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With this blog post, I have likely run out of snarky dates to make a post on. Ides of August anyone? J . So on with the show First, this is not the FSX-DX10 feature discussion. Nor is this the “what will be in the DX10 release for DX9 users” discussion.
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Today on AVSim.com, in this thread http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=121&topic_id=406460&mesg_id=406460&page = the “DX10 on XP” issue came up again, with renewed discussion about what FallingLeafSystems is doing. I
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So it’s the first day of summer! As part of the celebration, I wanted to talk about and show progress on FSX-DX10. First, though, let’s talk what I can show and when, as well as requirements for FSX-DX10. I am not here to talk features. Not yet anyways.
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There is a common misconception that "Optimized for Vista" equates to DX10 support. “Optimized for Vista” from a platform perspective means your application qualifies for the logo. It’s a technical marketing term and the logo requirements define it. From
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Now that my blog is all over arstechnica and digg, I need to correct something that is being misconstrued in my post about XP and DX10. XP shipped in 2001 with DX8.1. DX9 shipped Dec 2002. At that point the DX9 bits were final and could be used to make
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Lets consider the software development lifecycle, the DX10 lifecycle, and the history of Vista, The first step taken is to create a code branch for the new OS. XP RTM'ed in August 2001. I remember the ship party and still wear the t-shirt. As changes
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A poster on a previous thread on AVSim.com made the comment: "DX10 is an API from what I understand, e.g. they could compile it for XP, if they wanted to, it doesn't have to be exclusive for Viata. besides I don't care about it that much it will be late
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This is a recap of an AVSim.com post, that I wanted to capture here. I'd like to take the time to address 2 areas that come up often: 1)FSX designing for multicore 2)FSX designing for DX10 1)FSX designing for multicore As I stated in a previous post last
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Its time for another update on FSX Progress. This is largely similar to what I posted on Avsim.com. SP1 We are working thru the set of tasks we identified for SP1, are getting closer to closure and a final test pass, and should have more to say as far
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