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    DX 10 compatibility

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by todespest, Jun 28, 2007.

  1. todespest

    todespest Newbie

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    todespest, Jun 28, 2007
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    No you are right. Only the Nvidia Geforece 8x00 series and the Ati HD 2600 and above series supports directx10. The Intel X3100 might someday get a driver update to support directx10.

    The 7950 does not or any 7 series GPU does not.
     
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  3. David Horn

    David Horn Notebook Enthusiast

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    Without wanting to sound pessimistic, I'm doubtful that we'll even see driver updates for the X3100 that support hardware DX9. There are beta ones for XP, but the delay since their release suggests that there's a fundamental problem under Vista.
     
    David Horn, Jun 28, 2007
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    I think the fundamental problem is Vista ;)
     
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    DX10 games will work on a DX9 card, you just miss out on some of the new features. This has always been the cases. The 7950 will handle Crysis without any problems.
     
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    This is true. However it is only true because all upcoming games have a DX9 mode. If games dont have a DX9 mode anymore they would only work on DX10 cards. This will not happen for a few years unless microsoft decides to bring out some game as DX10 only to push Vista.
     
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