# Microsoft Meltdown

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-meltdown/158119
**Category:** random
**Created:** [August 7, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-meltdown/158119 "2005-08-07T08:41:21Z")
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### Author: ![Mik3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-meltdown/158119/1 "2005-08-07T08:41:21Z")

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Here is a very, very good article on PC gaming discussed at Microsoft Meltdown. It talks about how the next-generation consoles will NOT kill PC gaming in Windows Longhorn with the release of DirectX 10, an absolutely massive improvement upon DirectX 9. (Next-generation consoles will be running either DirectX 9 or modified versions of DirectX 9.) DirectX 10 is rebuild from the bottom.

> **[Microsoft Meltdown 2005: Vista and More - ExtremeTech](https://www.extremetech.com/computing/75598-microsoft-meltdown-2005-vista-and-more)**
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> Show Report: Each summer, Microsoft holds a small confernce to discuss what the company is doing with Windows and DirectX to support game developers. We were on hand to gather some juicy new tidbits about Windows Vista and DirectX 10.