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Will current cards be able to run directx 10?

benskia

benskia

benskia

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Hi.
I've been using an x1800xt for about 3 months now.
Almost considering an x1900xt ready for the release of winter games that I'm praying will start to become available soon.

However, I wonder if it is worth bothering upgrading seeing as I've heard dx10 isn't a million miles away. Will current cards support dx10? Is it just a case of new drivers, or is it hardware dependant?

Thanks.
 
Nope no current cards can support DX10, its hardware dependant, you can still get the x1900 as it will last donks, DX10 is not worth having for about a year yet, by which time much faster, better DX10 cards will be out, DX10 games will also work in DX9 on XP, so theres no need for your £230+ Vista (which is a DX10 requirement), or your £350+ DX10 card for Crysis as it works in XP, DX9 and will not look that much diff to what it does in DX10. :)
 
Thanks for the advice guys.
I'll stick with the x1800xt for now then. I can only run at 1280x1024 anyways due to my monitors limitations, so I guess that I'll be okay for the duration.

Darn...I'm struggling to find stuff to spend my money on these days.
 
benskia said:
Thanks for the advice guys.
I'll stick with the x1800xt for now then. I can only run at 1280x1024 anyways due to my monitors limitations, so I guess that I'll be okay for the duration.

Darn...I'm struggling to find stuff to spend my money on these days.
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Yeah x1800 at that res easily, had mine since launch last November and its still throwing everything around in that res maxed out today. :)
 
I have a technet from microsoft subscription for developers and the big thing will be the next pixel shader and unfied pixel architecture, ATI doing that but nvidia will have a workaround, so I don't know how the nvidia cards will respond to DX10.
Also a DX9 does not to meet all the requeriments for dx 9 just with some like shaders and stuff like that, but DX 10 cards will have to meet with all the feautures, not only in graphics also in video quality, that is a trouble, because most cards have not evolved in video rendering. I work in video editing and is a big frustration a new card because there is any advantage.
I work with nvidia, I hope they cards don't get too outdated after Vista.
 
Personally, I'm holding off upgrading until Vista and DX10 cards are out.

That's with the system below too :p

I also want one of these beauties :D
 
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nowt wrong with your system ,ive decided to wait for Vista and Dx10 for a new gpu and hopefully by then Quake wars enemy territory is released , its been pushed back so many times, im hoping its because MS were looking for a killer game to release the dx10 on.
 
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