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I`m sure 80% that DX10 will be "in" GTA IV `cuz I`m sure we won`t see a PC version sooner than 2008.My guess is June 2008.

EDIT:BTW What`s the difference between DX9 and DX10?I know that DX10 is better.

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F, my post didn't get posted :(

I'll make it again then, but then a little shorter

DirectX 10 can't support any grafick card.

A graphic card has to support DX 10, not DirectX

Cards that ATM support it are:

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTX

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTS 640MB

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTS 320MB

So actually just the 8 series that are coming up.

I'm not sure about ATi though.

For the one who wants to know the difference.

In short it just renders better. No matter how good the moddel is, DX 9 just can't show it that good. Especially things like fire, smoke, blasts ect.

Here are pictures of the well known Fsim X

A game with good graphics:

directx9.jpg

Same but then with DirectX 10:

directx10.jpg

Want to see this even better. Go here.

Do note that the last pic is just concept art, but it gives a good idea.

A good example of a game that's really going to take advatage of DirectX 10 is Crysis.

Here is a render from humans in Crysis:

directx10_face.jpg

BTW Cro: please edit the x in the title to an X ;)

I'm about sure that GTA IV will use DirectX 10 but will also be compatible with XP (DX 9) but without the really great effects.

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I'll make a review and post it in the gaming section :)

I'm so happy that I'm going to have a PC able to run it at max (don't count max reso though). So we'll have a nice TGTAP exclusive review.

edit: Cro you can. Just edit your first post, there you also can do the title and poll stuff.

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I was talking about running Crysis at max. I hope at least.

And you don't get a separate disc for DX. It's intergrated into the OS.

I'm probably getting:

nVidia Geforce 8800 GTX 768MB

2048 MB Ram

Intel Duo Core2 6700

Vista Ultimate

Asus P5N32 E SLI (maybe going to change that in my config though)

OCZ 700 Watt GameXtream power suply

I might upgrade some stuff though.

Certainly Crysis will need better system specs then GTA.. I think.

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I was talking about running Crysis at max. I hope at least.

And you don't get a separate disc for DX. It's intergrated into the OS.

I'm probably getting:

nVidia Geforce 8800 GTX 768MB

2048 MB Ram

Intel Duo Core2 6700

Vista Ultimate

Asus P5N32 E SLI (maybe going to change that in my config though)

OCZ 700 Watt GameXtream power suply

I might upgrade some stuff though.

Certainly Crysis will need better system specs then GTA.. I think.

Well how much is a 768MB graphics card?It`s expensive?Damn I will have 2GB of RAM too when GTA PC will come out(if).Cool PC.Guess I`ll buy myself 2GBof RAM and 512VRAM.Well yes Direct X 9 is still "good" but while DX10 is better we may need it in order to play GTA4 on our PCs.

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I don't really want to update my graphic card. At max just adding another GTX. Giving me 1.5 gig of Vram.

Splinter Cell Double Agent

Rainbow Six Vegas

I don't really see those games as next gen. It's more just trying to get everything possible out of DX 9

And why would I take a graphic card with DirectX 9 now if I know that within games supporting DirectX 10 will be availible. And the GTX can play all DirectX 9 games at max (Again, don't know about reso, but all the other settings can).

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No it doesn't. It only means people who DO have a good card can get far better graphics.

It would be stupid not using it if it's availible. People with the older cards will be able to play it, but just not will all the extra next gen effects.

You do know that only some graphic cards support DX 10.

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CroScorpion:

You do know that only some graphic cards support DX 10.

Jace (way earlier)

A graphic card has to support DX 10, not DirectX

Cards that ATM support it are:

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTX

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTS 640MB

nVidia Gefore 8800 GTS 320MB

You think I'd be stupid enough to buy a GTX if every other card supported DX10?

Really, read my posts before quistioning.

Well as far as I know the only graphics card I know that support DirectX 10 is GeForce 8800, I'm not really good at this so I'm sure there's more. But yeah man, I think GTA IV will use DirectX 10.

The Geforce 8 series all use DX10, but the other cards haven't been released yet.

Xbox 360 is DirectX 10 isn't it

Doubt that. It needs a graphic card capable of DX10. The 360 uses a ATi card and they don't have any card supporting that.

I don't even know if consoles actually even use DirectX..

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No, we will continue here. At least here it's game related.

Then we will use your topic for stuff about video cards that support DX10, k.

Edit: and you don't download DX10, you buy Vista with a 300 EUR graphic card at the minimum (that's the 8800 GTS 320MB).

BTW, it would be stupid to upgrade now. No game supports it yet, the price is going to fall on April the 22nd and there isn't any good driver support yet.

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