the 8x00, and 2x00 series are OLD GEN, M$ screwed us all up, read up !

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'This is especially true given the incredibly limited benefits 10.1 is bringing to the party'

so I don't think owners of DX10 cards will give two hoots.

By the time DX10 takes center stage most early adopters will upgrade to a new GPU and most later ones will probably just not care. This is nuthing new to the industry though! Just my two cents!

Best,

3Ball

Holy Cow, ati, nvidia, microsoft all trying to make money by creating new gimmicks to move new products. I would have never guessed such a thing would happen right here in America.

This will be like the DX8.1 update.

People will only care once there's something to show for it.
Before Morrowind came out there was no difference between the GF3/4 and R8500, and even afterwards, few people noticed or cared unless they knew what to look for.
Same thing is likely to happen here. Developers are only going to implement it as a worthy feature once there's enough volum of owners out there who have the hardware to begin with.

Ah don't worry about the InQ article, like I said, doesn't really change anything. We knew these extra features (just like tessellation) were on the horizon, and just like SM3.0 they're not about to pring on us all of a sudden. The article acts as if this is something that's never happened before, meanwhile most of us expect it and know, "hey, I buy what's best now, and when it's no longer good enough, then I buy something new". But I don't expect to even see a game that supports DX10.1 in any major way prior to 2009. They may throw in a thing or two here, like tessellation, but I don't expect to see it on a spec for a boxed product for some time.

For the time being enjoy the new card and don't look back, that's always been my policy. Make the best choice with the info you have at the time, and never regret it.

It isn't like the "old gen" cards are going to quit working after the update.
It has been said countless times that he who is on the bleeding edge of technology will be cut by it, he who jumps in too late will be impaled.
Like Monty Python's quest for the Holy Grail where King Arthur fights the Black knight at the bridge....."it's only a flesh wound"

Be my guest, I don't have it copyrighted

yo guys. relax. u screwed up if you bought nVidea. the R600 supports DX10.1. the G80 does not. the R600 is a true next gen card. screw what anyone says anything bad about the R600. who ever got an 8x00 card now will be upgrading much sooner then some one with a 2x00 card.

the arch of the R600 is complex and will be used to its full potential with DX10b,c and 10.1. the R600 has the power, it just has to be unlocked with driver improvements and DX10 revisions. just watch, ATI4LYF

i'm personaly waiting for the 2950pro or something of that performance level. my current 1950pro smokes the 8600gts and dont see why to change my card.

the drivers are an important factor to consider. the 7.8 beta drivers added 500% in Adaptive AA performance. the real benchies to watch out for are the CCC 8 drivers, the real performance will begin to shine.

Extremely sound advice. Research & read up on cards, make sure you know about the future as much as you can, then make the decision. Then no regrets until the next splurge