Is G80 DX10?????

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freddiepm61

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I know that the R600 will be fully dx10, but will theG80??

Or will it just be dx10 compatible (or whatever marketing speak they use), and not able to run all of the dx10 features?

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compatiabilty in video cards just means it will work with that level of direct x and yes the g80 and r600 will be full direct x 10
 
well originally it was said that the G80 would NOT be fully DX10 compliant. the lastest rumors are that it will be.
 
Says right on NV website the 7950 is "Third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista". Unless that is marketing hype it should run DX10 API. I suspect G80 will do it.

trek554 said:
well originally it was said that the G80 would NOT be fully DX10 compliant. the lastest rumors are that it will be.
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apcor said:
Says right on NV website the 7950 is "Third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista". Unless that is marketing hype it should run DX10 API. I suspect G80 will do it.
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even a 7300 is built for vista, it runs it, doesn't mean that it is going to be running it at full.
 
unless things have changed i was under the impression G80 would not have unified shaders ( a reqirement of DX10)
 
That one is beyond me ("at full"). I was under the impression that if you had vista it runs the DX10 API. The card either will run it or it won't, unless it can run parts of it in DX9 at he same time which I dont think will be the case. How well it can run it is another matter.
 
Faction said:
unless things have changed i was under the impression G80 would not have unified shaders ( a reqirement of DX10)
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Not true.
Unified hardware shaders have nothing to do with DX10...
But you may show me your source for making this claim?
 
apcor said:
Says right on NV website the 7950 is "Third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista". Unless that is marketing hype it should run DX10 API. I suspect G80 will do it.
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so what? a Geforce4 MX440 can run Windows XP but its not fully DX9 compliant for games. this thread is about whether the G80 is fully DX10 compliant NOT whether it can run Windows Vista or not. :rolleyes:
 
Point taken sir. If G80 does not go unified I guess it won't be "fully DX10 compliant". :eek:

trek554 said:
so what? a Geforce4 MX440 can run Windows XP but its not fully DX9 compliant for games. this thread is about whether the G80 is fully DX10 compliant NOT whether it can run Windows Vista or not. :rolleyes:
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Actually it will be D3D10 but who's argueing? I'm sure the G80 will be compliant, just how compliant is the question. Both ATI and Nvidia always seems to fudge something in regards to being "fully compliant".
 
R1ckCa1n said:
Actually it will be D3D10 but who's argueing? I'm sure the G80 will be compliant, just how compliant is the question. Both ATI and Nvidia always seems to fudge something in regards to being "fully compliant".
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lets not worry ourselves too much about it since neither company wants to make a dud for their first DX10 card. I bet a lot of changes have been made in the last year and thats probably one reason Nvidia are taking their time about releasing the G80. :D
 
apcor said:
Point taken sir. If G80 does not go unified I guess it won't be "fully DX10 compliant". :eek:
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It will...only the DX10 API needs see the pipes as unified, where does this myth about hardware pipes come from?
 
R1ckCa1n said:
Actually it will be D3D10 but who's argueing? I'm sure the G80 will be compliant, just how compliant is the question. Both ATI and Nvidia always seems to fudge something in regards to being "fully compliant".
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Good thing it's Microsoft that gives the "DX10" stamp then.
Because either you are DX10...or you are NOT...
No DX9.0, DX9.0B and DX9.0C crap...
 
Terra said:
It will...only the DX10 API needs see the pipes as unified, where does this myth about hardware pipes come from?
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Well Nvidia were the ones saying that ATI's approach was not the best way. Up until a few weeks Nvidia themselves were saying that the G80 did not have a unified structure. Now supposedly it will.
 
unified shaders has nothing to do with dx10 all it has to do with is proccessing power and how there wont be just pixel shaders and vertex proccesor. it will all be one.
 
I heard september....... really, and ati will be in january....

However i surmise that NVIDIA will release in november in time for christmas rush, or september for back to school.....

but who knows?? :confused: :confused:
 
freddiepm61 said:
I heard september....... really, and ati will be in january....

However i surmise that NVIDIA will release in november in time for christmas rush, or september for back to school.....

but who knows?? :confused: :confused:
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lol back to school......no wonder you are failing. i acctually saw back to school pillows at a store.
 
I start college for the first time in october...all nervous about it, but at least it is within an hour of london.. :p
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A unified hardware architecture is not a requirement for D3D10.

D3D10 eliminates the caps system, therefore all GPUs capable of D3D10 will theoretically have the same D3D10 feature support and image quality, theoretically.
 
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