Rumors about sm 4.0>>?

[bluntside]

Rumours have it, once Vista and dx10 is released, graphic cards are gonna take a huge step on their shader models. Dont know if this is true but just wanted to see if NE1 has hear about this rumor

 

[bluntside]

What about on ati,their R600 chips??

 

[uber_g]

Rumours have it, once Vista and dx10 is released, graphic cards are gonna take a huge step on their shader models. Dont know if this is true but just wanted to see if NE1 has hear about this rumor

yay !

 

[bluntside]

Damn Nvidia, the alyays got to be the first on everything.
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To Ati

 

[bluntside]

Waht do you mean?? I though sm3.0 was fully utilizable...
8O

 

[bluntside]

I knew that

 

[Vile]

6600 can't even run games that support SM3 at playable framerates.

True, so sad...

 

[MadModMike]

6600 can't even run games that support SM3 at playable framerates.

But a 6600GT PCI-E is faster than a 6800GT AGP :lol:, as per 2 of my systems.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[uberclops]

Nothing makes use of Shader Model 3.0 yet... Oblivion can use it but only for a performance increase (very minor increase) but is mainly using 2.0(one of them). Now they want to bring out Shader Model 4.0 allready!? It's all to get us to buy another graphics card. I just bought an X1900xtx and I don't plan to upgrade for at least another year :x

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Actually it's about better coding for developers. Just read their interviews on the subject and they can't wait.

 

[chuckshissle]

And what is the main difference of both sm3 and sm4? Does it mean better visuals/picture quality and performance. Read some review that sm3 was not that big of a difference over the predessesors, but a difference it has. I'm sure that when Windows Vista comes out with the SM4 both Nvidia and ATI would come out with thier SM4 compatible cards. Question is, would there be many games that would fully utilize the SM4?
This is confusing to me, to wether I should upgrade to the Vista gaming wise.

 

[mdd1963]

I'm sure the 'lowly' Direct x 9.0c backwards compatible rendering paths for Vista will look more than adequate...!

 

[bluntside]

Rumors have it that sm 4.0 will not be released for another 2-3yrs form the release of Vista. Until games can fully utilize sm 3.0, only then will programmers, start to develope sm 4.0, so now worries, be happy