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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Have you tried re-installing the same? I had a similar problem with SOC and fixed it by re-installing the game.

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mithrandir View Post
    Run THIS little demo/benchmark app in DX10 mode to see what happens.
    Some pretty interesting topics here

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Quote Originally Posted by DDY View Post
    Have you tried re-installing the same? I had a similar problem with SOC and fixed it by re-installing the game.
    I give it one more shot today sometime, if the problem still consists, I shall do what you said

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Completed it

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    You completed the game? =O

    Also, if it works ok now, was it reinstalling that fixed it?

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Actually, I don't know what fixed it :S I think installed the BETA nvidia drivers (v177) may have helped. The bug I had/have seems to be ok 8 times out of 10... creeps back round occassionally, but Im not sure what it is. One thing I do know is that it's not my graphics card (thank god). Been on the official forums, and a few people are having the same problem.

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    I'm almost certain it's naff nvidia drivers. I had similar problems with my 8800GTS 512mb with nvidia drivers. I switched to 175.19 and most issues went away but recently I've had really bad tearing on Medieval TW II, on the command map - so I went and searched and found out that 177.83 xp 32 bit drivers were the best and used the Xtreme G version which has sorted the problems.

    So I suggest you go to the 64bit version of 177.83 or above. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ta_64-bit.html

    Xtreme-G 177.92 is out now http://www.tweakforce.com/
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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    The Xtreme-G and PhysX is awesome! I just upgraded STALKER CS to the new patch, and my v177.94 drivers wont load the game after the first FMV.. but these Xtreme-G ones loaded it right up!

    Cheers!

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bounty_Bam View Post
    The Xtreme-G and PhysX is awesome! I just upgraded STALKER CS to the new patch, and my v177.94 drivers wont load the game after the first FMV.. but these Xtreme-G ones loaded it right up!

    Cheers!
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    I hadn't come across those versions of nvidia drivers before. I only knew about the Omega ones, but he doesn't seem to have done the later nvidia versions so tried the xtreme-G one and was very happy with it. Let me know if that has solved your problemo as you get further into the game(s). I'm due to start a stalker session soon along with the Spore madness - I'm going indoors now, I might be some time.
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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bounty_Bam View Post
    I am running Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
    My GPU is Asus 8800GT 512MB

    I am getting a lot of "artifacts" in the graphics..
    In answer to your original question:

    There are no DX10.1 games at present, so whether it's worth upgrading to can only be determined at some point in the future when there are DX10.1 games.

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    Re: Is DX10.1 worth upgrading to?

    Yeah, 10.1 doesn't seem to add a lot, but then I'm no expert so will be interesting to see whether it makes a difference when games start using it.........it wouldn't surprise me though if it gets ignored by most developers.

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