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    DirectX 10 Cards?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Greg, Jul 2, 2006.

  1. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Does anyone have any information on upcoming DX10 cards, features, release dates, etc?

    I'm hoping to get a notebook to replace my xps m140, but want to make sure I upgrade to a DX10 card. The only reason I would not is if Vista is a complete flop or gets delayed past early summer 2007, in which case I would get a DX9 card if no DX10 compatible cards aren't around...which means I would probably forget Vista anyway.

    Come on Microsoft...if you don't release it soon enough I'll just have to pass it up and wait for another Windows release...
     
    Greg, Jul 2, 2006
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    You won't start seeing DX10 cards until Vista is released, which is scheduled for January or February of next year. And even the nVidia and ATI cards that are planned for then are really just DX9 cards hardware-wise; they run DX10 through software 'cheating' from what I've heard. I'd say it would be another year or more until you'll start seeing good DX10 cards.
     
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    I just read an article about the next Intel integrated solution. Reportedly it will be DX10 compatible and would be by far the best integrated card around. Of course it won't compete w/ NVidia or ATI DX10 cards, but it could force them to lower prices.

    Interesting eh?
     
    ttupa, Jul 2, 2006
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    Thanks Chaz! I didn't even know about the next-gen ATI solution being mostly a DX9 part, and I suspected that the first gen DX10 parts would be just 'okay.'

    My only worry was if there was a DX10 only game! But that thread put it very well: many gamers will still have DX9 cards so they will still write code for DX9 games! Probabaly will drop my DX10 requirement after reading all of this.
     
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    ^^^ Good idea.

    When DX10 is made available to desktops it'll probably still be a while before notebooks utilize it.
     
    huskyfan23, Jul 2, 2006
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    Yea, but i hope that one day in the near future, desktop r vanquish from earth. And everyone uses laptops. Self customizable laptops.
     
    lunateck, Jul 3, 2006
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