Directx10 for xp

[shredder128]

I have a gaming computer with windows xp pro loaded on it I really don't want vista but i am not really ready to buy 7. Are there and direct links where i can download directx10 for xp for free. are there any patches out there ??

[RobRich]

Hardware acceleration for DirectX Direct3D 10 relies upon the WDDM driver model, which is not available via the Windows XP hardware abstraction layer.

If you want DX10, you are looking at upgrading to Vista or Windows 7.

[shredder128]

I heard about something called the alky project, where they make directx 10 libraries available for windows xp.

[RobRich]

Read here:

Alky Project (DX 10 for XP)

In particular:

There is no project, as it has ended centralized development, assuming one could call the previous work as being "in development."

Look at the source code. Last I knew, there are a few OpenGL calls in the library for extremely basic 3D operations. No shaders, no multitexturing, no vertex buffer, no index buffer, etc. You might get it to software render a custom coded "Hello World"-style basic 3D app using only a few rudimentary Direct3D calls.

The instructions are relying upon a Microsoft SDK that contains D3D binary libraries. However, the Direct3D 10 portion of DirectX 10 implements a new API approach and relies upon a driver model (WDDM) not even offered by the WinXP HAL. You can install the libraries, and perhaps even get them to return a version string if called. It is something else to actually run any appreciable level of code, especially with hardware acceleration.

[Ultima]

the only thing different I noticed after installing that socalled DX10 for XP, was that when I tried to install games, it would crap out, saying it needed dx9, and uninstalling dx10 is a pain, I wouldn't do it ever again.