Asus A8N-SLI SE System Board - Graphics adapter required!

So - not being up on the latest games what advantage does DX10 have over DX9?

Originally Posted by Matth

The lack of DX10 mode may not worry a non-gamer, but who knows what will end up taking advanrage of DX10 in other graphics areas, maybe not hampered by the low performance of cheap DX10 cards.

With cheap DX10 now available - Nvidia 8400/8500, ATI 2400, there is a good case for equating Vista = DX10, unless keeping a DX9 card from a previous build.

That is of course true if they are also compatible with DX10.1

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

So - not being up on the latest games what advantage does DX10 have over DX9?

nothing for someone who isnt gonna be gaming on the machine

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

nothing for someone who isnt gonna be gaming on the machine

What if I decided to buy a copy of MS Flight Simulator?

I assume it would still play buy lack a few detail features?

Thats not optimised for DX10 anyway. It should play ok on what you have ordered I dunno the min reqs for it though

[7@m3 G33k]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

What if I decided to buy a copy of MS Flight Simulator?

I assume it would still play buy lack a few detail features?

I'm sure the card you have bought will be great for the job you want it to do now and for the next year or two. If at some time in the future you find you need DX10 then such cards will have come down in price significantly and also be more powerful. Therefore you're not really future-proofing in any significant way by getting a DX10 card now. Job done, enjoy your new graphics card

[Matth]

Oops, forgot about the DX10/10.1 issue, there goes future proofing.

At the moment, on games available with optional DX10 mode (they all support DX9), there is generally a drop in performance when going to DX10, though an improvement in graphical quality.

The depth of DX9 presence, and especially the hangover of WinXP systems, secures the future of DX9 for quite some time.

Right - got the graphics adapter yesterday so will be pulling the PC apart at the weekend!

If I just install the new hardware, do you think I'll be able to preserve my current install, or will Vista get the hump with the new chipset and throw fit?

I aslo think it's going to say 'eh up! Hardware changes! I'm going to need a re-activation!

I suspect it'll be the latter so I'll probably end up trashing the OS partition and doing a clean install.

[AndrewJ]

Just uninstall old drivers. Shutdown. Then install new gpu, bootup, install drivers when asked. Enjoy

Originally Posted by AndrewJ

Just uninstall old drivers. Shutdown. Then install new gpu, bootup, install drivers when asked. Enjoy

Drivers for what?

[7@m3 G33k]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Drivers for what?

For the pink umbrella in the hall!
C'mon Lee - drivers for the new graphics card!

Originally Posted by 7@m3 G33k

For the pink umbrella in the hall!
C'mon Lee - drivers for the new graphics card!

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

As stated in another thread, I've just acquired a new system board - Asus A8N-SLI SE.

Well it could have been chipset drivers seeing as I'm replacing the system board / CPU / RAM and graphics card!

[keithwalton]

What board are you changing from ?
It's likely to throw quite a hissy fit at you and will certainly need re-activation if your changing that much hardware.

Also forget flight sim X and pretty much any game written in the last 3 years +

The 7200 GS may well support the latest features but it only has 2! pipelines working at 450MHz.

This makes it only slightly faster than the old Geforce 4 'MX' series cards from 2002. The 4 MX was an old design back then.

The first 4 pipeline card was the Geforce 2 from 2000. The top Ti model had a clockspeed of 250MHz, this card has a higher fillrate than the 7200GS!

Apparently tho the 7200GS is 50% faster than there fastest integrated graphics solution! which is just err slow!

[7@m3 G33k]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Well it could have been chipset drivers seeing as I'm replacing the system board / CPU / RAM and graphics card!

Soz! Prob a re-install: even if you can kludge it with a repair install (works 90% in my experience) a fresh install is a much better bet with so much new hardware.

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Drivers for what?

DOH sorry I was replying in topic to you just changing your gpu.

Yes if you was changing so much hardware I would go with a full reinstall of the OS.

Sorry about that...didn't have my morning coffee.

with the mainboard change you could be scuppered with the reactivation also