View Full Version : Direct X 10 is here!!
the lost planet PC demo is out in 2 version one is dx9 but the other is DX10
this is the first directX10 playable game ever so
if like me you have vista and a 8800 get downloading and see what DX10 can really do :)
its really hard to find its on www.gameslave.co.uk im strugling to find the official site!
Is it really that exciting?
NoControl
05-16-2007, 11:49 AM
I thought Supreme Commander was Dx10? And tbh i don't think LP will show real potential of Dx10, atleast on 360 it didn't look "mind blowing", like some of those new games.
a 360 isnt dx10 more like dx9.5
this is the first game released that is built dx10 from the ground up
ther are a few games that have been patched for dx10 but thats not the same.
jam you miserable sod, obviouosly too poor to have a dx10 capable rig, i feel your loss.
Are you kidding? I'm rich.
NoControl
05-16-2007, 12:09 PM
I know 360 isn't Dx10, but LP pc will be port, meaning it might not be that spectacular.
Lost Planet is quite good though, I've got it for my 360 - the thing that gets me though is that he's more excited about it being DirectX 10 than being Lost Planet.
yes thats right i am happythat dx10 games are now starting to show up
lost planet isnt a game im really fond of i have it on my 360 its a good blastem up really i found it easy a good storty like reading a good book.
lost planet is the first one that isnt a port
As someone who has had a dx10 capable PC for 3 months now today is the first time i actually got to play something dx10 and a lof of 8800 owners will feel the same. roll on ut3 and crysis
Phobos
05-16-2007, 03:50 PM
sent and jam should buy me some computer parts since you have so much money
that lost planet is pretty cool but i dont consider it dx10 until its a game that wasnt brought over from the xbox, all they did was polish the game a bit
1Bravo
05-16-2007, 03:52 PM
Pretty interesting review comparing DX9 and DX10 on this game:
http://www.tweakguides.com/LP_1.html
From the article:
Conclusion
It appears that DirectX10 gaming can be very stressful, but very beautiful. The main difference between DX9 and DX10 in Lost Planet is that DX10 is more "realistic". The lighting, motion blurring, explosions, shadows, textures and particle effects are much more subtle and more detailed. However DX9 mode still looks great, so certainly you don't have to run in DX10 mode to enjoy the eye candy. The screenshots above can't do justice to how good these effects look when animated.
It should also be remembered that Lost Planet has been made in conjunction with Nvidia, so the game is optimized for Nvidia GPUs. ATI's new HD2900XT performs very poorly in DX10 mode on Lost Planet, as well as incorrectly rendering certain effects. ATI has stated that they will need to optimize their drivers to improve this situation.
If you run Windows Vista and have a DX10 graphics card, given the choice of running in DX9 or DX10 mode, I'd recommend DX10 mode since you get more eye candy, and especially more realistic graphics, running in DX10 mode, at a similar FPS outcome.
Finally, Lost Planet is not necessarily designed from the ground up for DX10, and there are indications that more "mature" DX10 games like the upcoming Crysis will perform better, given we have seen video demos of them running smoothly on 8800 series cards. Plus of course driver optimizations and updates from both Nvidia and ATI will further improve DX10 performance, given Lost Planet is the first playable DX10 game to be released. Indeed Nvidia only just released the new 158.42 Forceware a couple of days ago designed to allow Lost Planet to run in DX10 mode on Nvidia systems.
fusen
05-16-2007, 07:00 PM
but then dx10 on multiplayer games where configs are tweaked to remove all the flashu eye candy nonsense isn't really going to help :p