But to be honest, are we really missing out not being able to play DX10 games with decent frame rates, Crysis in XP can look just as good with a simple hack and the COH DX10 changes bring nothing to the game.
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But to be honest, are we really missing out not being able to play DX10 games with decent frame rates, Crysis in XP can look just as good with a simple hack and the COH DX10 changes bring nothing to the game.
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Which is why I would never buy a 1st gen card advertising itself as DX10 in the expectation that I could play all DX10 games normally.
Also the price is normally a kicker.
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Yeah as they wanted them for Dx10, which the first gen Dx10 cards are no good for, they should only be bought for Dx9, buy Dx10 cards when we have cards that can run it, and we have a decent amount of Dx10 games, we aint got either yet, and were about a year on from when Dx10 was released.
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No one buys the DX10 cards for DX10, they buy them for the fastest DX9 performance and the prices are just the same as if it was DX9 only GPU. If people expect good DX10 performance then oh well they in for a shock, but 1st gen cards are certainly worth purchasing.
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So basically, we agree
Well no
. You wont buy DX10 cards as they play DX10 crap, I think they are worth buying because they are brilliant for DX9, DX10 is just a big marketing scheme I mean look at the comparison on MS site, Halo screenshot Vs Crysis 
, DX10 does not add to the cost of the cards as they would have been the same price if they were only DX9.
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We agree because we both think that buying a DX10 card for a DX10 featureset is not worth the money. That was my initial point. I understand what you are saying about DX10 being more hype than anything else, but anyone who buys a DX11 card for DX11 performance at the first generation, should be wary. I did not mention DX9 anywhere in my first post on this thread. My argument revolved around DX10.
I thought you were saying something like this, 'I will not buy a DX10 card because DX10 performance is rubbish'.
I doubt people will buy DX11 cards for their DX11 gaming ability rather that they MAY play DX10 games well.
The 8800GTX has been around and the top dog for an eternity (over 12 months) in GFX terms. Even Optical Drives get updated more often than that.
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Same, as when the 8's came out, Dx10 wasn't even released, so it was even more pointless buying them for it.
Yeah, cause theres never been regular new versions of OS and DX before... Must be bacuse of an evil plan then
There was never a release before that added so little. Only 15mins before you came to their defence this time. Keep up the good work and they may give you a job.
1st gen DX11 cards will likely give blistering DX9/10 performance though.
It's also debatable as to whether people who bought DX10 cards in 2006 really made that big of a mistake, given the fact that they are still up there with the best of them in 2008.
DirectX 9 has far succeeded my expectations, obviously Crysis doesn't need directx 10 to get the extra visuals, it can all be done in directx9, plus Bioshock and UT3 look great in directx 9. No difference at all. Don't quite see where DirectX 10 is going let alone DirectX 11!
Agreed, i might feel different if dx10 games have been out a while meaning more than a patch here and there and one or two games