Speedbrake Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 I currently have a GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB video card but am thinking about upgrading in lieu of Black Shark. I am running Win XP and have no desire to move to Vista. I've noticed that the current Nvidia 512MB - 1 GB video cards are made for DirectX 10.0 and also state Vista in the specifications. Does that mean that they will not play on a Win XP DirectX 9.0c machine? Any recomendations? Thanks!
CAT_101st Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 The older 8800s have no probs with XP and the new 9 seires shuld not with the right drivers. and as for the DX10.0 your new card will come with DX10.0a But DCS-BS does not take full advantage of it. I would sujust buying a 9800GTX or better if you can aford it. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
Shrubbo Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 At this place.... http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us ....I had no problems selecting an 8800gt and an xp operating system and getting drivers for it. i9-9900K,Z390 Aorus Master, 32GB GSkill Trident F4-3600 DDR4, ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti, Oculus Rift S. Thrustmaster Warthog T&S, TPR Pedals.
GregP Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Speedbrake, It's really quite simple - there's no such thing as a "Vista/DX10-only" video card. They all work perfectly fine with both XP/DX9 and Vista/DX10 if they support the latter.
Speedbrake Posted November 29, 2008 Author Posted November 29, 2008 Thanks for the inputs! I shall take them all into consideration. I was concerned when I read a review over on Newegg when the guys new graphics card wouldn't work with his WinXP system. But it may well have been the cpu, not the graphics card. He put it into a different machine that had Vista and it worked fine. Again the main thought here is "a different cpu".
SirWoofer Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Hi Speedbrake, I've ran a GTS8800 and recently upgraded to a 280 GTX with Win XP pro. I'm sure all cards are backward compatible. Good luck. Lynn
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