Microsoft announces DirectX 11.2....and makes it exclusive to Windows 8 and Xbox One.

I'm okay with this.

Making Direct X 11.2 only for windows 8 sounds like a Windows Vista problem all over again when they made Direct X 10 only for Windows Vista both the OS and Direct X 10 flopped.

Yay! Now more developers will make games with a sys requirement for exclusive DX's ... :c

[I just got shafted by M$ for sticking to a stable and trustable OS that is Win7.]
It's called progress, you know...

Fuck Microsoft.

We have a Windows 7 and a Windows 8 PC in the home; both are fine but I just prefer the UI of Win7. Either way, this news doesn't make me care enough to upgrade the Win7 PC.

And how is this supposed to boost the Xbone and W8 sales, M$?

i´ll wait for windows 9, acordinf to tradition that should be a good one.

Good news for me.

same story of DX10 Vista only...they use the damn DX to sell their damn crap OS.....no way, my windows 7 64 bit will stay on my pc for many years..

D-D-D-D-D-DICKMOVE

Anyone who didnt expect this i either unfamiliar with previous releases or had a lobotomy. Or are jut lying to themselves. Windows 8 is a good operating system, windows 7 is a good operating system. However, their focus is on building on Win8, not Win7. You don't expect a company to work on a product that's 4 years ago when they have a newer product that's one year old.

Move with the times.

You could always go to Linux or OSX, but I guess your experiences would be less than ideal.

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Not a big deal to me. By the time I can afford an upgrade on a computer more than likely Windows 9 or whatever the version after 8 is going to get called will be released. My current computer won't support anything above DX9 anyhow because the integrated graphics sucks and it cannot be upgraded.

HD-DVD on the Box
DX11.2 on the Bone

Someone's gonna find a way to hack it onto Windows 7(I hope)

Step 1: Introduce Windows 8 - MetroUI and "Microsoft Store" and "Apps" to traditional desktops.

Step 2: Slowly have everything done on your Windows PC filtered through your Microsoft Account.

Step 3: Do everything you can to force users to upgrade.

Step 4: Charge subscription fee.

Enjoy.

They made it win8 exclusive to try and "prove" that Win8 is a gaming OS (ha). They added it to XBone bc its OS is supposedly based off it win8 and to try and further this point.

Frankly I'll just stick to Win7. I prefer my PC OS being designed for PCs, not tablets, and I prefer my start menu to be an addition to my desktop, not the other way around.

Plus screw that square design and lack of true transparency.

still not gona buy it (win 8 or xbone)

Nothin' my Intel HD 3000 can't handle.

Is there even any games that support 11.1 yet? Why the hell do they need 11.2 when no-one uses the previous build?

DX 10 and 11 is exclusive to Windows 7 and not one of you disagreed with that. Why are you disagree with the same decision about this? I don't understand...

if they can make all existing Dx11 GPU able to use system RAM as VRAM, then I going to be very excited on this news. GTX570 only have 1.25GB barely enough, while my system RAM is 16GB(10GB sitting idle doing nothing)