Windows 7...what will it mean for gamers?

[Senlis]

Soleron said:

Senlis said:
I believe DX11 will be usable by XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that. I probably won't upgrade from XP.

Um, no. Just Vista and 7. XP never got a DX10 driver model, so while it is possible in theory, it would be a major architecture effort we would have heard about by now.

Games using DX11 won't be common until next Christmas time. However I do think it's worth it to buy one if you have the opportunit, given they are reasonably good valueand that the whole lineup ($35 - >$500) will be out by Q1 next year on the AMD side. That said, Nvidia won't have anything DX11 for a while. My guess is April-May time for the high-end, and no mainstream parts until late 2010 [Took them 16 months to get GT200 derivatives out].

I looked it up and it looks like your right.  Dissapointing.