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Windows 7 WARP system to allow for DirectX 10 CPU acceleration | |
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| Time: 00:34 EST/05:34 GMT | News Source: Engadget | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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We've already heard that Microsoft plans to make use of GPU acceleration in Windows 7, but it looks like the company is also going to be doing its part for the GPU-less out there, with the OS's new so-called WARP system promising to allow for DirectX 10 acceleration using nothing more than a plain old CPU. Among other things, that's apparently being done to avoid a recurrence of the Vista-capable debacle that happened last time around, when some systems that were said to be capable of running the OS were, in fact, anything but. According to Microsoft, WARP (or Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform) will work with as little as an 800MHz CPU, although it says it'll work better on multi-core processors with SSE 4.1. To really put it to the test, Microsoft apparently even went so far as to run a few Crysis benchmarks with the system, and managed to clock in a blistering 7.36 fps frame rate at 800 x 600 on a Core i7-equipped PC, which is actually slightly better than what Intel's current integrated graphics were able to eke out. | ||
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| #1 By 8556 (12.206.195.4) at 12/1/2008 9:22:57 AM |
| The bits should be available as a download for Vista, if MS really wants people to move to Vista and not wait for Windows 7. |
| #2 By 143 (96.28.66.94) at 12/1/2008 12:35:38 PM |
| @ bob, that's what I was thinking when will Microsoft start making Vista the 'red headed step child' |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 12/1/2008 3:17:21 PM |
| #2: Vista completely fell out of favour with the new series of Windows commercials that didn't mention the V word. I doubt you'll hear much from MS about Vista any more. |
| #4 By 82766 (211.26.160.18) at 12/1/2008 10:02:14 PM |
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I doubt the "bits" will be available for Vista due to the underlying kernel changes that Win7 has.
Latch - when will you get it into your head that Microsoft and the advertising agency NEVER said the campaign would be about Vista. The MEDIA OUTLETS said it would be - and they were clearly proven wrong. This post was edited by MyBlueRex on Monday, December 01, 2008 at 22:02. |
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