Is DX11 going to be a BIG jump over DX10 and will it be worth it

[TerminatorXT]

As many of you know DX11 has been released yet no cards supporting DX11 are currently on the market
DX9 to DX10 was an major improvement, but will DX10 to DX11 be the same thing?

I currently have a GTX 295 paired up with a Q6600 at stock speeds
I will get Intel i9 (Gulftown) 6 core when it comes out hopefully
when that happens should I ditch my GTX 295, and get a new card?

 

[xc0mmiex]

unfortunately.... we don't know... a lot of people are stuck in such position including me... not many games support dx11(i think the wiki list only 3)... personally i hope it doesn't make a big difference so we can save some cash on upgrading hardware all over again.

 

[japps2]

honestly I think there are too many unknown factors. DX10 hasn't really taken off because there are still a ton of gamers on XP who have no intention of switching up to Vista/Win 7. Games go where the market is...if everyone switched over to Win 7 and DX11...then about a year leter you could see games come out utilizing DX11. But considering that DX10 games are just now coming out...with most DX9 backward compatible...and DX10 has been out for 2 1/2 years...it might be 2 years before you see DX11 games really using it.

 

[4745454b]

DX9 to DX10 was an major improvement

Perhaps now, but it wasn't then. DX10 came out and nearly no one liked it. Didn't look any different from DX9, but the frame rates were lower. We've changed that, but only recently.

 

[4745454b]

There's a forum search?

 

[Guest]

this is the same *** that people was talking about dx 10. nothing new was happen many developers still use dx 9 like. 2 years from now we will wait to see some good dx 11 games. i think that second generation of dx 11 cards is what wee need to look for just like gt 200 series.

 

[BoBzzz]

I'd also recommend you stop running your Q6600 at stock speeds

 

[Pailin]

Things are looking a Lot better for Windows 7 take up than Vista ever was:

"Amazon (UK I think) said that sales of Windows 7 in the first eight hours it was available outstripped those of Windows Vista's entire 17 week pre-order period."

People see it as an excuse to upgrade to go 64bit for more RAM and also DX11 for all us XP users

I just bought my copy today and next Gen card is my next buy as soon as I can ^^

 

[TerminatorXT]

I'd also recommend you stop running your Q6600 at stock speeds

I know overclocking isn't rocket science, but I tried Overclocking to 2.7 GHZ but failed terribly

I have the asus striker II extreme, and Q6600 B3 version with Stock HSF

 

[4745454b]

Its probably because of the extreme motherboard you have. Advanced motherboards have tons of options so you can get high overclocks. Some bios setting got flipped, and you need to find out which one. I had this problem with my old A8R-MVP board. I was early in my OCer career, and I wasn't so sure of myself.

 

[TerminatorXT]

Its probably because of the extreme motherboard you have. Advanced motherboards have tons of options so you can get high overclocks. Some bios setting got flipped, and you need to find out which one. I had this problem with my old A8R-MVP board. I was early in my OCer career, and I wasn't so sure of myself.

I'm not sure of myself either, last overclock, Boot was quick everything looked fine for 1 second

and then EVERY single program started flickering on and off

my friend said I needed to up my voltage? is that true

 

[4745454b]

Without knowing your settings, I could only guess.

 

[gamerk316]

For the last time people, software companies won't be dropping DX9 support anytime soon, as XP is still supported and the dominant OS on the market. Even when XP fades away, most of the market will still be using DX10 era hardware.

In about a year, I expect to see DX10 exclusive titles (assuming XP drops to around 20% share by then on the OS market, if not, this could take longer). A year after that is when you will start to see the first DX11 exclusives.

Fact is, everything that will be realeased will be built on DX9 for at least another year. Figure that in two years, DX11 will be the standard. Until then, the current hardware should be fine.

 

[Pailin]

TerminatorXT - also check your RAM voltages are right for your RAM.
My Asus P5K Premium defaulted to 1.8 volts although my RAM's default was 2.1volts (a little higher than normal)

Once I started playing with my system this problem became evident.

Most RAM should be at 1.8v I believe

Incidently at 3GHz I run my Q6600 with 1.2vcore
Heading up to 3.6GHz I need to up this to 1.38vcore -- but need Good Cooling at this speed

 

[4745454b]

1.8V is the JEDEC standard for what DDR2 voltage should run at. Nearly all the memory with tight timings runs at either 2.0 or 2.1. (I've seen a few sticks that will do 1.9, but they are rare.) If you bought ram that was DDR2-1066 or had 4-4-4-12 timings, odds are good that you need 2.0v. This is why I said without knowing the settings I could only guess. There are many reasons why overclocks aren't stable, its like picking a card from a deck.