Direct x question

[matty_doodle]

Hi Guys,

I have a Windows XP setup on my machine, which has a Q6600 CPU, GTX460 (768mb) graphics card and 4 gig of RAM.

I mainly play F1 2011.

Obviously being windows XP means I am stuck at Direct X 9.0c.

Is it worth upgrading to Windows 7 so I can go to DX 11, would I se a noticeable difference or would the bigger operating system mean things would actually be slower.

PS I (think) am aware that windows 7 would be able to access the full 4GB of memory??

Any advice would be greatly received

Cheers

Matt

 

[matty_doodle]

I run F1 2011 on my system which is Windows7 64bit and its flawless runs like a dream.

If you upgrade you might see a slight difference as well since you have 4gig of memory
and your graphics card also has 1 gig of memory which means that Windows XP is not
using 1 gig of the memory that you actually have, I would recommend the upgrade.

Cheers Guys,

And many thanks for your comments, I have viewed a few comparison videos between DX9 and DX11 and I gotta be honest and say I can't really see any difference (is it just me being thick) or is there little or know difference.

Also my graphics card isn't the 1Gig version its only the 768mb version.

Many thanks

Matt