Thinking ahead I recently posted on graphics card options. Another reason why I think me and others should wait and get the 9 series graphic cards is because the current graphic cards don't support Direct X 10.1. Has anyone heard any updates to when we can expect to see 10.1? Do you think 10.1 will actually be better then 10?
Direct X 10.1
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Vista SP1 will support DX10.1 but there are currently no (or ery few) games in deveopement that will take advantage of DX10.1, so i see no point in getting a card just to get DX10.1...
but it may be worth the wait if u want to wait, because the next generation of cards are on the horizon, and they will be faster than this one, and have DX10.1 support...
but it may be worth the wait if u want to wait, because the next generation of cards are on the horizon, and they will be faster than this one, and have DX10.1 support...
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Ehh... look at the difference between dx9 and dx10 and then just imagine how little is going to change from dx10 to dx10.1 
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ATI 3850/3870 cards support DirectX 10.1
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Yea i'd wait for better cards/ more games that use it.
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Do the 8 series support DirectX 10.1?
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no, they're first generation DirectX 10
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wow does that mean i just got anally raped in the gfx card world
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no, directX 10.1 isn't a lot different from DirectX 10
I think the main difference is that 10.1 is better optimised, so should have better performance
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Well that makes it sound like i got anally raped because i wont have better performance but i paid like so much for the cards when those ati cards are a bit cheaper but DO have 10.1
But im not really that mad... since i have xp and dont use directx 10 anyways
But im not really that mad... since i have xp and dont use directx 10 anyways
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