Vista - Direct X10 and Gforce 8800

Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?

"Jr" <jarsil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
> have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?

Yes. Most games won't be patched.

Flight Simulator X is the notable exception.

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Yes, they will need a patch, if they make one at all. FSX is working on
SP1 then they will work on the DX10 patch.

Dustin Harper
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Jr wrote:
> Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
> have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?
>
>

A few games will get patches like Company of Heroes and Flight Simulator.
Most won't though.

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Byron Hinson
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"Jr" <jarsil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
> have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?
>

There are some games already in the works which should be released soon that
will have some Direct X 10 features. Crysis is one of them according to the
last video game sample I watched.

regards
Robert
"Jr" <jarsil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
> have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?
>

Company of Heroes wont see a DirectX 10 patch until mid-2007. Crysis and the
other DirectX10 games wont be out until around Summer 2007. DirectX 10 is
essentially useless until mid-2007.

"Jr" wrote:

> Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
> have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?
>
>