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DirectX 10.1 to be in Vista SP1, needs new gpu!!!

helmutcheese said:
Mandatory 4x AA on by default with no frames lost I think is spec (cant remember)
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I think it would be possible to do that with DX10.0 tho, its just they want to rake in more money obviously.
 
Yep 4xMSAA for free in Dx10.1.

The 8's were worth buying its a simple as that, better image quality than the 7 series, shimmering gone, ability to do AA+HDR at the same time like the x1k series and up, and also the fastest cards you could get for Dx9, everyone upgrades, the 8 series was a Dx9 upgrade. :)
 
willhub said:
I think it would be possible to do that with DX10.0 tho, its just they want to rake in more money obviously.
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Oh yer its possible on dx10 if all you have to do is tweak the video card drivers to use the Vdram.
I think thier just making it as an indusrty standard, so every game uses it.
 
I was watching dl.tv today and they had a guy on who helped to make DX10. He said that the difference between DX10 and 10.1 is the same difference between directx 9 and 9.c or whatever its called. He basically said that its insignificant even though you needed new cards to use 9c. I personally don't recall there being an uproar when 9c came out requiring new cards for it to be installed. Watch for Yourselves
 
RoachycaL said:
I was watching dl.tv today and they had a guy on who helped to make DX10. He said that the difference between DX10 and 10.1 is the same difference between directx 9 and 9.c or whatever its called. He basically said that its insignificant even though you needed new cards to use 9c. I personally don't recall there being an uproar when 9c came out requiring new cards for it to be installed. Watch for Yourselves
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Yeah but the thing is with 10.1 you get major performance benefits if the paper info is anything to go by.

Mandatory 4xFSAA uncapped for one which is a big thing in itself for many gamers and hints at the power of a dx10.1 enabled gfx card.
 
mrk said:
Yeah but the thing is with 10.1 you get major performance benefits if the paper info is anything to go by.

Mandatory 4xFSAA uncapped for one which is a big thing in itself for many gamers and hints at the power of a dx10.1 enabled gfx card.
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Watch the vid :p. The dude that helps design DX says what the difference is, even he himself says its not much
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Yep 4xMSAA for free in Dx10.1.
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Considering the cards needed to run dx10.1 Id imagine it wouldn't make much difference if it wasn't for "free" so to speek and you did loss some fps. Which you probably still do anyway lol.
 
8igdave said:
Considering the cards needed to run dx10.1 Id imagine it wouldn't make much difference if it wasn't for "free" so to speek and you did loss some fps. Which you probably still do anyway lol.
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It will be free. With the use on edram on the chip core they can have free 4aa, Nvidia and Ati could have made this on thier next graphics card and still make it run on dx10. All Microsft are doing are standardizing the use of it so its good for us.
Also after a few good dx10 games dx10.1 will be taken on much faster as its really just tweaks and not a huge change like dx9c to dx10 was.
 
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ElDiablo2007 said:
Riiiight, so your point is? This thread has nothing to do with the 360.
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It is dx10.1 is standardizing the use of edram. To give free 4xaa, which is currently in use with the xbox 360. As others thought it wasnt possible.
 
jaykay said:
Half of the people who brough the 8800series got it for its amazing dx9 speed. Plus futureproofing is very hard in todays technology. Also by the time dx10.1 comes out people would have probally moved on from the 8800 series.
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Exactly, Most of the people who bought the 8xxx series card bought it for blistering dx9 speed, even though its a very fast card its still the first DX10 capable card to hit the market.
 
If we all wait we get left behind. I never wait, i just buy the foker and generally ignore folk who use the word 'wait'. If i need a DX10.1 card i'll buy one as soon as ones needed. But for now i've already had my £3XX of fun out of my 8800 GTX a million times over! £300 is only 6 nights out for a lot of people. I don't drink so i feel if i upgraded to say the newest, most powerful graphics card every 3 months its easily justified.

I've tried to convince my other half of this way of thinking and she just looks at me funny? :p
 
XysteR said:
If we all wait we get left behind. I never wait, i just buy the foker and generally ignore folk who use the word 'wait'. If i need a DX10.1 card i'll buy one as soon as ones needed. But for now i've already had my £3XX of fun out of my 8800 GTX a million times over! £300 is only 6 nights out for a lot of people. I don't drink so i feel if i upgraded to say the newest, most powerful graphics card every 3 months its easily justified.

I've tried to convince my other half of this way of thinking and she just looks at me funny? :p
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I would look at you funny to. I enjoy playing games. Buildings pcs and all. But id never let it take over my life and id never allow it to cost so much. If i upgrade a pc its gota last at least a year and ahalf if its somthing expensive. So far every pc ive had ive used for 3 years before getting a totaly new one. The pc i currently have is 3 yearas old with its g6800GT.

Why do you need a new card every 3 months? The old ones are powerful enough to run the games. Think how much money youve spent which could have gone else where. Like holidays :) Spend it on your other half :P
 
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Bad news for all you people thinking of buying the DX10.1 gfx cards!!!









DX11 is just around the corner, oh no... :p
 
8igdave said:
I would look at you funny to. I enjoy playing games. Buildings pcs and all. But id never let it take over my life and id never allow it to cost so much. If i upgrade a pc its gota last at least a year and ahalf if its somthing expensive. So far every pc ive had ive used for 3 years before getting a totaly new one. The pc i currently have is 3 yearas old with its g6800GT.

Why do you need a new card every 3 months? The old ones are powerful enough to run the games. Think how much money youve spent which could have gone else where. Like holidays :) Spend it on your other half :P
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Spend it on her? No way! She probably spends £300 a month easy on clothes and that coloured stuff they rub on their cheeks & that! :p
 
ElDiablo2007 said:
Riiiight, so your point is? This thread has nothing to do with the 360.
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Well if you bothered to read my post you would know I'm talking about the 4xaa that 10.1 cards must offer. I was showing an example of how it has already been done in the xbox 360 with relative ease. :rolleyes:
 
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