On 10/04/2008, Bogdan Bivolaru bogdan.bivolaru@gmail.com wrote:
I have learnt about some ray-tracing features in the new DirectX library (version 11) http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=526
Wine, by the way, is doing an increasingly good job of implementing DirectX 9 (driven by demand from gamers to be able to run Windows games on Unix). They haven't started on DirectX 10 as yet, mostly as there are very few games that require it - gamers hate Vista.
Keep in mind that DirectX 11 is presently marketing vapourware - NVidia may be reluctant to go haring off in the pursuit of marketing vapourware, as nobbling competitors with such distractions is a long-documented practice of DirectX's creator organisation.
- d.