Comment on I had to install directx 9 to run gta 4 on windows 11

• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Guess not, but as far as I ever knew, M$ has been known to try to maintain backwards compatibility for longer than most users would even consider necessary.

  XP supported DirectX 7/8/9

  I would have figured that would have continued on with future versions of Windows, but I guess Satya Nadella decided to scrap backwards compatibility.

  Oh well, all the more reason I switched to Linux as my main daily runner after Windows 8 came out. 🤷‍♂️

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  • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But it IS backwards compatible in the way you are describing. You can play a dx9 game on windows 11. So it is backwards compatible. What you cannot do (usually) is force a game built with dx9 features to use dx11/12 features.

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