Jul 23, 2008, 06:33 PM // 18:33
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jul 2007
Guild: fiSh
Profession: Mo/E
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should i use dx9c or dx10 for guildwars
I bought a computer off some guy on craigslist it was a steal pretty much.
and it has dx10 installed i was wondering if i should revert to dx9c.
i bought this computer today for $325.00
=Amd Athalon Proccesor BE-2300 64x2 duo core processor chip!
=4 GB OF DDR2 RAM
=250gb HARDDRIVE
=super multi drive for memory cards and stuff
=Nvidia PCI express Geforce 7300gs
=Windows Vista Home premium
Ati mObo
=has a Dvd Multi recorder on it
=Tv Tuner with remote
Sound blaster sound card.
19in widescreen monitor.
8gb flash drive 25 bucks
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:39 PM // 18:39
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Michigan
Guild: Heroes of the Horn [HoH]
Profession: N/
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Guild Wars does not use DX 10. However it has been said that GW2 may use DX10.
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jul 2007
Guild: fiSh
Profession: Mo/E
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i am using dx10 right now i was wondering if i should revert back to dx9c
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:49 PM // 18:49
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über těk-nĭsh'ən
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Canada
Profession: R/
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that computer doesn't even support dx10, so you're running dx9c by default.
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:51 PM // 18:51
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jul 2007
Guild: fiSh
Profession: Mo/E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moriz
that computer doesn't even support dx10, so you're running dx9c by default.
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weird everest says im on dx10 okay thx anyways.
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:57 PM // 18:57
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Academy Page
Join Date: Nov 2005
Guild: Sentinels of Eternal Souls
Profession: N/
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Your video card is only dx9. You'll need to upgrade to the gforce8, or Radeon HD series before you can use dx10.
That, and guildwars is also only dx9.
Last edited by Corth; Jul 23, 2008 at 07:01 PM // 19:01..
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Jul 23, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59
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Site Contributor
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Usa
Guild: TKC
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by czymann
Guild Wars does not use DX 10. However it has been said that GW2 will use DX10.
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Fixed for truth.
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Jul 23, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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As it's running Vista, won't it be DX10 regardless? Sure, the GPU won't be able to run any DX10 specific calls, but isn't Vista DX10 whether you like it or not?
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Jul 23, 2008, 08:17 PM // 20:17
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Oct 2006
Guild: GWAR
Profession: Me/Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snograt
As it's running Vista, won't it be DX10 regardless? Sure, the GPU won't be able to run any DX10 specific calls, but isn't Vista DX10 whether you like it or not?
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That's what I assume dx10 is vista Its what mine came with and GW is working fine.
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Jul 23, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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The way I see it (I'm far from being an expert!), DirectX is backwards-compatible. If an application like GW is programmed as being DX9 compliant, it will also be DX10 compliant, yet obviously not able to use the advanced features of DX10. Same applies to hardware.
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Jul 24, 2008, 09:47 AM // 09:47
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Krytan Explorer
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The latest Windows Vista automatically comes with DirectX 10. DirectX 10 can do virtually anything it's previous DirectX versions can do. You don't need a DirectX 10 graphics card to run DirectX 10, it will just use whatever features it can use. If your graphics card doesn't use any of the DirectX 10 features it won't matter if you switch between Directx 9 or 10, but why would you go through the trouble? I'm not even sure you can uninstall DirectX 10 from Windows Vista even if you had good reasons to.
Final conclusion: DirectX 10 does everything DirectX 9 does, so there's no reason for you to revert to DirectX 9 (assuming it's even possible).
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Jul 24, 2008, 10:10 AM // 10:10
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Mancland, British Empire
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^Pretty much what he said. So all you really need now is a nice DX10 card, that 7300 is rubbish.
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