Hi, this is probably a common question, but I'm looking to buy an nvidia 7600GT graphics card. Should I just buy it now and wait for a similar priced DirectX 10 card (if any).
Thanx

Hi tbl,

Unfortunately, DirectX 10 is only being released for Windows Vista. That means the to get the full functionality of your DX card, you would need to also upgrade to Vista.

Why have they done this? Because game designers have been limited by previous versions of DirectX, and it is the hope the DirectX 10 will break these barriers. In addition, all the processing power should no longer be shared with the CPU. It's is the hope that all DX processing will take place via the GPU and bypass the CPU alltogher = better performance.

So I think your question isn't just, do I buy a card that is compatible with DX10 (such as the Nvidia G80), but do you upgrade to Windows Vista?

I remember when Windows XP came out, it was still quite buggy, and lot of of people had to wait for drivers to be released for a lot of the hardware they had. I would personally wait a year or so for Vista's teething problems to be sorted out before upgrading.

So, what your trying to say is: I'm going to need to get a job...

Another thing to consider, is that you will probably have to wait a while before we start to see some decent games that use DX10. I'm aware Halo 2 is already in production for Windows Vista.

This is just my personal opinion. I'm sure many other tech's would agree, but there are people who always have to have the latest technology before it is even released! ...and maybe later find out it doesn't work very well!

ya your going to need to get a job. i know i feel like windows is screwing all of us over.

I want a DX10 but i think i will have to buy when the prices have gone down. Anyway DX9 prices will go down probably as a result.