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DX10 timeframe?

lucifersam

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Does anyone have any ideas on the timeframe in which DX10 will be released? I wish to buy a computer and will probably get one when the Core2 is released but if the DX10 GPUs are going to be out with Vista in January then i will wait. Anyone got any ideas when DX10 cards will be out and actually worth buying?
 
Vista and DirectX 10 will probably be around in early 2007, but as many here will tell you, relatively no games will be around to take advantage of it until 6-12 months later. That means if you build a PC on Vista/DX10 launch, it'll be obsolete by the time you can use it properly as the second or even third refresh of next-generation hardware will be available by then.
 
well i usually buy new gfx cards every 18 months so a good idea would be to just build a conroe machine and then get a dx10 card 18 months later when they have games for them?
 
18 months is a long time in this world. you may find yourself upgrading a bit sooner than that, but i reckon atleast 12 months would be served by one of the highish current gfx cards (x1800xt/7900gt+)
 
would be nice to upgrade every 12 months but i like to get good stuff like the 7900GT i have now. i cant really afford to upgrade that often i managed to make my last x800XT last just over 18 months before buying this card to tide me over to my next full system upgrade which will be sometime next year.

So do you reckon my 7900GT will last until dx10 cards are out? Or should i get a next series model with a new machine (still dx9). Thing is I have managed to secure about £1500 :D for a full system upgrade sometime next year and want to use it at a time where im going to get a balance of system longevity without waiting all the time for the next best thing. :confused:
is that clear or just babble!?! :rolleyes:
 
Sir Random said:
In your position, I would build a conroe/nForce590 rig around your 7900GT.
The 7900GT will get a nice performance boost from the nForce 590 chipset's LINKBOOST technology.

Gibbo has been playtesting the nForce 590 mobo with awesome results:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17578009

Combined with a conroe cpu, that should easily keep you going until DX10/Vista.
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Isnt 590 an AM2 chipset?
 
speeduk said:
Hmm nice. If only they could do something about the lack of HDR and AA support.
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This is true, this is one of the main issues i have with this card, since i only play at relatively low res 1280.1024 it would sometimes be nice to use AA with HDR. I would have got ATI except when i bought this card it was the best performance price that i could find

Sir Random: I assume by your recommendation of nforce 590 that i should build an SLI system? Would the performance boost of having a good conroe CPU give my gfx card the boost to get it to last until dx10?
 
lucifersam said:
This is true, this is one of the main issues i have with this card, since i only play at relatively low res 1280.1024 it would sometimes be nice to use AA with HDR. I would have got ATI except when i bought this card it was the best performance price that i could find

Sir Random: I assume by your recommendation of nforce 590 that i should build an SLI system? Would the performance boost of having a good conroe CPU give my gfx card the boost to get it to last until dx10?
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I dont believe anyone can really tell you , as in 6 months time there could be one or two games that absolutely kill 7900GTX SLI / X1900 Xfire ( dual card setups) like Fear did quite recently.

I am not saying it WILL happen, but its a possibility.

However building on a conroe ( remember all tests so far could be cherry picked cpu's and giving much better performance than what we might see) and SLI rig ( or Xfire when interference gets sorted on Master cards) is probably the most likely way of surviving for the 12 - 18 months until DX10 games start appearing in quantity
 
lucifersam said:
Sir Random: I assume by your recommendation of nforce 590 that i should build an SLI system? Would the performance boost of having a good conroe CPU give my gfx card the boost to get it to last until dx10?
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I wasn't recommending SLi, as I think your single 7900GT + LinkBoost + Conroe should be enough for smooth gaming at 1280x1024. Then again, everyone's opinion of 'playable' framerates is different, so it may not be enough for some people.
SLi is always there as an option, if you do need some extra power before DX10.
 
Anyone who builds a DX10 PC at Xmas is a moron tbh. As said above, by the time compatible games come out you'll have wasted about £500.
 
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