DX9 games on DX10

[aliusmankhan]

I have a little issue
can i play DX9 games on DX10 (I have DX10 Compatible Graphic Card)
So now i am thinking to shift on Windows VISTA so i wanna know that whether i will be able to play my DX9 games on VISTA or not?

Thank You

[wolfsrain]

Mostly, yes. Some no. Or it might not worth the trouble making those work on Vista. Officially, Windows 7 is out next year. So Id' rather wait for that one. That version will bring also DirectX 11. So, it's a process to wait and see about backward compatibility(everybody appreciated that on XP and it might be back in the Windows7).

[XForsakenX]

what games are you trying to run i've only run into a few i cant play on vista like 1 out of over a hundred, throw out a couple names and i might be able too tell you if they will play on vista and DX10.

[aliusmankhan]

Thank you guys for the reply
Ok it means i will have a problem playing some of them

XForsakenX : there are the names like (hitman NFS Scarface etc)
wolfsrain : then will we need the DX11 Compatible card for windows 7?

[wolfsrain]

Not necessarily. I think it's going to be a transition period. Hell, most people are still on XP, using DirectX 9.0c. If you remember, it was also a long transition period from DirectX 6 to DirectX 8 and from DirectX 8 to DirectX 9.0c. I don't see why things would be any different now.

[XForsakenX]

Thank you guys for the reply
Ok it means i will have a problem playing some of them

XForsakenX : there are the names like (hitman NFS Scarface etc)
wolfsrain : then will we need the DX11 Compatible card for windows 7?


Hit man should play not sure about the other 2 dont have them for pc.
better off anyways to just stick with XP right now, easyer that way.

[aliusmankhan]

OK guys
thanks