The box says it supports DirectX 9 so for legal reasons I don't think they want to abandon dx9 support

Sukhoi.ru has a similar poll..if better worded, and there the Dx9 users are at <5%
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...hp%3Ft%3D76205

I think there's little point arguing there are more Dx9 users than these 2 polls show. It might be pointless trying to get Dx9 dropped for CLOd, but with luck all the noise about it convinces the devs to at least drop it for whatever comes next.

Only 15% of Steam users still use XP, and you can bet your kidney that among flightsimmers that number is way way lower even.
"We" are known to have above average computers and by the time BOM/ IL2 MMO comes out that number will have dropped even more.
Who thinks the graphics guy spending weeks purely on Dx9 instead of hitflashes ,clouds,reflections,Anti aliasing,etc etc etc... is worth it for the future releases?

LeChuck,

The box says a lot of things that aren't quite true as regards minimum specs, just ask some of the purchasers that are trying to play this game with minimum specs. After nearly 18 months the sim is still not playable with the specs detailed as minimum on the box.

the 15% was from Black6's official word about the DX9's %, not from a poll on a forum

Possibly - it doesn't alter the fact that 1C have said they are going to support DX9, nor does it alter the fact that we don't know what contractual obligations they may have. Without such information, we are in no position to say anything useful on the issue.

1. The decision to have Steam in CLOD was made by 1C Corporate.

2. 1C Corporate is not going to abandon what they see as 15% of the market.

3. DX9's inclusion is non-negotiable.


This thread is done.

Why is evryone so hell bent on keeping DX9 support?

I doubt any DX9 level cards would even run the interface at an acceptable frame rate.

Hell my 7970 runs slower when forced to use DX9 code, and I have yet to see anyone running CoD on an nVidia FX or ATI XT series card. Are those cards even supported in the specs of CoD?

DX9 support = use of an outdated API level, shrinking user base in terms of hardware, unessesary overhead in maintaining code.

Time to move on people.

I don't know that anyone is. It isn't our decision though, and we don't know the reasons for the decision. How is this so difficult to comprehend?

most of those are people watching the threath for replys. i could say more than 70%

You can say what you like. It doesn't alter the fact that this poll is meaningless...