As part of an unfortunate push to get gamers to invest early in Windows Vista, Microsoft made DirectX 10 (and all its advanced graphical benefits) exclusive to Windows Vista. This kind of sucks, seeing as how Windows Vista has occasional problems when running older games - Unreal Tournament 2004 is one oft-cited example. is there anything stopping Microsoft from bringing DirectX 10 to Windows XP? Nope its not a technical issue, but a marketing one. But XP loyalists should keep a little faith. I believe that in the next 12 months, Microsoft may well port DX10 to Windows XP. This is pure conjecture, but it would please existing XP loyalists (many of whom are waiting a year or two for Vista to stabilize before taking plunge).

hmm that's cool.