Nvidia's first DirectX 11 cards GeForce GTX 480/470

chev65 said:

I agree Frostmourne, my machine plays pretty much all games so perfectly using my single GTX 280 I can't hardly think of a reason to upgrade my GPU.

Although doubling the frame rate plus DX11 might be worth it. These new cards might make the games play even better if the drivers are good.

I'll wait until the price drops down a bit and see what other Nvidia cards come out.

Play better if I get lag/stuttering or play better just because they can?

Either way, DirectX11 is a superset of DirectX 10. So, GPU's for Direct X 10.1 or 10 will ignore all features of 11 and use the sets they understand. Although that kind of defeats the point of DirectX 11 games in the first place if the game engine is built properly for 10/10.1 . . . .

NviDIa all time greats..... its like a legendary graphics card man

I agree with Frostmourne here as well.

i soooo want to upgrade tio the newest and best GPU, but the simple fact ..

My 4890 Vapor-X runs all my games with out any problems at all at 1080P.

So guess Ill wait a bit longer, or at least till DX11 becomes more of a common or the 4890 begins struggling. just can't warrant the upgrade yet :-/

Frostmourne said:

chev65 said:

I agree Frostmourne, my machine plays pretty much all games so perfectly using my single GTX 280 I can't hardly think of a reason to upgrade my GPU.

Although doubling the frame rate plus DX11 might be worth it. These new cards might make the games play even better if the drivers are good.

I'll wait until the price drops down a bit and see what other Nvidia cards come out.

Play better if I get lag/stuttering or play better just because they can?

Either way, DirectX11 is a superset of DirectX 10. So, GPU's for Direct X 10.1 or 10 will ignore all features of 11 and use the sets they understand. Although that kind of defeats the point of DirectX 11 games in the first place if the game engine is built properly for 10/10.1 . . . .

I wouldn't know because I get zero lag or stuttering even on max settings, but mostly it's because I can just purchase another GPU and increase gaming frame rates without any need to upgrade the rest of my system. Although the cost to performance ratio may not add up.

About the only way to induce lag is to use more than 4X AA which makes very little difference in visual appeal anyway. It's going to be awhile before the DX11 is mainstream but better frame rates is always good.

my 8800GT also does the job fine. As for nvidia making flawless drivers? I think not.

Nvidia drivers are unstable on some systems