BF2S Forums Crysis - DirectX 9 vs. DirectX 10

Gawwad wrote:

Ryan wrote:

(T)eflon(S)hadow wrote:

?. Don't you have to have Vista for DX10 to work?

Yeah. But you can still use Vista and have DX9 as well.
So you shouldn't bother with your DX10 card unless you have Vista.

Is ther not going to be a DX10 version for Xp then?
I remember people talking about DirectX 9.d or something supporting the DX10 features.

Yeah, I do recall something about that.

I think it's like this:
Vista = DX10 and DX9
XP = only DX9

I think the DX9.d you are talking about was just a rumor and it was never released.

Anyone heard of any news on the OpenGL version of DX10 for XP that someone was working on a while back? I can't find the damn thing now, hope it's not been cancelled, I don't want Vista, it smells funny.

It looked pretty similar to me.

JoshCooper wrote:

wud a:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=877
be able to play DX10 games cuz i herd tht unless its got more then 512mb its no good for DX10 game as the card has to have 512mb????

No, it will be fine dude...I'm getting an XFX 8800GTS 320MB (FINAL decision, im not changing anymore), it will play crysis no problem.

teek22 wrote:

I am just happy it will play on DX9. However my pc wont be able to handle it

What are your specs?

teek22 wrote:

Ryan wrote:

teek22 wrote:

I am just happy it will play on DX9. However my pc wont be able to handle it

What are your specs?

Vista Home Premium.
Pentium D 3.0 Ghz
1 GB Ram DDR2 533 Mhz (plan on upgrading to 2GB in the very near future)
256mb x1330 PRO graphics card.

Any chance of it running it............?

If it does run, it'll be on the lowest settings IMHO.

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP


Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

This isn't official btw.

Last edited by Ryan (2007-05-27 09:28:47)

There will be DX10 servers and DX9 servers so if you have a buddy who has DX10 and you have DX9 you wont be able to play together

I had a quick look for stuff after I posted that, and OpenGL 3.0 will have a lot of the same features that DX10 does and will work on XP, now just have to hope some good games come with OpenGL support, up-coming Unreal games almost certainly will but apart from that I don't know.

Profitteroles wrote:

buLLet_t00th wrote:

Profitteroles wrote:

There will be DX10 servers and DX9 servers so if you have a buddy who has DX10 and you have DX9 you wont be able to play together

I dont know about that.....surely its the same game just that on your PC it'll be different level of graphics?

9) I've heard that Crysis will have seperate servers for DX9 and DX10 players. Does this mean I won't be able to play with my friends if they have DX10 and I don't?

No, you'll be able to play with or against your friend. There are two ways of making this possible. Either you upgrade your graphics card and operating system, or you tell your friend to put their game into DX9 mode. Those with DX10 have the advantage as they can play on both DX10 and DX9 servers where as those still using DX9 are restricted to playing only on DX9 servers.

So I was right?

buLLet_t00th wrote:

Profitteroles wrote:

buLLet_t00th wrote:

I dont know about that.....surely its the same game just that on your PC it'll be different level of graphics?

9) I've heard that Crysis will have seperate servers for DX9 and DX10 players. Does this mean I won't be able to play with my friends if they have DX10 and I don't?

No, you'll be able to play with or against your friend. There are two ways of making this possible. Either you upgrade your graphics card and operating system, or you tell your friend to put their game into DX9 mode. Those with DX10 have the advantage as they can play on both DX10 and DX9 servers where as those still using DX9 are restricted to playing only on DX9 servers.

So I was right?

Not really, i siad there will be seperate servers for dx9 and dx10 your reply was

"I dont know about that.....surely its the same game just that on your PC it'll be different level of graphics?"

Saying you didnt think there will be 2 types of servers

So I quoted this which clearly states there will be 2 types so i'm wondering what part you think you're right about?

Those with DX10 have the advantage as they can play on both DX10 and DX9 servers where as those still using DX9 are restricted to playing only on DX9 servers.

If you have built yourself a top of the range kick arse system with a couple of 8800's ready to play crysis on its top notch settings why on earth would you then install uninstall DX10 to install DX9 and loose all the quality?

buLLet_t00th wrote:

Profitteroles wrote:

buLLet_t00th wrote:

So I was right?

If you have built yourself a top of the range kick arse system with a couple of 8800's ready to play crysis on its top notch settings why on earth would you then install uninstall DX10 to install DX9 and loose all the quality?

You wouldn't need to, like you said before if you have DX10 then you can play against people who have DX9, do you even get what you're saying?

And has this actually been confirmed, or is it just in one of those Q&A's that random game sites put up?

This is off of the crysis-online website and while you can play on DX9 servers you would have to switch to DX9 therefore you would both be running DX9 thus loosing all the detail and features of DX10, Anyway my original point was that there are going to be 2 types of servers which you thought there wasn’t going to be.

Last edited by Profitteroles (2007-05-29 04:11:05)