DirectX 10 is exclusive to Windows Vista and is not to be supported by any other platform. This will ensure that the next-gen games will be available on Windows Vista before any other platform. So how much better DirectX 10 is in comparison to DirectX 9 ? Well, check these screenshots and decide for yourself :
Microsoft Flight Simulator X rendered in DirectX 9
Microsoft Flight Simulator X rendered in DirectX 10
Age of Conan DirectX 9
Age of Conan DirectX 10
FACES :
DirectX 9 (Halo: Combat Evolved)
DirectX 10 (Crysis)
[ Via WinMatrix Forums ]
Well if you think about it, XP used to suck pretty hard itself back in the day. I think in a year or two all of this will have blown over, and people will just move on to Vista——once they get the kinks worked out of it. I run Vista on my computer, but really that’s just for Dx10 since my brother is huge into PC gaming and shelled out $1500 to build a new computer this summer.
There are some games that can be forced to render most Dx10 settings on Dx9; Crysis, for example. So really there no absolute need to switch to Vista yet, but eventually I think it’ll just kind of edge it’s way in as it improves with additional service pack releases. (I think SP1 is slated to come out sometime Q1 on 2008.)
Oh, and the Age of Conan pics are okay, but the first example of a “Dx10 Rendering”, the lake/mountain scene, is actually an artist’s rendition of what a Dx10 rendering could look like. Kinda sketchy, if you ask me. :-/
Thanks for the insight, tim. But why did MS release DX10 exclusively for vista, when it could be released for XP too (We have the patched dx10 that works for XP). It would have been better for atleast a few.
Your dumb to think that. If you couldnt tell, this is NEXT-GEN gaming which requires incredibly high end components which are not expensive. Besides, to game on a rig that can really only run XP anyway is not really gaming anyway. Either get Vista or get a console. Its not that hard.
Absolutely right, bob..
MS’s new strategy of releasing the new “games for windows” exclusively for Vista will get more PC gamers to migrate to other consoles..
I dont think that it is a question of wether 10 is or is not better than 9. I think that the true question is weather it is worth upgrading to vista for. Direct x 10 is nicer and all but vista will bog down your computer such that you will never get the performance that you got from xp. In a way it almost limits gaming for the hight end gamers who are willing to spend the extra money for exasivly powerfull hardwere that not only play the games well, but also make up for the over complexity of vista. It agrivats me that direct x 10 is only for vista, it leaves gamers with the option of eather spending lots of $$$$$$ on a computer, or sticking with lesser quality graphics.
I guess, leaving out the H:CE and Crysis comparison in the end, the previous two comparisons can be justifiable..
Hey Anon!
.. I guess they wanted to show how much better dx 10 is.. maybe ..
VERY nice insight.. I agree with you..
Well, the images were taken from a blog, which i guess now was Pro DX10
Are you serious? How can you use Halo: Combat Evolved as your standard for the epitome of DirectX9 graphics? H:CE was pathetic when it was released, how is it fair to hold it in comparison to Crysis——a cutting-edge game by anyone’s standards? You should at least compare DirectX9 Crysis to its DirectX10 counterpart for an absolutely fair assessment. Your pictures are hellishly misleading.
Mindboggling graphics !! wow
esp that of Crysis
DirectX 9 vs DirectX10
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