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Vista is running DX10 but DX9 cards are still capable of running with Vista, you will just not get the better graphics offered by DX10. Supposedly DX10 is legacy free, but it still allows DX9 games and hardware. Just don't try to run DOS or 16-bit stuff without an emulator.
Merlin beat me by...
My friend's Mom is really big into surveys, auctions and the like. So he called him a little over a week ago saying that she found a woman who wanted to sell a '7950GT' for $400. He asked me how much it was worth and I immediately told him the most it is worth would be $350 unopened. So he told...
True nothing is future proof, but for my situation when I upgrade everyone in my house upgrades. Last years hot hardware goes down the totem pole to whoever is next.
I bought an eVGA 8800GTX to go with my 20" widescreen LCD that runs at the same res you are and I can tell you right now I am glad I did. Being able to play all the games currently out at 1680 x 1050 with everything on and max AA and filtering is well worth the money. It being future proof is...
You can't deny that the 7600GT has decent performance for the price but the more important question is "Why is fatal1ty still treated like a superstar?" To be honest, and I am sure people will disagree, I met him at Quakecon in '05 and he was kind of full of himself and not too fun to talk to...