Valve's Gabe Newell Joins John Carmack
'The Orange Box' Date Confirmed; DX10 Vista Exclusive "A mistake"
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As part of an interview with Game Informer, Valve's talking head Gabe Newell confirmed that their upcoming Half-Life 2 pack The Orange Box is on target for its October 10 retail date.
Newell also joined John Carmack in stating that DirectX 10 as a Windows Vista exclusive was "a mistake" and that Valve will be taking "advantage of DX10 hardware functionality through DX9...If you’re going to try to take advantage of that hardware, your customers are telling you, make sure it works on DX9 API. For example, the tesselator in ATI’s hardware is super valuable and we can get to it through DX9, so that’s probably a better investment than going after a DX10 API."
Newell also joined John Carmack in stating that DirectX 10 as a Windows Vista exclusive was "a mistake" and that Valve will be taking "advantage of DX10 hardware functionality through DX9...If you’re going to try to take advantage of that hardware, your customers are telling you, make sure it works on DX9 API. For example, the tesselator in ATI’s hardware is super valuable and we can get to it through DX9, so that’s probably a better investment than going after a DX10 API."