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SiS chips run nice and cool
Intel could learn some lessons here
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 16:09
WE EARLIER WROTE how Intel's latest desktop and mobile chipsets seemed to be consuming more and more power with
every release, with the P965 taking 19W for the north bridge alone, and the mobile 965GM sucking up 14W.
Well fortunately for laptop designers, SIS appears to be jumping to the rescue, with its chipset based on the DirectX 9 and SM2.0 capable Mirage 3 core.
Word has reached us that the new 771 north bridge will be consuming at worst case just 3W, and have a new graphics power saving technology to suck up 40 per cent less juice in idle mode too.
This could be a nice little boost for the Turion X2 family, particularly with the Santa Rosa/Meroms consuming more than their Napa/Yonah predecessors. µ
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Apparently, the "L" version is what DirectX 9.0c for Vista was called while it was still in development, before it was re-branded as 9.0ex. (And no, DX9 under Vista is NOT the same as it is under XP, as it has to accommodate the new driver model.) 

It's actually rather funny... ;) MS originally created DirectX to try and woo game developers to their platforms, but the latest tactic with DX10 exclusivity is more likely to drive them away. Games come out on multiple platforms these days, so really, why would you choose to develop for DirectX anymore? It only supports PC and X-Box. Build your engine around OpenGL 2.0/3.0, and you've suddenly got something that can be ported across Windows, Mac, Linux, and PS3 — using the full feature-set on all platforms/OSs no less, with no arbitrary crippling of any one platform as a marketing ploy.

Think a return to OpenGL is far-fetched? Big names in the industry are already doing this... Just check out the specs for the Epic's Unreal 3 engine... ;)
http://letskilldave.com/archive/2006/10/17/DirectX-10-for-Windows-XP_3F00_--Repeat-after-me_3A00_-No.-No.-No_2E00_.aspx



sorry people, no DX10 for winxp.

This author should be shot.