Dubious marketing: Microsoft makes DirectX 9 look REALLY bad

I'm pretty sure the Xbox uses directx 8, so if the PC version needed direct x 9 then it would've been in the same way that Halo 2 needed direct x 10. This is dumb.

I disagree, just look at the detail on Captain Keyes wrinkly old man forehead in the bottom right. Surely that's more respect and friend earning than a handlebar mustache

No wai ... Microsoft lying and pushing ridiculous modification of facts just to make themselves look better? That's unpossible ...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10145332-16.html

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

http://catb.org/esr/halloween/

Notice it says that crysis is coming out soon. Meaning this was from before Crysis was released (2007)

Don't know why that guy got dugg all the way to the top of Digg for that, it was posted on Reddit over a year ago. Which I assume is a repost from both sites which were probably posted originally the same day that add was put on microsofts site.

That being said, lol@microsoft that was a sad ad.

@Reader Yeah you;re right. it's all BS, after all it's just all over the net on various websites. Oh and because I only have one post I guess that means I must be lying. So just don't try it, it won't hurt you either way. It's fairly new and i just linked to the first site that popped up. All the comments on that site are from when it first came out. And like most things it's pretty buggy. I've been using DX10 on my XP machine for about 2 months now and I have only had problems with Hellgate: London. It just wont load DX10 mode. So like i said, don't try it. Because I don't really care if you do or not.

Correct me if I am wrong about this, but when Half Life 2 came out in 2004, I think Valve did this exact same comparison thing with HL1 and HL2. They were showing the differences between the V2 of the Source Engine, and V1 of the Source Engine as well as showing pictures of HL1 and HL2's textures and lighting and pointing out the differences between them. Higher textures, HLR, dynamic lighting, etc. Just like what MS is doing here.

So, to wit: a developer shows off two different versions of an API/ENGINE, and the differences between them. But the HL2 source engne was an upgrade to the HL1 source engine (just like DX10 is an upgrade to DX9), but still the same base of code. What you see in that article is the same thing. Of course the newer version is going to have improved features.

Xav, I think you're reaching.

GFWL - Pull your skirt down a little, your Microsoft bias is showing...

I remember going to a Microsoft Software Developers Conference where they showed this exact demo. That was two years ago, and they're still using the same propaganda!

When the marketing department markets development tools to end users, they ALWAYS come up with irritating bullshit that does nothing but confuse /them/, anger geeks who need to correct everyone, and indirectly attack whatever development tool they happen to be attacking. They probably thought they were telling the truth with this one, too.

(Still waiting for the other 994 new APIs Apple claims to have for iPhone 3.0).

I cry foul Xav, the only way to earn respect is to grow a mustache and a handle bar mustache earns double respect. answer me this, would you mess with a guy who had a handle bar mustache, i know I wouldn't

I fvcking hate marketing people. I hope whoever did this gets fired.

@West

awesome south park reference and zomg i can't wait for dx11. it's gonna be soooooooooooo lifelike!