Just keep in mind that some of this stuff is a moving target and runs in and
out of the rumor mill. I'll have to find the article again, but I read from
the developers that Halo 2 for the PC (and Vista only) is actually only
DX9.0c, but you look around and others list it has DX10. Company of Heroes
is suppose to be DX10 with a patch, others will say it's not.
ATI has moved their R600 series cards back a few times now, and May is
projected.
So keep your ear to the ground as nothing is written in stone.
According to Dustin, Flight Sim X's DX10 patch isn't due out until late
fall. if that's one of the Sims you're keeping an eye on
"Drew" <sheba3169@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dale I appreciate the in-depth response...I do not particularly
> play any so called war games but I am more into the simulators (racing or
> Flying) but as always appreciate a knowledgeable person who is up on this
> stuff...
> "Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:uKLkIvleHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I've only seen teh crysis demos of DX 10 and I haven't seen the same
>> thing renedered in DX9.0c. So it's hard to say at this time.
>>
>> I don't think you'll have to wait a year, ATI is *Suppose* to release
>> their new cards in May. And the first DX10 game aren't listed untul
>> Aug-Sept (though obviously dates might change). Supreme Commander is
>> suppose to release a DX10 patch, so is Flight Sim X. Not sure about CnC3.
>> Bioshock, Hellgate London, Unreal Tournament andCrysis are the big titles
>> I'm looking at to measure the DX10 games and thus cards.
>>
>> Here's some promo screenshots of DX10 titles
>> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77741
>>
>> I'm not for sure the first generation of DX10 games are going to offer a
>> huge leap over DX9.0c. They might, maybe they are really putting some
>> solid effort into making a super launch of DX10 titles. More then likely,
>> the first batch will give us some nice visuals, maybe a performance gain,
>> but it will be the games in 2008 and 2009 that will really bring DX10 to
>> life.
>>
>> Absolutely no reason to buy at this time, until ATI releases their cards,
>> and then I would wait for at least 1 DX10 game to come out and show it's
>> stuff. I'm buying a card for Crysis no matter what, as I don't think my
>> X1900XTX is going to cut it.
>>
>>
>> "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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