A Good buy?

[secolliyn]

I recently bought a XFX Geforve 7900 GT Exterme Edition From compusa Now
Me being an Employee there i got a Fat Discount from 449 to 313 shipped
my Question is it Says it's made for Windows Vista but what does that really mean does it mean that it's ready for DX 10? or should i tkae the card back and wait untill DX 10 Cards Come out? im usre it will play the gmaes i want such as Guild wars Oblivion Half life 2 Quake 4 ect ect ect
but for later on will it still be good?

Link to the card from compusa
http://www.compusabusiness.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=52094574&pfp=SEARCH

 

[GherkinPekul]

You probably won't find any cards that natively support DX 10 until after it comes out. Ready just means that the card will work, just not have the new DX10 features.

 

[cleeve]

yep great card.

 

[4745454b]

The windows vista thing simply means its a DX9 card at best. ANY semi modern video card will run vista, but not all of them can support Aero AKA glass. For this, you need a DX9 video card (I believe with 64MBs of video ram).

As for it supporting DX10, I doubt it. DX10 is a completely different beast from any other version of DX. If you want DX10, you need a new card AND vista. This is what burns me. Inorder to play the newest PC games, I HAVE to upgrade to vista, as vista will be the only MS OS that will support DX10. Because of this, I suggest holding off on vista/DX10 until SP1 ships for vista.

 

[moparman390]

At the retail price of $450, that was way over priced, but the discount you got makes it a reasonably good deal, not great, but you saved like $20 all together.

 

[WR2]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139

XFX GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 (part number PV-T71G-UDE7)
$289.00 plus $4.89 Three Day Shipping