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I think a dx10 card will definitely be worth it in about 6 months. DX10 was supposed to be a Vista exclusive, but it appears M$ may be rethinking this decision. In any case the list of DX10 games is still pretty short, but increasing rapidly.
If I was buying a video card now though, I think I'd bite the bullet and get an 8800gts. Since my gaming (WoW) and resolution rrequirements (1680x1050) aren't all that spectacular I would likely get the 320mb version.
I would go with a dx10 card now, not for the dx10 games that will eventually be released, but for the great resolutions and frame rates it gives you with current dx9 games.
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You can get well under $100 on a DirectX 10 card... But what are you going to play? If it is still a Dx 9 game, does it matter?
$50 @ Newegg after $10 rebate on a 256MB GeForce 8400GS.  |
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BeerCheeze
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| Posted: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:09:29 Post Subject: |
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| Doctor Feelgood wrote: | You can get well under $100 on a DirectX 10 card... But what are you going to play? If it is still a Dx 9 game, does it matter?
$50 @ Newegg after $10 rebate on a 256MB GeForce 8400GS. |
Yea, but I'm not going to downgrade my video card. I'm sure my current card is better than that.
And what am I going to play? I dunno. I play 1 or two things now, but who knows what I will play in the future. |
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| Posted: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:20:47 Post Subject: |
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| acruxksa wrote: | I think a dx10 card will definitely be worth it in about 6 months. DX10 was supposed to be a Vista exclusive, but it appears M$ may be rethinking this decision. In any case the list of DX10 games is still pretty short, but increasing rapidly.
If I was buying a video card now though, I think I'd bite the bullet and get an 8800gts. Since my gaming (WoW) and resolution rrequirements (1680x1050) aren't all that spectacular I would likely get the 320mb version.
I would go with a dx10 card now, not for the dx10 games that will eventually be released, but for the great resolutions and frame rates it gives you with current dx9 games. |
That's sort of what I was leaning towards, also along that line is going with Nvidia or ATi better? |
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Doctor Feelgood
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| Dr. EvilCheeze wrote: | | And what am I going to play? I dunno. I play 1 or two things now, but who knows what I will play in the future. |
Hmm, yeah... That's hard to plan for.  |
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acruxksa
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right now, ATI's best dx10 card (2900XT) is comparable to a high end 8800gts, but with huge power requirements. I like ATI for their image quality, but have read many times that Nvidia's new dx10 cards have very good image quality. Currently I would go with nvidia's 8800gts, at least until ATI releases a better card that uses less power. The 2600XT is supposed to be cool running, but it's comparable to the 8600GTS, not the 8800GTS and I'm not sure it's out yet
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| acruxksa wrote: | | right now, ATI's best dx10 card (2900XT) is comparable to a high end 8800gts, but with huge power requirements. I like ATI for their image quality, but have read many times that Nvidia's new dx10 cards have very good image quality. Currently I would go with nvidia's 8800gts, at least until ATI releases a better card that uses less power. The 2600XT is supposed to be cool running, but it's comparable to the 8600GTS, not the 8800GTS and I'm not sure it's out yet |
Which ever I go with now, will probably be a 2 yr thing. I am planning to get 1 card now, and possibly in a few months throw in a 2nd card for SLI/Crossfire.
Also determines which chipset I'm buying on the board. |
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