Dirt 2 PC Demo Brings DirectX 11 Graphics

ahn... video?

I have xbox360 & PC but simply put, if you want the best graphics, PC has the upper-hand imho.

When has the PC not had the upper hand in graphics?

Video 3921 is my favorite

No comparison photos?

AS expected, DX11 is visually no different than DX9/10

But hey we got to sell those new DX11 cards lol
I am sticking with my HD4870 x2 for a bit longer

Maybe I'll wait for another year and switch to the HD6xxx series

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I would like to see dx9 vs dx10 vs dx11 photos. I've seen one photo that was dx9 vs dx11, but I would like to see all three since I have dx10 videocards.

Consoles are gimmick for noobs.

Just check the links at teh end of the article: http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/ [...] k-dirt-2/1

Just in time for fermi.

I wonder when some interesting games will be released with DX11 support

I think that is why they needed the improved hardware with Higher bandwidth. No matter how you put it, DX11 is just a new API, so you will still need to do more GPU executions and push higher amount of pixels through if you want improved visuals.

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nothing uses dx10

Played it...it looks really good XD

Dirt 2 really looks good, good thing ATI gave 5000 series owners it for free

dx11 will die out like dx10 and dx10.1 did .

Umm... have you see the screen shots!?
If you look at a highresolution screen shot of Crysis in DX9 vs DX10 you will see the difference. It's obvious and noticable. I have yet to see DX10 vs DX11 though.

Haha, its funny some people grade my posts negative, even when I dont ppost my opinion but rather post a link to a review site.

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I played the Dirt 2 demo on PS3 and the PC and I have the 5870 and I'll tell you the PC owns it all day long! Some of you need to do your research if you are that into PC gaming. The list of games coming in 2010 will be worth it. Im looking forward to Bad Company 2 for PC with full DX11 support and Ded servers,clan and enhanced PC features. Fermi is still a ways out for you Nvidia fanboys. Those of you bashing DX11 and the new cards, dont have clue or cant afford a new card and take it out on these articles. Suck it up.

Consoles are user friendly devices that make gaming easy without crashing worring about getting good framerates or viruses and malware. And the only time you have to worry about a console crashing is when the HARDWARE is bad, not the software. Personally I've had a PS3 since shortly after they came out and I am yet to have a single issue. Although I know plenty of XBox 360 owners who can't say the same thing but that's a whole other discussion.

Funny indeed, especially since you failed to properly read two short sentences.

Bit-Tech did a comparison of DX9 to DX11 in Dirt 2. You take a huge hit in framerate to run DX11 and almost no improvement in graphics across two generations of DirectX. Really disappointing.

Dont be a kid. Noone is taking it out on the articles. Maybe you should trash talk the reviewer since he is the one that commented about the performance issue and the image quality of DX11.
We are merrily discussing what was said in the article. Read the Bit-Tech review with the image comparison.

BTW, dont worry about our money situation I can assure you that I have plenty of cash to upgrade my rigs. I am just not one of those people who jump on the bandwagon as soon as something new comes out. I'll rather wait for the 5870 revision, or if there is no need for upgrade I'll jump this cycle and wait for the next HD6xxx cards.
I think that my 2 hd4870 1GB in crossfire can provide me with great performance for another year....

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Yes it is funny since you failed to read the two reviews posted at the bottom of the article. Dont be an angry fanboy

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I prefer Open GL to the proprietary crap from MS.

#VIDEO_ 3921#

Best... video... evar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PwIXDBkv3g

Well, well dx9 would choke up if it would try to make same effects as dx11 version, but it does not chance the thing that differenses are hard to notice. Is dx9 good enough? Well it's not near enough to reality. DX11 has more muscle to do that, but we need even more power than that. The ability to create more details via tessalation with dx11 is a good thing. 5870 is fast enough to run the game in dx9 or dx11 mode, why not use dx11 even the difference is not so important in fast pasing rasing game.
It will take time (again) to developers to really crasp all the benefits of dx11. Adding a feature just for adding the fealture is not a sure way of making the game better, they have to learn what improvements does count the effort!

DX 11 is a total non factor. LOL it slows down a 5970 ! I have the demo and can get 60fps with a 4770. Most are going to run this game with dx11 disabled.

http://unigine.com/download/
This benchmark does exactly that. The improvements over DX9 and even over DX10 is pretty obvious when you run this software. The visuals are stunning.

This website has the working video clip of the tech demo and pictures for comparing with or without DX11.

http://hothardware.com/News/Dirt-2 [...] X9-Tested/

The effect for the flags are cool... but I won't be surprised that new extras will slow the game down in some degree.