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Although I'd wait for a few other replies before ordering, I'm just going on past on knowledge, not experience.

On another note, how much can this buget be stretched?

2006-09-30 07:38:55

#6

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7157|England. Stoke

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7600_Series.html
Check these out...

2006-09-30 07:40:29

#7

Knight`UK: Lollerstorycarpark; +371|7028|England

Budget max of £150 at thats pushing it (includeing post and vat if poss)

2006-09-30 07:40:30

#8

Aust1mh: Member; +23|7016|Sydney, Australia

Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html

2006-09-30 07:43:05

#9

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7066|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html

no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10

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2006-09-30 07:43:56

#10

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7029|SE London

You could get a low end 7900GT for about £160.

Des.Kmal wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html
no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10

Not if he's on a tight budget. DX10 cards will be £$£$. DX10 games will still run on DX9 hardware through a D3D9Ex renderpath.

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2006-09-30 07:44:03

#11

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7157|England. Stoke

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7900_Series.html

You can afford the top one, think that a pretty good card, and you get BFG lifetime guaranty.

2006-09-30 07:44:18

#12

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7164

Des.Kmal wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html
no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10

True. make that about a 2 months... G80 Engy sample already out =/

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2006-09-30 07:47:05

#13

Towelly: It's A State Of Mind; +399|7038|Your attic

Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html

Seriously no, I have it and it is a great card, but for most people it's not necessary, especially with 3.0 shaders coming up (not DX10, people are all misguided about that) it's a waste of money now.

Stick with that 7600, if you want a tiny bit more power inside your budget this 7900GS would be better;
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115739

but I think right now your better off saving money.

2006-09-30 07:49:19

#14

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7066|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Bertster7 wrote:
You could get a low end 7900GT for about £160.

Des.Kmal wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html
no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10
Not if he's on a tight budget. DX10 cards will be £$£$. DX10 games will still run on DX9 hardware through a D3D9Ex renderpath.

ive NEVER heard of that.

link please?

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2006-09-30 07:52:19

#15

Aust1mh: Member; +23|7016|Sydney, Australia

Des.Kmal wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html
no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10

you mean he will upgrade or 7950 will need to upgrade?
i thought i saw 7950 is upgradable to DX10.

2006-09-30 07:56:22

#16

Towelly: It's A State Of Mind; +399|7038|Your attic

I don't know why everyone is on about DX10 "cards" DX10 is a piece of software, you can install it on almost any graphics card around today, just like you could install DX9 onto almost any card from a year or so before it was released.

The only thing that the current cards won't be able to do is 3.0 shader models.

I have no evidence or sources for this, just the word of someone who does this sort of thing for a living.

2006-09-30 07:56:31

#17

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7066|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aust1mh wrote:
Des.Kmal wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Sorry to here about the budget.... but i would suggest you save and get a kick ass card.
you'll only be upgrading again in a year or 2.

go for a http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html
no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10
you mean he will upgrade or 7950 will need to upgrade?
i thought i saw 7950 is upgradable to DX10.

o rly? wow,i thought it wasnt. if it is... then by all means. get it.

Towelly wrote:
I don't know why everyone is on about DX10 "cards" DX10 is a piece of software, you can install it on almost any graphics card around today, just like you could install DX9 onto almost any card from a year or so before it was released.

The only thing that the current cards won't be able to do is 3.0 shader models.

I have no evidence or sources for this, just the word of someone who does this sort of thing for a living.

one word: compatibility. not all cards, er, rather, most cards wont bee, it is pretty high demanding if i am not mistaken.

sure you can install it, thatsa all fine and dandy, but if you cant render all the features... and it looks almost or exactly the same as before.... why bother?

Last edited by Des.Kmal (2006-09-30 07:58:32)

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2006-09-30 08:02:03

#18

Aust1mh: Member; +23|7016|Sydney, Australia

o well, never mind.... i still happy with my 7950, not looking to jump on the Vista band wagen for a year or so after it's relise.

There is alot of talk about how good it is but it feels like the same talk about how good the Xbox 360 is.... it ain't so grate.... unless you like online Uno.... that shit ROCKS!

2006-09-30 08:11:32

#19

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7164

No cards are DX10 supported now.

2006-09-30 08:13:15

#20

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7066|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
No cards are DX10 supported now.

qfe

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2006-09-30 11:20:48

#21

Mad Ad: Member; +178|6959|England, UK

if you dont have DX10 HARDWARE then you will miss out on whatever new eye candy it brings to the table, no matter whether you run dx10 software or not (which will work on a dx9 card, just without the above).

2006-09-30 12:08:25

#22

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7029|SE London

Des.Kmal wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
You could get a low end 7900GT for about £160.

Des.Kmal wrote:

no, you'll be upgrading in about 4 months. DX10
Not if he's on a tight budget. DX10 cards will be £$£$. DX10 games will still run on DX9 hardware through a D3D9Ex renderpath.
ive NEVER heard of that.

link please?

It's how it's going to work. There is NO DX10 hardware currently available. You will be able to run DX10 games with DX9 cards though. They won't be using DX10 so they won't run so fast and some features will not be available, but all DX10 games for the next few years will include a renderpath that allows them to be run on DX9 hardware.

Towelly wrote:
I don't know why everyone is on about DX10 "cards" DX10 is a piece of software, you can install it on almost any graphics card around today, just like you could install DX9 onto almost any card from a year or so before it was released.

The only thing that the current cards won't be able to do is 3.0 shader models.

I have no evidence or sources for this, just the word of someone who does this sort of thing for a living.

Whoever told you that is misinformed. The 3.0 shader models are probably the most important part of DX10, but that doesn't mean you will be able to run DX10 games in true DX10 with 2.0 shader models. The reason for this is capability bits which have been removed from DX10. These capability bits show what features are supported by the available GPU, this allows for backwards compatibility. DX10 has got rid of these so there is no backwards compatibility, for optimisation reasons.

You can run the software through D3D9Ex, but not true DX10.

2006-10-01 01:15:00

#23

Knight`UK: Lollerstorycarpark; +371|7028|England

Thanks lads for all the help you hve restored my love for bf2s.com some people do help out here

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