This is more than welcome to the many gamers out there
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35110We already reported here that Microsoft plans to introduce a new DirectX 9.0 version.
This time we managed to get the name and the company plans to call it DirectX 9.0L.
You will remember that Nvidia was pressing Microsoft to call its last revision of DirectX, DirectX 9.1 but Vole decided to simply add a letter C to its existing DirectX 9.0 name. This currently available DirectX 9.0c features support for Shader model 3.0 and Nvidia though that upgrade from Shader model 2.0 would deserve at least 9.1 prefix.
Now the Vole plans to do the same thing. It will call its next generation DirectX featuring Shader model 4.0, DirectX 9.0L.
There was some talk of direct X 10 features being only available to Vista users but this seems to have resolved the problem that folks where worried about, after all who wants to run a pile of DRM crap O/S just to play a game or two ?
