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    Worth buying DX10 version of Company of Heroes?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Steven87, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. Steven87

    Steven87 Notebook Consultant

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    I am wondering if it is worth getting the DX10 version of Company of Heroes for my laptop (in signature), because from these benchmarks, it sounds like with the ATI HD2600 you get better framerates and relative picture quality in DX9 mode.
    Thanks.
     
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  2. Thaed

    Thaed Notebook Geek

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    You just can buy Company Of Heroes afaik, the DX10 features will just come in a patch anyway. They don't need to be enabled unless you want them to be.

    Which is good, because it's beautiful in DX9 anyway :)
     
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  3. Steven87

    Steven87 Notebook Consultant

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    I'd prefer to avoid downloading a 100mb patch (time consuming).

    I don't really want to order online, but if the DX10 mode will run well with my GPU, then I'll buy the DX10 version. Otherwise, my local games store has the DX9 version, so if DX10 won't run very well, I'll buy it there and save myself the hassle of waiting around for the post.

    What does "afaik" mean?
     
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    As far as I know
     
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  5. Thaed

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    as far as I know...and as far as I know DX9 runs a lot better unless they've fixed the game a lot since they first released the DX10 features.

    DX9 usually runs better as a rule of thumb, especially on midrange DX10 cards. I'd stick with the DX9 version...
     
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    Steven87 Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, thanks. Just checking; Company of Heroes will run alright on my laptop won't it (DX9: medium quality, 1200x800, no AA, 20+ FPS)?
     
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    Lord of the Rings Online DX9, 20-30FPS and DX10 BETA, 5-10FPS (Notebook in sig)

    I'd say go with DX9 for now and wait for the hardware to catch up with the software. I do have to say DX10 looks pretty!
     
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    It should run fine on your laptop, it runs on high(not the highest settings, but looks very good) in my go 7600, 1440x900 and I get about 20 fps, the dx10 graphics are a lot better, you have shadows for every light source(like post lamps).
    But it runs at 9fps on 1280x1024 on dx10(39 dx9) mode on a desktop 2600pro
    http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2151754,00.asp
     
    vshade, Nov 5, 2007
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