Vole prepares DirectX 10.1

THE VOLE hasn't even finished the DirectX 10 that is supposed to come early next year with Vista, and we are already starting to hear that there will be a new addition to the specification.

We don't have any specific idea what the new things inside the new Direct X 10.1 specs may be and we are well aware that the Vole can simply change its name to Direct X 10.a or something of a similar sort. That happened recently with Direct X 9.c which was supposed to be released as Direct X 9.1, but that was more of an Nvidia versus ATI specification fight.

It's funny though, as Direct X 10 looks quite ready and you can already play about with the Direct X 10 SDK beta. As Vista got postponed a few times, the DirectX chaps figured out a few things that they can change and fix. The Windows Graphic Foundation 2.0, or what we now know as Direct X 10, has been finalised for more than a few months now and there are no changes to those specs. It is a done deal.

That is why there will be a new one, but we don't yet know what new stuff it will bring. µ