Drew

aah yes but that would be an Nvidia card....The 8600 will certainly be
cheaper than the 8800 but I am really interested in Ati's crossfire
cards....Thanks for your help
"sibrecat" <sibrecat@sky.com> wrote in message
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>i would hang fire for the moment the 8600 series is coming out any time
>soon and that should have the desired price knock on effecton 8800 cards, I
>have only read about one DX10 patch coming out for current games, think it
>pay to wait a while
> "Drew" <sheba3169@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:878D9947-01F9-46BE-8B66-C449E13BA6D6@microsoft.com...
>> Does anyone know whether we will see that much difference in dx 10 versus
>> dx 9 games and do you think it is worth waiting on a wider variety of dx
>> 10 cards to come out...
>> I am currently running a 7900gs Nvidia card but this board supports Ati's
>> crossfire and I am going to be switching...I was curious whether to do it
>> now or wait a yr and see what comes down the pipeline's so to
>> speak...Most of what I play are racing sim's such as Rfactor,,Live for
>> speed (not the need for speed series) netkar Pro or GTR2...These are
>> higher end but I do not think they are necessarily DX10 ready....Any
>> observations would help
>>
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