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DirectX 10: We care about gamers
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--- Quote from: worker201 ---Wow, hi-tech. It's hard to believe you don't know what shell scripting is.
:D
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Hey I'm a hardware nerd (and still getting better at CSS and XHTML, on to PHP next though. ;)
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Yup, it's all a part of M$ strategy to get you to buy new hardware ... it's an awesome card, but if DirectX doesn't support it, it ain't worth shit :( :fu: M$ :mad:
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Incorrect. The card cannot physically handle the new shaders and new technology. Every new version of dx adds more capabilities. The Ti series cannot handle them. It's outdated. It's a VS1.1 while everything is VS2.0 and rapidly moving up to 3.0
the Ti4800 is better than the geforce3 hybrid card used in the xbox, but it's still crap. and keep in mind xbox runs games @ 640x480 with no AA/AF...
edit: it's a crap card. ;)
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: e7ement ---Incorrect. The card cannot physically handle the new shaders and new technology. Every new version of dx adds more capabilities. The Ti series cannot handle them. It's outdated. It's a VS1.1 while everything is VS2.0 and rapidly moving up to 3.0
the Ti4800 is better than the geforce3 hybrid card used in the xbox, but it's still crap. and keep in mind xbox runs games @ 640x480 with no AA/AF...
edit: it's a crap card. ;)
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Well, it's not ... or it wasn't when I bought it ... either way, the "added capabilities" af newer DX versions force people to buy new cards. I'm not convinced that these "added capabilities" add up to too much ... surely they could design DirectX to be compatible with the outdated VS1.1 cards by disabling some of these capabilities and it would work just fine.
Here's an example ... my brother has a GeForce FX ... supposedly better than mine, but my card can run most older games (like Command & Conquer Generals) at higher resolutions and higher frame rates than his ... but his can run BF2, while mine can't ... what a fucking waste ...
I'm sure that M$ is doing this on purpose ... for maximum profit ... or is there another explanation ?
MarathoN:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---I think they'll get a large bunch of gamers upgrading.
It's a smart move by Microsoft.
There are too many smart moves Microsoft can make in their position.
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Well, at least I'm not in that 'large bunch'.
I currently have an Nvidia Geforce FX 5500, and while it can't even play Far Cry well at all, it is still a great card for the price we paid for it (practically free :p).
I do get annoyed that I cannot run some of my older games though, it really gets on my nerves when I buy an old game and turns out it doesn't run (Diablo 2) :rolleyes:
H_TeXMeX_H:
Wow ... well Far Cry works great with my card, even at max resolution. Too bad the game ain't so good, then I'd play it more often.
So I guess it works both ways then ... no back-compatibility, no forward-compatability ... smells like M$
MarathoN:
Hmm, maybe Far Cry just isn't suited to your taste, personally, I think it is the best first person shooter to date, even the multiplayer is great fun.
Well, my old Geforce FX 5700LE could run Far Cry on at least high settings, but this one just can't handle it....
I hope I can at least get a mid-range card for Christmas (6600GT/6800). :D
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