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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
Then you havent looked at DX10 hard ennough, it has great potential for better visuals and framerates combined, but there are both driver, software and hardware issues yet to be solved...
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I have looked at it, and can't see much difference between what is being released in both formats - not much is lost at all. Also, the memory architechture is what made it impossible to back port to XP (Probably by design), but since NVIdia's 8800 series is broken and wouldn't work on DX10 using the new memory archetechture, Microsoft threw NVIdia a bone and made it "optional", and in effect, removed the last restriction holding it back from not being XP compatible.
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One only has to look at Bioshock - the PC version has staggering requirements, barely any image quality upgrade under DX10/Vista, as well as installation issues
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and I have a few more articles on the visual upgrade and FPS downgrade of DX10 if you use its added features if you would like to read. Its pretty ugly, requiring staggering improvements in hardware performance that is completely out of reach of any hardware now, or in the near future for an only lackluster, or barely marginal improvement in visual quality.
And you wonder why XBox-360 is a DX9 only platform - MS already knew this. 98% of everything you can do on DX10 can be done in DX9 anyway. Give me a bit and I'll re-post an article on that subject.
-S