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29th Sep 2007, 01:57
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You probably already know i am building my own pc, well im trying to plan out all the parts im going to buy and the next one on the list is a graphics card.
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29th Sep 2007, 02:05
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Good morning MX.
Resolution of your monitor?
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29th Sep 2007, 02:10
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Quote:
 Im going to be using the pc for gaming so im guessing i will need a good graphics card.
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29th Sep 2007, 02:21
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Okay, I'll rephrase it; The resolution of the monitor you're going to be getting? (please try to provide all relevent info)
Budget? DX10 or DX9? Needs answers to these questions before we can give you a decent answer.
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29th Sep 2007, 02:27
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Emm well i havent decided yet. Budget would be around 65max, is this enough? Sorry im not really helping here as i dont really know what directx is, I know that when i install one of my games it installs DX9. I will have a look at monitors just now
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29th Sep 2007, 02:37
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are you running vista or xp, if its vista go with dx10, i just upgraded my gfx card as i had a dx9 card on vista, got the 8600gt cuz it was only about £80, having dx10 with vista is alot better, plus yourll be sorted for newer game releases
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29th Sep 2007, 02:39
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Is it better to get a dx10 card for xp anyway? Just incase?
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29th Sep 2007, 02:41
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Oh and alex i will be getting one with a resolution of 1280x1024 or about that.
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29th Sep 2007, 03:04
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im not too sure but im sure ive read somewhere that ...hang on ...wait im having a memory struggle..... one sec ill google
aha, taken from bill gates himself - No. Windows Vista, which has DirectX 10, includes an updated DirectX runtime based on the runtime in Windows XP SP2 (DirectX 9.0c) with changes to work with the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and the new audio driver stack, and with other updates in the operating system. In addition to Direct3D 9, Windows Vista supports two new interfaces when the correct video hardware and drivers are present: Direct3D9Ex and Direct3D10. Since these new interfaces rely on the WDDM technology, they will never be available on earlier versions of Windows. All the other changes made to DirectX technologies for Windows Vista are also specific to the new version of Windows. The name DirectX 10 is misleading in that many technologies shipping in the DirectX SDK (XACT, XINPUT, D3DX) are not encompassed by this version number. So, referring to the version number of the DirectX runtime as a whole has lost much of its meaning, even for 9.0c. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DXdiag.exe) on Windows Vista does report DirectX 10, but this really only refers to Direct3D 10. i highlighted the answer to save reading all that :) |
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29th Sep 2007, 03:06
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just clarify though you can have a DX10 card in XP but you won't be able to use any of the DX10 features and optimization.
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