Direct X 10

Don't know if there is already a Dx10 thread but here's a few screenshots, graphics look awesome!

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1010840&postcount=1

 

Before anyone says anything, I'm just going to point out that the Flight Simulator X shot (one with the water) is not a screenshot, its an artist impression that was used as reference for FSX.

 

And before anyone says anything *else*, there is nothing graphically that DX10 can do that you couldn't get in DX9.

What DX10 does is allow the developer a bunch of simpler and/or more efficient ways of doing things, so you might get a decent framerate with those graphics in DX10, which you wouldn't get in DX9, but DX9 could still render the exact same graphics.

Take all those fantastic "DX10 screenshots" for two reasons.
1: They could easily be replicated on DX9, and
2: They *are* actually rendered on DX9 (unless they're artist impressions, ie. made up), which is fairly simple to prove since no DX10 hardware actually exists...

 

I dunno what to say.

Ever heard of an 8800GTX?

You know, developers get access to stuff normal people don't...