LOTR newbie question

[kmufc77]

Hi ive just installed LOTR (shadows of Angmar) and then updated patches etc.

can someone please explain to me about the other lotr expansions packs?

Im assuming what i have installed SOA is the first title like the first wow?

Mines Of Moria, Siege of Mirkwood are the expansions do i have to level up to use the features like the wow expansion with TBC and WOTLK?

In other words do i need to download the 2 other expansions or wait till i hit a certain levels etc

 

[kmufc77]

Thanks guys,hope this will leave up to its name,im currently playing wow which i love however i have played:

Aion/Star trek Online/Age Of Conan which have all failed in my eyes.

 

[kmufc77]

very strange this:

When i play the game in DX10 mode i get stuttering ive sat here for a good 1hr and whatever settings i use stuttering lag is present.
When Vsync/Tbuffering is turned on stuttering is pretty bad when its off,game is pretty smooth but stuttering is still present
Ive also used D3D Overrider to no avail


I then fired up DX9 mode (which by the way hardly looks any worse than DX10?)
I can enable Vsync Tbuffering and i can max out the settings and the stuttering is gone,very stange and dont understand this.
Only think i can think of is the DX10 shadows etc messes the game up but im sure there are thousands of players that use DX10 without any issues.

Overall i cant see any benefits running DX10 over DX9

Maybe because i have a new Video card (GTX 470) the drivers are the fault