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~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Moosen wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:28:46 +1300, "~misfit~"
>> <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>> Perhaps I'll see you in D3, assuming my comuter will be able to play
>>>> it and it's not pay-to-play...
>>> Eeek! Horrible thought....
>>>
>>> What if D3 is DX10 (or even DX11) only? Will I have to fork out 4 x
>>> the price of the game on Vista / Windows 7?
>> No idea on that one, sorry. While it's hard to know what the current
>> verion of DirectX will be by the time D3 is out, I haven't seen a lot
>> of movement by Microsoft in the direction of an 11. Many industry
>> people think DX9 is just fine, and that 10 was unnecessary. Guess
>> we'll see. Blizzard doesn't seem to be the types to limit who can play
>> there games, and I would be very surprised if they did anything to
>> eliminate DX9 players from their customer-pool.
> 
> Let's hope so huh? I'm hearing rumours that D3 and Windows 7 are both likely 
> to be out towards the end of the year (Xmas market) and that W7 will ship 
> with DX11. By that time Vista will be close to 3 years old so expecting game 
> programmers to programme for a 3 year/2 generation old API (DX9) could be 
> asking a bit nuch. Especially when the game is fully 3D and supposedly 
> graphics-heavy.
> 
> If DX10 is a requirement that will rule out anyone who's still using Windows 
> XP.
> 
> Fingers crossed.
> 
> Cheers,

No kidding! While I'm likely to have a new PC by then, I'd say it's 95% 
likely that the first thing I'll DO with a new PC is wipe Vista off and 
replace it with XP! ;)