has shown that trying to gate DirectX upgrades behind OS upgrades doesn't work. Developers won't make games which support a DirectX level the majority of gamers aren't on, and gamers won't upgrade just for a DirectX version number. MS has limited power to force upgrades by dangling games in front of PC gamers because their first party is such a joke, I mean come on guys, Halo 2 Vista amirite?
The Windows 8 haters are the XP holdouts of this generation.
correct me if wrong
but isnt this tiled sh*t alot like carmacks megatextures
I hated Windows 8.
I installed Start8.
It's now my favourite OS.
Was is just the Start menu? I never used that thing...
I hated Windows 8.
I installed Start8.
It's now my favourite OS.
With a little Stardock Modern Mix in there as well.
Windows 8 hate out in full force. It's a fine os guys. Even if you completely ignore the new ui stuff, the changes to the classic desktop, while iterative, sure, are welcome. I prefer it over windows 7. They even had upgrade licenses for $15 when it first came out. Hard to top that.
What Microsoft is failing to understand -ONCE AGAIN- is that on an open platform "inclusivity" makes you more popular than exclusivity.History has shown that trying to gate DirectX upgrades behind OS upgrades doesn't work. Developers won't make games which support a DirectX level the majority of gamers aren't on, and gamers won't upgrade just for a DirectX version number. MS has limited power to force upgrades by dangling games in front of PC gamers because their first party is such a joke, I mean come on guys, Halo 2 Vista amirite?
Companies don't give a rat's ass about DirectX exclusivity.Figures. Microsoft always has been forcing people to upgrade to their "new OS". Many companies are still on XP. Good luck.
It's had a worse adoption rate than Vista last I checked.I hate that they lock shit like this behind another windows upgrade. Fewer devs are gonna support it now.... Why not just give it to everyone and let it garner support. Let everyone switch to windows 8 at their own pace to where they trust it enough to switch over. Vista+Dx10 again. Although I'm sure windows 8 can't be as bad as vista.
As for 11.1 the new DirectX version has a lot of improvements for the Apps, which is not relevant prior to Windows 8. And Windows 8 is somewhat technically different than prior versions.
Was is just the Start menu? I never used that thing...