I was really hoping that with the 9 series cards would have support for Direct X 10.1 but I'm not seeing it with the 9600. I need to upgrade my card but did not want to buy one that did not have support for Direct X 10.1. Maybe the 9800 will have it? I am not sure if 10.1 will have any significant improvement but I am curious anyway and just wanted the new cards to support it.