It is not a requirement to have DirectX 10 for Vista, only the games that use that platform. And you can either purchase nVidia's G80 or ATi's R600 for high-end DX10 GPU's. You can get any nVidia 7xxx Series or ATi's X1xxx series for now and wait until you want a game that requires DirectX 10.

Cyberman

July 7th, 2006

10:58:57 PM CDT

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continued: But overall its quite amusing.

castleking

July 7th, 2006

11:13:52 PM CDT

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I never said that you needed DirectX 10 for Vista, I said that for DirectX 10 you need new hardware. Also it is rumored that G80 won't be a true DX10 part.

phenixer

July 22nd, 2006

10:22:24 PM CDT

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I will wait for Benchmark to see if I take G80 (false Shader 4.0) or R600 (real.. lol) ^^. SHADERS 4.0 FTW (not really we dont need this... lol).

Thatsnomoon

August 1st, 2006

10:20:30 AM CDT

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Each new number of DirectX includes a new API. Existing hardware isn't compatable with DX10 because it was designed before the revised standard was released. It's like saying that european hair dryers are better than american ones because the american ones can't use european power outlets;

Thatsnomoon

August 1st, 2006

10:31:13 AM CDT

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the hardware itself is more than capable, it was just designed for a different standard. Also, you seemed to have made a point of not including any examples of what DX10 will allow which is not currently possible, ergo YOU FAIL IT!

BIGDICK

September 7th, 2006

7:35:03 PM CDT

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FAIL'D

Jihadidite

September 10th, 2006

10:15:01 PM CDT

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Agreed (greed, get it?!): Eff Vista.

RESPONDER

December 5th, 2006