Dx 10

xpxzampop

xpxzampop

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Vahalla's Heros

Me/Mo

Maybe GW2 will have DX10... regardless here is a quote from Microsoft's website:

Quote:
The Cascades demo allows consumers with NVIDIA GeForce 8-series graphics cards and Windows Vista to experience stunning Direct X 10 graphics features on their computers for the first time.
Does this mean that DX 10 will work with any card from the GeForce 8500 GT and up?!! Sweet! Because most people have been saying thats its just the 8800.

xpxzampop

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

Quote:
Originally Posted by xpxzampop
Maybe GW2 will have DX10... regardless here is a quote from Microsoft's website:



Does this mean that DX 10 will work with any card from the GeForce 8500 GT and up?!! Sweet! Because most people have been saying thats its just the 8800.

xpxzampop
Any 8XXX card and up will support DX10.
At the moment it looks like GW2 will support both DX9 and DX10 through seperate engines according to Jeff Strain.

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

...and the relevance of this thread is what?

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

I dunno, I was just answering the questions and adding my $0.02, however the OP did seemingly want to know if an 8500 would run DX10, so yeah, that could be relevant.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

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I think GW2 may *support* dx10 but have dx9/8 fall back support as well.

Gaile has quoted the developers desire to have GW playable on the *most* computers systems possible.

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

Yeah by the time GW2 come out, there will be games that use DX10, Crisis, Alan Wake, Unreal 3. So upgrade to a new card will make a lot more sense and by then Nvidia might have a series 10 card out on the market. So the price for the series 8 will be much cheaper. Anyway you've got 2 years! start saving.

brimruk

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Legion of Lost Spears[LOLS]

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GW2 better not be Vista-only. I love the series, but I wouldn't suffer through the bad OS that is Vista even for this great game.

viper11025

viper11025

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

02/18/05 (Pm me with the place, its a riddle)

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GW2 Vista only?Heck no!
Besides DX10 is not that great yet. Maybe in GW2 they will have an option for it.I hope so because I plan on upgrading ASAP!

Dex

Dex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Chicago, IL

Black Belt Jones

R/Me

Yup, Gaile already stated that GW2 will support DX9 and DX10...it will most likely be a situation similar to the way GW supports DX8 and DX9. People with DX9 hardware can play, and people with DX10 hardware will be treated to more eye candy and better performance.

It sounds like it won't be Vista only. It's two years away, folks, why even worry about it right now? Two years is a long time in the computer gaming world.

easyg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Hawaii

FPS

Mo/Me

Incidentally, ATI's HD 2900 series video cards are supposed to be available the second half of May 2007. The whole lineup supports Direct 3D 10.

The only benchmarks I've seen have the HD 2900 XL (MSRP $399) completely demolishing nVidia's 8800GTS.