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Age of Conan trailer with DX10 graphics

should be ordering the bits for my new rig at the end of the month

:excitement!:

DX10 8800 GS ftw !

My only thoughts are whether to go with the XMS uber memory or cheaper memory but 4gb as opposed to 2gb

M

I do have to say it tho

That conan trailer is shit.

The scenery is gorgeous - the models of people are atrocious. They all run and walk all hunched up and when still the resting animation makes them look retarded or camp (depending on which action they're doing).

I don't think the graphics are any better than the current DAOC engine which has been out for 3 years at least.

M

getting a dx10 card now is bit waste of money no?

Not really gwen

I'm probably paying £30-40 over the odds for a new DX10 card but (and it's a big but) if I don't buy it now - I probably won't be able to afford one in 6 months time when the new next gen games start being released in earnest.

Plus any card that I buy now will last me a good 2-3 years before I need to upgrade it anyway which is about the lifespan of cards that I buy at the moment.

Essentially I feel as if I buy a new card now at £100 to tide me over until DX10 games are out - I'll have wasted that money. I'd rather pay a bit of a premium (it is only an extra £20-30) to have it now and then I know I'm set and ready.

If I wait until april I might be able to get the new 2gb bandiwdth mobo but again - the cards for that won't be out until Summer so I'm going to take the plunge shortly and just enjoy it

M

get dual 8800 GTX 768 MB cards and you'll be set for the next 3 to 4 years. Think the 8800GTX will be outperformed within 6 months, will still be a good card tho, but more the middle segment of the market rather then the upper.

You can always dish out for a proper 8800 GTX and SLi mobo, and get the 2nd card later this year.

At average the 8800 series outperform the 7950 GX2's by 30 - 40%.

One minor downfall tho, theres no game as of yet to support DX10...

P.S.
Goose get the GTX for 75 quid extra cheapskate

P.P.S
Agreed on the character models, but the terrain is gorgeous

but dx10 = vista .. and getting a new os version at its release = *shudder*

Basically any windows version = *shudder*

I doubt my game experience will suffer greatly by not having a DX10 card early on. I'll be waiting until it's firmly established in both terms of hardware and software, until more DX10 games are released and until the card prices come down.

until wow goes dx10 then i shall remain dx9

i have better things to spend the little cash i have on than new pc bits.

plus ill try and blag one from work :p

well the problem I have is that my pc is over 2 yrs old now.

I had a chance to sort our finances (essentially after 7 months of maternity - 2 of them unpaid our savings and loans are in a mess) and one of the positives is some cash - enough cash to buy a very very good gaming pc.

Now I'll blow the cash on useless shit if I don't either "stick it in a savings account" or "buy something sexy" with it....

I'd feel like a right grandpa if I did the sensible thing so.... yeps I want a new pc

This pc will have to last a good 3-4 years though so I am trying to give it some oomph and I'll be honest - I probably will up the card to a GXT or whatever it is and I probably add some other odds n sods like card readers etc.

Wow has no interest for me - but Eve IS going dx10 and so is Company of Heroes. I'll also be able to get Vista for free from work - so I'm tempted to sort that when it's around.

The only bummer is that the guys who ratify PCI-E standards have today released the news that PCI-E bandwidth has now been raised to 2gb - the first mobo's supporting this should be appearing in Q2 (so I'd imagine may time) and then the next generation of PCI-E 2gb bandiwdth cards will appear.. still - whenever I buy the pc there will be something new around the corner so ...

M

learn to drive imo

im still paying my laptop off. you also dont need dx10 to watch porn.

That's already happening stumpy! and I have funds seperately for that

M

I love that old avatar sic...

My card still runs CoH on top gfx so im not upgrading for a while.

Always wondered what caused that accident with Richard Hammond :~x

Conan looks pee.

Heres the reasons to get a Dx10 machine http://beta.fun4forums.co.uk/viewtopic. ... light=dx10

I think I have about the same specs as you currently have goose, but I\ll
probably stick with this untill it explodes because of the power hungry games


Although I am tempted to upgrade once Crysis comes out, that game looks tasty!

My PC is a piece of shit and it will stay that way until I'm american. Obviously I make up for lack of hardware with pure gaming skill etc.

thank god Im already DX10 ready