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In other words, use them at your own peril: there is no official release from Microsoft for running DirectX 10 or DirectX 11 on XP. There are some hacks available out there to enable version 10's features on XP and they often work for particular setups - however, this does not mean they will work in all circumstances. In order to make DirectX 10 compatible with Windows XP, you need to make a lot of changes to various system files responsible for creating the display on your screen (also called rendering). Since DirectX is tied to the way graphics are drawn, therein lies the problem with newer versions of DirectX.

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In other words, the way Windows Vista and Windows 7 create images on your screen is different to the way Windows XP does it. It features in both Windows Vista and Windows 7 but not XP.

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Part of the reason that versions 10 and above are not available for Windows XP is due to an update in the more recent Operating Systems that use the new 'Windows Display Driver Model'. DirectX 11 was aimed at Windows 7 users, but a download for DirectX 11 running on Windows Vista is also available. However, from version 10 onwards, the latest update for DirectX is available only for specific operating systems and under very controlled circumstances.ДirectX 10 was only available for Vista and not XP. Up until version 9.0c, the latest version of DirectX was generally available as a separate download from Microsoft.

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Each version of DirectX offers newer features and better rendering вЂ“ in other words, prettier pictures that are more detailed and realistic (assuming your PC has the hardware to handle the heavier load). However, a game written specifically for DirectX 10 will generally not run on DirectX 9 or earlier. So, if a game was written for DirectX 9, it should run if you have DirectX 10 or DirectX 11 installed on your PC. It allows developers to standardise certain video display and audio files вЂ“ this makes them easier to develop and run on different types of PCs (it is also used on consoles such as the Xbox).ДirectX is supposed to be backward compatible.

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You can read the full Q&A summary on the Final Fantasy XIV forums.DirectX has many uses in Windows. Square Enix have not yet shared a date for the Heavensward expansion, or the DirectX 11 client, which will be released at the same time.

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The visual quality of objects in the background has also improved, and even the texture of charactersвЂ™ skin will look more realistic. Furthermore, with the DirectX 11 version, characters will be rendered with uncompressed textures, making them look even more impressive. In some cases this will also result in an improved frame rate. In addition, players will find that DirectX 11 will be less resource-intensive for GPUs that support it. The difference is quite remarkable in dungeons as well. The UlвЂ™dahn terrain seen in this slide shows a significant difference despite using the same amount of resources. The depiction of rugged surfaces has been vastly improved. The SSAO (screen space ambient occlusion) used with DirectX 11 has been upgraded, allowing for shadows and details that add more depth and realism to the objects depicted in-game. YouвЂ™ll be able to see light refract and waver when hitting water. This is probably the easiest difference to see. It was impossible with DirectX 9, but with DirectX 11 youвЂ™ll be able to see reflected lights and even character reflections in finely polished floors. This can be seen in a variety of places throughout the game. By using tessellation, itвЂ™s possible to create a more realistic three-dimensional portrayal of shimmering water than with DirectX 9, in which water effects were drawn on a single plane. The left side is the current game running DirectX 9, and the right side is the DirectX 11 version. He then went on to show off the following slides to demonstrate the subtle changes. Rather, the differences pertain to some of the finer aspects of the gameвЂ™s graphical quality,вЂќ director Naoki Yoshida said.

вЂњPlease keep in mind that by going from DirectX 9 to DirectX 11, you wonвЂ™t necessarily see any obvious dramatic changes. During a recent вЂњLetter From the ProducerвЂќ Q&A, Square provided a few visual examples of what sort of graphical improvements the DirectX 11 client will bring.

Square Enix plan on releasing a DirectX 11 client for Final Fantasy XIV on PC at the same time as the gameвЂ™s upcoming Heavensward expansion.

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