Vista Service Pack 1 comes with an important update for gamers - DirectX 10.1. The catch? You need brand new hardware to support it, and NVIDIA enthusiasts are left totally out in the cold.
One of the benefit Windows Vista brought to the gaming table was the next version of DirectX – version 10. With the potential improvements to 3D gaming potentially outweighing the anticipated performance drop in running games on a more resource-hungry operating system, most hardcore gamers waited until ATI and NVIDIA released their DirectX 10-capable GPUs before taking the plunge and upgrading to Vista.
One of the benefit Windows Vista brought to the gaming table was the next version of DirectX – version 10. With the potential improvements to 3D gaming potentially outweighing the anticipated performance drop in running games on a more resource-hungry operating system, most hardcore gamers waited until ATI and NVIDIA released their DirectX 10-capable GPUs before taking the plunge and upgrading to Vista.
To clarify, neither NVIDIA’s GeForce 8 series nor ATI’s Radeon HD 2x series of GPUs support DirectX 10.1. ATI’s new products – the Radeon 3870 and 3850 – do support DirectX 10.1, but NVIDIA apparently has no plans to release a DirectX 10.1-capable GPU.
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Last edited by jwjw1 on 14 Jan 2008 - 14:58
Microsoft has said that DX10.1 is only minorly different from DX10, and thar there will be little benefit in buying new hardware for it.
Microsoft has said that DX10.1 is only minorly different from DX10, and thar there will be little benefit in buying new hardware for it.
Not only that, but this is old news. Besides, DX10 is hardly used ATM anyway, why worry about a slight update? There's absolutely 0 chance devs will require 10.1 hardware any time soon, unless for research/recreational purposes, or they don't want their software to sell very well.
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42004
LMAO
i agree
dumbest article post in several days!
Then again, other enthusiasts will focus on best performance in reality, not just what's on paper. Should be an interesting year in video cards if Nvidia is not going to add new support until DX11.
I predict plenty of new nvidia vs ati debates to be repeated ad nauseam.
Vista SP1 works perfectly with every hardware that also supports Vista pre-SP. No need for new hardware. No need to throw your 8800GT away (if you still want to so, consider giving it to me instead), it will keep rocking. Oh, and first Dx11-Games are expect not before mid 2009, so even if you have a Dx10.1-card, it's for nothing right now. Oh (again), and nVidia skipping Dx10.1 is just rumors, nothing confirmed. Altough since Dx11-cards will be able to render Dx10.1-Games, I don't mind at all. Maybe that will be the surprise for this summer.
Edit: Why do all the appear when I edit this?
Last edited by Islander on 14 Jan 2008 - 15:13
If you mean the slashes, they go away after you refresh. A bug, I guess.
Horse hockey... My 8600 GT will still work just fine.
Neither NVIDIA’s GeForce 8 series nor ATI’s Radeon HD 2x series of GPUs support DirectX 10.1. ATI’s new products – the Radeon 3870 and 3850 – do support DirectX 10.1, but NVIDIA apparently has no plans to release a DirectX 10.1-capable GPU.
Hopefully those that bother to read the full article and not just sweep over it and fail to look at the source site will understand why this was posted now.
Last edited by Neobond on 14 Jan 2008 - 15:47
See also your earlier story on this: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42004
See also your earlier story on this: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42004
Yeah welll, it all comes down to what Steve wants to post. It's his site after all.
The reality is this: Vista SP1 comes out, it has DX10.1, it doesn't make a single lick 'o difference because even the latest games barely use DX10 much less DX10.1. Practical impact on users: zero. Amount of traffic and FUD generated by misleading sensationalist articles like this: a lot.
I believe nVidia said there's no point in making something for DX10.1 as its not much different at all. nVidia don't plan on releasing anything until 11.
I wonder how much ATI payed 3DMark to produce that 10.1 test and not 10. =/
David.
Same here although I've been a long time ATI user. For years actually.
Also I don't really get what is wrong with the title, it clearly says that "DirectX 10.1 in Vista SP1 requires new hardware". And version 10.1 requires new hardware. But to use Vista SP1 people doesn't need new hardware. Plain and simple for me at least...
I'm happy with my faster and better performing nVidia card. Cheaper too
Who the hell wrote this crap?
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