DirectX10

[FrankJH]

well to be fair they are STILL issueing XP security patches 4 YEARS after initial release

Surely a new OS has to be better lol

 

[Gashman]

there was a rumour floating around that G80 is just 7900 core modified to work with DX10, surely that can't be right or R600 would nuke it

 

[locutus12]

there was a rumour floating around that G80 is just 7900 core modified to work with DX10, surely that can't be right or R600 would nuke it

well in a way they are all just modified versions of the previous core as they never totally scrap the design, just build upon it

 

[Gashman]

suppose thats proberbly the best way, but ATI using similar core to X-box 360

 

[TVR_Fan]

Does anyone have any early word on how much these new DX10 cards will cost?

 

[locutus12]

Does anyone have any early word on how much these new DX10 cards will cost?

similar ammounts to the current high enders i would imagine, probably £380 to £460 initially.

 

[Jimbo]

They can keep em I really dont care. My X1900XT will do me.

 

[warnea1984]

I think that with vista, directx 10 and a load of new cpu's on the market, i am going to wait for my next upgrade.

My planned future build is below

Quad Core Conroe
Decent DDR2 RAM
Top range Directx 10 card
Perpendicular 1Tb hard Drive

I should only have to wait till the Q1 of 2007, buy then quad core should be out and any issues resolved as a few chipset revisions will undoubtly take place after its release. Directx 10 should be on its second generation by this time. and the large HDD's should be out, and with HD content out that space maybe needed in the future.

 

[Fa-]

will these x10 card be able to run on an SLI board? the same as the 7950's ?

 

[ACESHIGH]

There is also the fact the Vista will be a buggy piece of crap when it's released, so I wont be touching it until at least the first service pack. No DX10 for me for a while. But I don't care, in the grand scheme of things I have only had my X1900 5 minutes

SiriusB

Also no one has mentioned it, but isnt Vista supposed to have some serious DRM restrictions, so if you want to have thier full use you will practically need a new computer (new monitor, graphics card, mobo, HDD), as they will all need to support MS DRM.