[PC] DirectX 11.1 Exclusive to Windows 8

TGN wrote:<div class="article cms_clear restore postcontainer">For as much as I love Windows 8, there's something downright wrong of Microsoft to make DirectX 11.1 exclusive to the latest operating system. However, that is precisely what they've done yet again.<br />
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Remember back when DirectX 10 came out and was exclusive to Windows Vista? Yep, it's like that again with 11.1 and Windows 8. Meaning, if there is ever a game released that requires DirectX 11.1, you will have to make the jump to Windows 8 or you miss out on that game.<br />
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So what then does DirectX 11.1 bring to the table? <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh404562%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Hell if I know</b></a>. Without visual distinctions between 11.1 and older DirectX versions, I have no real idea what benefits any of that stuff has for the end user.<br />
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So, how did this big reveal come about? It came from a Microsoft <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/parallelcppnative/thread/774a19a5-4bf4-42dd-bee7-4cf2a74bfdb6" target="_blank"><b>tech support reply on the official MSDN forums</b></a>. That's hardly an official announcement of anything, but that's all there is right now.<br />
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Given how few games out there actually require DirectX 10, even today, this probably won't be much of an issue for most gamers out there. At least, it probably won't be a huge issue for quite some time.<br />
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This silly business aside, Windows 8 is still rather awesome.<br />

Chewy wrote:Fuck that shit.

I don't want to install some damn tablet OS on my computer.

Chewy wrote:Fuck that shit.

I don't want to install some damn tablet OS on my computer.