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When will I *need* a Directx 9 card?
Anybody know when you'll absolutely need a Directx 9 card to have any
fun with games? It seems that games like Halo and Max Payne 2 use Directx 9 features sparingly, and therefore, it's no big deal if I play them on my Directx 8.1 card (which is a GeForce 4 Ti 4200). Are we talking 3-4 months maybe? I'm just trying to get a handle on when to spend the bucks for an upgrade. thanks. |
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Of course you don't absolutely need one. Games will run just fine on your
current card, but you won't be able to see some of the fancy eye candy. Most of that stuff is way overhyped anyway, IMHO. "John" wrote in message om... Anybody know when you'll absolutely need a Directx 9 card to have any fun with games? It seems that games like Halo and Max Payne 2 use Directx 9 features sparingly, and therefore, it's no big deal if I play them on my Directx 8.1 card (which is a GeForce 4 Ti 4200). Are we talking 3-4 months maybe? I'm just trying to get a handle on when to spend the bucks for an upgrade. thanks. |
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Upgrade 6 months after Doom III comes out.
"John" wrote in message om... Anybody know when you'll absolutely need a Directx 9 card to have any fun with games? It seems that games like Halo and Max Payne 2 use Directx 9 features sparingly, and therefore, it's no big deal if I play them on my Directx 8.1 card (which is a GeForce 4 Ti 4200). Are we talking 3-4 months maybe? I'm just trying to get a handle on when to spend the bucks for an upgrade. thanks. |
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"John" wrote in message
om... Anybody know when you'll absolutely need a Directx 9 card to have any fun with games? It seems that games like Halo and Max Payne 2 use Directx 9 features sparingly, and therefore, it's no big deal if I play them on my Directx 8.1 card (which is a GeForce 4 Ti 4200). Are we talking 3-4 months maybe? I'm just trying to get a handle on when to spend the bucks for an upgrade. thanks. The Geforce 3 and 4 are DirectX 8, not 8.1. I've been thinking about a video card upgrade, I guess the real answer is when your current card can't run the games you want the way you want. For me that might be Half Life 2, looking a bit less likely now that it will be Deus Ex 2. -- Derek |
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"Darthy" wrote in message
... On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:49:41 GMT, (John Lewis) wrote: Updating hardware before the software is available is not a clever use of monetary resources. Agreed... because sometimes, the hardware is outdated. Consider those who rushed out to buy cards specifically for anicipated HL2 needs. With HL2 delayed for 6 months, another generation of video cards will be here, and the current generation will be much less expensive. John Lewis How about those who bought 5900 / 9800 to play Doom3 or even Unreal2 engined games? Doom3 is way late, and for the most part - my Ti4200 handled the modern games quite well... not getting 100fps, but still good. Now days, the 5900 is finally hitting below $200... think of those suckers who blew $500 on those first GF-5800 Ultra cards almost a year ago - which has trouble playing real DX9 games faster than ATI's $175 video card. Which is why I don't jump the gun on hardware upgrades. I watch and see where it goes first. -- Robert Pendell |
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"John" wrote in message om... Anybody know when you'll absolutely need a Directx 9 card to have any fun with games? It seems that games like Halo and Max Payne 2 use Directx 9 features sparingly, and therefore, it's no big deal if I play them on my Directx 8.1 card (which is a GeForce 4 Ti 4200). Are we talking 3-4 months maybe? I'm just trying to get a handle on when to spend the bucks for an upgrade. That's easy, when your games are too slow to play. |
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 03:27:58 GMT, "Robert Pendell"
wrote: "Darthy" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:49:41 GMT, (John Lewis) wrote: Updating hardware before the software is available is not a clever use of monetary resources. Agreed... because sometimes, the hardware is outdated. Consider those who rushed out to buy cards specifically for anicipated HL2 needs. With HL2 delayed for 6 months, another generation of video cards will be here, and the current generation will be much less expensive. John Lewis How about those who bought 5900 / 9800 to play Doom3 or even Unreal2 engined games? Doom3 is way late, and for the most part - my Ti4200 handled the modern games quite well... not getting 100fps, but still good. Now days, the 5900 is finally hitting below $200... think of those suckers who blew $500 on those first GF-5800 Ultra cards almost a year ago - which has trouble playing real DX9 games faster than ATI's $175 video card. Which is why I don't jump the gun on hardware upgrades. I watch and see where it goes first. I wait until a game I want needs an upgrade, and then do it. Upgrading in aticipation of a game's release is a waste of money - especially it the game doesn't actually come out for another 6 months. 6 months is a long time in the PC hardware world, and prices dropa lot. On Friday I say a graphics card with 256mb of onboard memory for £100... -- Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes ! They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses ! And what's with all the carrots ? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway ? Bunnies ! Bunnies ! It must be BUNNIES ! |
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