well, don't know about DX10, but dx11 cards have already become pretty much become the recommended requirements. As I posted earlier, EA released a DX11 Ultra Upgrade and according to the pictures posted on Nvidia site, there is a hell lot of noticeable difference. For now I am going to have to do with the other two parts of the upgrade, i.e patch 1.9 and high-res textures since i won't be able to take advantage of all the pretty features of DX11 anyway. Though, except for differences in Crysis 2, I am yet to notice much difference in other games between DX9 & DX11. Though I do see a need to upgrade in the near future as my hardware will be underused anyway. This sucks. Just got the 9800GT about a year back and am still able to play everything maxed out :-/