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Re: No Windows XP driver for Intel Larrabee GPU (Score: 1)
by Thomas De Maesschalck (lsdsmurf@dvhardware.net) on Saturday, November 08 2008 @ 01:57:27 CET
Larrabee won't arrive until sometime in 2010, by the time you'll find it on retail shelves millions will already be running Windows 7 and Windows XP will be more than eight years old.
It's sad for people who will still be using Windows XP but I can understand the logic behind it. Larrabee will be a high-end GPU and people who buy these chipss want the best game experience they can get. About 18 months from now Windows XP won't be able to deliver this because it doesn't support the latest technologies, such as DirectX 10/11 or better multi-core support.
Honestly, I see little reason why Intel should invest resources into a Windows XP driver. It's not like the latest cards from NVIDIA and ATI still support Windows 98. Both firms stopped supporting this operating system about three years ago.
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