CelticFrost
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Or go out and buy a 3D monitor and glasses!Apparently in the Win 8.1 upgrade it globally enabled Nvidia Stereoscopic 3d. The simple fix was to simply uncheck the box in the Nvidia control panel.
Yeah, I think the more pertinent move would be to acclimatise yourself to Linux, as this is what drives SteamOS.
DirectX days are numbered. It's always been used to sell the new windows but 10 and 11 still haven't caught up to 9s popularity with developers. 11.2 won't be utilised until long after win9 comes out and even then only by people M$ bribe to incorporate into their game. WinXP could very well run DX10 and DX11 if M$ so wished, but then why would gamers upgrade? Now with Gaben saying Win8 is a catastrophe and controlling the majority of PC online distribution, which is where its at, there might actually be no reason at all to ever buy a new Windows. :O
DirectX isn't going anywhere, it's the API used by the Xbox, and most all AAA PC games nowadays are ports from Xbox anyway, or at least share a codebase. In fact, the Xbox is pretty much the reason for the phenomenon you describe where DirectX 10 and 11 haven't caught on. It's because the Xbox 360 uses DirectX 9. Once the Xbox One is out (which uses DirectX 11.2), you can be certain that DirectX 11.2 will become extremely popular for Windows games, at least the bigger budget ones.DirectX days are numbered. It's always been used to sell the new windows but 10 and 11 still haven't caught up to 9s popularity with developers. 11.2 won't be utilised until long after win9 comes out and even then only by people M$ bribe to incorporate into their game. WinXP could very well run DX10 and DX11 if M$ so wished, but then why would gamers upgrade? Now with Gaben saying Win8 is a catastrophe and controlling the majority of PC online distribution, which is where its at, there might actually be no reason at all to ever buy a new Windows. :O