Direct X 10

[kilcan]

I've heard something about direct x 10 is coming out and as someone not familiar with this type of thing, how will that affect video cards I would be buying. (For instance I was going to buy a vid card in April, and was going to probably go with the 7600GT - will that be compatible with Direct X 10?) Thanks for being patient with a video card newb!

 

[Rommel44]

If you want Direct X10 you´ll have to buy Vista + GPU based on either G80 or R600.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: kilcan
I've heard something about direct x 10 is coming out and as someone not familiar with this type of thing, how will that affect video cards I would be buying. (For instance I was going to buy a vid card in April, and was going to probably go with the 7600GT - will that be compatible with Direct X 10?) Thanks for being patient with a video card newb!

7600 will not be compatible. You will have to buy a Geforce 8 series card or one of the upcoming ATI X2900 series cards. Wait a bit because there are several new cards coming out within the next 1-2 months.

 

[WinnieThePujols]

So Direct X10 is Vista-only?

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: WinnieThePujols
So Direct X10 is Vista-only?

Yup.