ANy advantage to Directx 10 with BF2142?

[PGAwannaBE]

I have BFG 7800gt in SLI (cards are only directx9). I get no lag in gaming, but I seen Crysis in directx 10 and it brings tears to my eyes from its awsomeness. Is there a visual diference in the game with Directx 10? I am not looking at needing a gaming advantage, just the looks of the game.

Thanks.
From Appleton Wisconsin.

BF2142 player name: GovnaSaraPalin.

 

[Soldier4Real]

For 2142 there is absolutely no advantage because the game was created for DX9. While DX10 is backwards compatible with DX9 very few games actually support it and when Windows 7 is released DX11 will be the standard though I haven't heard of any games being developed for it.

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10-a.aspx

 

[PGAwannaBE]

You rock, thanks for the quick reply! I got an answer in here in 1 hour. It's been 2 weeks and EASupport said they will get back to me.

 

[ErikStenger]

BF2 and BF2142 doesn't support dual-core either.

 

[roth140]

or 64bit

fail

 

[roth140]

also, sli is a wash

 

[HeatSurge]

While it doesn't support DX10, getting a newer card than the 7800GT's might give you benefits from the unified shaders though, as well as generally faster overall... 7800GT -> 8800 GT or 9800 GT = HUGE change. I used to have a 7900 GT and going to a 8800 GTX (initially) was like... amazing.

And if you buy a GTX 260 core 216 (or I recommend waiting for the upcoming GTX 275 which will be a 285 with a bit slower memory bus which shouldn't impact performance hardly at all except at very high (past 1080p) resolutions, it comes out mid April at the latest per very reliable rumors), it will easily outperform your dual 7800 GT's in most if not all situations and resolutions.

Better get a 1920x1200 monitor at least though, otherwise it's not really worth it to get a GTX260 or better... unless you play crysis. That is probably still THE only game which those cards don't run well at high/highest settings.

 

[Soldier4Real]

Oh no doubt that he would benefit from a new video card or cards. Hell even a single 8800/9800 would be more powerful than 2 7800GT's. Here is a benchmark from tomshardware shpwing NVidia based cards running CoD4 at 1680 x 1050.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...all-of-Duty-4-v1.6,Marque_fbrandx876,745.html

 

[ChuckTheHammer]

I don't know roth; I am running vista 64 w/o problems and my frame rate jumped almost 100 fps when I sli'd my gtx 260

 

[Soldier4Real]

I've gained about 20 to 30 FPS running 8800GT's in SLI versus non SLI. And 2142 does support it:

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_game.html

 

[L72102BUCK]

30 fps for a 8800gt sounds about right....try CO4 that game support sli

 

[Soldier4Real]

I have CoD4 and have since it came out. I only have about 12 hours played online. I love the single player and may have to play again but the multiplayer just doesn't do it for me.