Gears of war on PC - latest DX9 vs DX10 tests

SUBMAN1 · 11-05-07, 06:09 PM

Hmm - can you spot the difference? I can't.

There is one major difference though - you take a massive performance hit going to DX10. So far, I see no reason to go DX10 and Vista on my main gaming system. It is all negatives in my book - nothing positive yet.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

-S

Reece · 11-05-07, 09:40 PM

You are correct!

Stealth Hunter · 11-05-07, 09:43 PM

I see no difference whatsoever, save for FPS...

Vista shall hopefully BURN for its witchcraft against us users!

Long live XP!

SUBMAN1 · 11-07-07, 12:00 PM

I'm still waiting for a product that can convince me that I need DX10. That is all I am looking for.

From what I think right now, I think the current crop, and even the next generation of GPU are grossly underpowered to use any nifty tricks that DX10 has to off us. That is why I am not now, and may never go to Vista for my gaming system. I'll probably just skip Vista alltogether and go Windows 9 (or are they calling it Windows 11?) in 2009. Vista is a flop product in my opinion. The next rev of Windows is supposed to do everything that Vista was supposed to do. That is why I want it.

Anyone remember all the cool movies of cool stuff you were supposed to be able to do in Vista? Well, all that is still coming, it just never came out in Vista. Vista got all the bloat, and left all the cool stuff on the work bench.

-S

Reece · 11-07-07, 08:38 PM

Agree with you all the way Subman, it will be interesting to try DX10 when it gets converted for use with XP, I will do a 3DMark bench test then ghost my system, install DX10 & run test again.

SUBMAN1 · 11-07-07, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Agree with you all the way Subman, it will be interesting to try DX10 when it gets converted for use with XP, I will do a 3DMark bench test then ghost my system, install DX10 & run test again.

Keep waiting - MS knows you have absolutely no reason to get Vista except for DX10. Every other restriction has been removed at this point from being able to back port it to XP, but still, MS has no incentive. So if I had to bet, I'd guess you have about a 15% chance of ever seeing it on XP. To backport it means MS would lose all gamer sales so I doubt they ever will port it unless pressured for some reason.

-S

11-05-07, 06:09 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gears of war on PC - latest DX9 vs DX10 tests Hmm - can you spot the difference? I can't. There is one major difference though - you take a massive performance hit going to DX10. So far, I see no reason to go DX10 and Vista on my main gaming system. It is all negatives in my book - nothing positive yet. http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA== -S __________________

11-05-07, 09:40 PM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,701 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	You are correct! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

11-07-07, 12:00 PM	#4
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm still waiting for a product that can convince me that I need DX10. That is all I am looking for. From what I think right now, I think the current crop, and even the next generation of GPU are grossly underpowered to use any nifty tricks that DX10 has to off us. That is why I am not now, and may never go to Vista for my gaming system. I'll probably just skip Vista alltogether and go Windows 9 (or are they calling it Windows 11?) in 2009. Vista is a flop product in my opinion. The next rev of Windows is supposed to do everything that Vista was supposed to do. That is why I want it. Anyone remember all the cool movies of cool stuff you were supposed to be able to do in Vista? Well, all that is still coming, it just never came out in Vista. Vista got all the bloat, and left all the cool stuff on the work bench. -S __________________

11-07-07, 08:38 PM	#5
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,701 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Agree with you all the way Subman, it will be interesting to try DX10 when it gets converted for use with XP, I will do a 3DMark bench test then ghost my system, install DX10 & run test again. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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11-05-07, 09:43 PM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I see no difference whatsoever, save for FPS... Vista shall hopefully BURN for its witchcraft against us users! Long live XP!