Direct X 10 | Shader 4.0 = All Current Video Cards not good enough!

[Tyler1989]

I'm going through some worries... Bought a nice 7800 GTX (regreting not getting 7800 GT) and now i learn Vista require Direct X 10 which supports Shader 4.0. I'm aware that the 7800 Series supports shader 3.0 and Direct X 9. Will the 7800 cards be cabable of using Direct X 10 and Shader 4.0 in 6 months time?



I do not want to go through Evga's step up program on a new card!

 

[003]

Vista will not require directx 10.

 

[Tyler1989]

ah but it will from what I'm hearing from the developer communities as well as members from TF. Though I find it odd I never knew about this before having tested Vista since the begining myself.... Regardless are todays cards able to run DX10

 

[efd753]

why are u worry? what 1 game is goona be dx10 when it comes out? just like sm3 and other technologies.

 

[Tyler1989]

true but if no card on todays market supports DX10 and thats all that is supported in Vista you will run into a problem I'm sure not many want to use the emulated DX9.

 

[tajahem]

source

Instantiating a Direct3D 10 hardware device requires Direct3D 10-capable graphics hardware with a Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver. As of the release of this Technology Preview, such hardware is not publicly available.

 

[JoshSB]

You can run Direct X 9.0c on cards that were made back in 1995, i think they will be able to handle DX 10

 

[BandwidthHogg]

Windows Vista is going to mean a new PC for anybody who wants to continue gaming. The 7800GTX will run Windows Vista alright, but don't expect good performance in games. You will need a DX10 card. I plan on keeping my current system completely intact for my current games being as DX9 games wont work with Windows Vista.

 

[PP Mguire]

Stick w/ XP until unbuggy windows and hardware comes out. Maybe this will be one of those Windows ME where everybody skips it cause its not worth it.

 

[mike4realz]

from wat i heard, DX10 is required only if u want to use that fancy, glossy new visualization