Articolo "The Future of Windows' Graphics Technology"

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Non so se ne avete già parlato, (ho fatto una ricerca ma non ho trovato niente in relazione a questo articolo):

Su http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1791702,00.asp c'è un articolo abbastanza lungo che riguarda l'argomento WGF 1.0 e WGF 2.0.
C'è un passaggio, nella prima pagina, che non fa che confermare i miei dubbi sulla longevità di R520 e G70:

"Underlying Longhorn is the Windows Graphics Foundation, or WGF. The first version, prosaically dubbed "WGF 1.0" will incorporate DirectX 9.0c as its primary interface. Longhorn will also have the next-generation 3D API also built in at release. You can think of it as "Direct3D 10," but it's currently called WGF 2.0.

One of the key pieces underlying WGF is the Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM). With it, Microsoft is aiming for that ideal situation of "graphics just works." For example, if you upgrade a graphics driver today, you typically have to reboot the system. One example of the "graphics just works" mantra is one of LDDM's goals of allowing installation of graphics drivers without needing to restart the system. LDDM will actually ship in two stages. The first, called "basic," supports current generation graphics hardware: shader model 2.0 and 3.0 capable hardware. The second generation of LDDM, "advanced," will support hardware features that ship on or after the Longhorn timeframe, but will work with the new features in WGF 2.0. Given the competitive nature of the graphics hardware business, it's highly probable we'll see advanced LDDM capable hardware before Longhorn actually ships. The current Windows XP driver model is still supported, but will be frozen going forward."

In pratica c'è la possibilità, come pensavo, che schede WGF 2.0 escano prima della effettiva disponibilità di Longhorn