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m3ld4r10n   04-25-2009 at 02:58:18 PM

I'm looking at buying a 9800GTX from nvidia.

But when looking at chipsets I'm left a little baffled by some of the info on the net. "DirectX 10 compatible chipset" implies that I'll need to upgrade my motherboard just to be able to use DX10?

Would this also mean I couldn't use VISTA? -As well as not being able to play games in DX10?

I was looking at the 720a and the 630a.

(AMD CPU)

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   04-25-2009 at 08:48:19 PM
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The GPU has to support DirectX 10, not the motherboard (unless you buy one with an integrated graphichs controller). You can use Vista on system that don't support DirectX 10.

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photonboy   04-25-2009 at 09:51:40 PM
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Yes and No.

To run a game in DX10 you need:

1) Vista or Windows 7
2) Graphic card supporting DX10

It is possible, however, that the motherboard you looked at had an integrated graphics chip that is DX10 compatible.

Your 9800GTX running on Vista is going to have DX10 support. No worries.


Message edited by photonboy on 04-25-2009 at 09:53:28 PM
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m3ld4r10n   04-26-2009 at 04:06:44 AM
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Awesome.

So long as U don't need a certain type of motherboard to get vista and DX10 that's alllllll cool!!!

It's nvidia 8 series and up that are DX 10.

Anyone have any clue about what would be better in terms of a chipset for lots of gaming etc...;

650a/630a (mainstream but older) chipset or 720a (value but newer) chipset?

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photonboy   04-27-2009 at 04:49:09 AM
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Differences will be very, very minor in terms of frame rate. Maybe no more than 3% difference.

Err on the side of better quality, then worry about getting a newer board. Newer isn't always better.

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