Intriguing theory on DirectX 10 and its absence from Windows XP
July 18, 2007 by Jason
The parties involved would never admit whether this Inquirer story is true, but it’s entertaining enough that we just had to link to it. Grain of salt and all that (the article lists no sources, for example) but the theory as reported says that Microsoft started off with sound technical reasons for making DirectX 10 exclusive to Windows Vista. Due to alleged driver troubles from Nvidia, Microsoft is supposed to have loosened the requirements, and now it’s supposedly very possible to port DirectX 10 back to Windows XP. Read More»
