rajmist Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hi Quick question people Is Direct X 10 only compatible with Nvidias 8800 Graphics Card. Raj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yup. 10CHAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajmist Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 So are you saying i am forced to buy a £400 Graphics card and i cant use lets say an ATI 1650 with Vista Ultamate as an OS and if i had the 1650 i have to use DX9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 You HAVE to buy a direct X 10 card which is a 8800, or the brand new ATI ones which im not even sure if there out yet. And i think you need Vista to, but you cant use a older graphics card for DX10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajmist Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thanks, Thats madness !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I think that you can, the new features just don't work. Just like it was with dx7-9. But for dx10 vista is a requirement. A completely useless one though. There's absolutely no reason why microsoft couldn't make a version for xp. They just want to get the hardcore pc gamers interested in vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 As far as I know, to use the Aero theme you only need a DirectX 9 card but obviously you can only use one of the high end card for DX10. However, at the moment are no games out that actually use DX 10. I guess the DX 10 optimized games should be released within about half a year. I don't know if anyone can back that up but I heard that the new Nvidia cards don't support all DX 10 features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teppo Holmqvist Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 But for dx10 vista is a requirement. A completely useless one though. There's absolutely no reason why microsoft couldn't make a version for xp. Except that Vista features nearly completely re-written core, and has biggest changes in core since Windows 3.11. DX10 was programmed to take full advantage of new core, and theoretically it should give about 30 percent boost because certain bottlenecks were removed. In fact, DX10 is so different from DX9, that you actually need install DX9 seperately to Vista. DX10 doesn't have backwards compatibility with older versions at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ninja0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 DX10 doesn't have backwards compatibility with older versions at all. Ermm... really? You mean i can't use DX 9 aplications in windows vista? Because i've been playing Battlefield 2142 (a DX9 game) on a DX9 video card in Windows Vista (Ultimate 64-bit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Except that Vista features nearly completely re-written core, and has biggest changes in core since Windows 3.11. DX10 was programmed to take full advantage of new core, and theoretically it should give about 30 percent boost because certain bottlenecks were removed. In fact, DX10 is so different from DX9, that you actually need install DX9 seperately to Vista. DX10 doesn't have backwards compatibility with older versions at all. I'm not saying it's not different, but it would be possible to make a version for xp. That bit about dx10 not being backwards compatible was new though. "It's just a hardware interface spec" http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200701/N07.0109.1737.15034.htm?Page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I wouldn't recommend Vista just at this moment in any case, as it'll be a good six months before everyone patches up their programmes and updates their drivers to make them compatible. As for upcomming DX10 games, we currently have Crysis, Alan Wake, Flight Simulator X, Unreal Touny 3 and... um... err, yeah. Oh, and they're redesigning the Eve Online client for DX10. But if you're not already excited by that prospect, it's unlikely you ever will be. PS. I have a sweepstake for March 18th being the first sighting of Vistas new and improved BSOD. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Why March 18th? Basic jist is, MS wanted people over to Vista so they made DX10 exclusive to Vista... Very few games have even been annouced to be DX10 at the moment so theres little point in buying a super beefed up machine with no purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teppo Holmqvist Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Ermm... really? You mean i can't use DX 9 aplications in windows vista? Because i've been playing Battlefield 2142 (a DX9 game) on a DX9 video card in Windows Vista (Ultimate 64-bit). I just meant that there is two seperate installs. When you install DX10, it doesn't replace DX9. It seems like DX9 is already installed on Vista's retail version. But if (for some reason) your DX9 would break up, you would be forced to install it again. I heard this happened few times during betatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ninja0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I just meant that there is two seperate installs. When you install DX10, it doesn't replace DX9. It seems like DX9 is already installed on Vista's retail version. But if (for some reason) your DX9 would break up, you would be forced to install it again. I heard this happened few times during betatest. Oh, okay, i get it now. But the way you said it looked like Vista would not run DX9 aplications, when it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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