[Fireskull]

Right, that's some clear words. But why hasn't this info been released officially, or did I miss something important?! hock:

A large portion of my scepticism stems from the fact, that so far no official sys req's have been released, AFAIK. :?:

The information about the DirectX API features are found with the graphics card manufacturers and Microsoft. My opinion is that 1C likely desires that IL-2 users enjoy what they have without having to be distracted with too much concern about hardware at this time. They still make money on sales of the sim and that is good for the bottom line. I feel that it is all about the business strategy of timing.

There is also the closer relationship that 1C has now with NVIDIA and Microsoft in comparison with IL-2. The DirectX 11 API was stated by both NVIDIA and Microsoft as being much more closely tied to game developer contracts than in the past.

Translation: Game developers using DirectX 11 have minimum requirements in order to be allowed to use this new API. The reason is that the software and hardware developers invested much time, money, and boasting about this DirectX 11 and insist on developer agreements which use most of the new features to meet the higher expectations.


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