Pixel Shading 2.0

[Phopojijo]

DirectX 10 runs fine on a Model Shader 2 card (the proper name for PS&VS)
If anyone here doesn't know what "Pixel Shader" is, I can show them exactly what it means.
However, it doesn't appear that the -use20 function does anything as Halo is centered around some very specific effects (the proper name for shaders)

Edit: Xbox has Model Shader 2, 360 has Model Shader 3 - Parallax Occlusion ftw!

... no it doesn't. The only DirectX10 cards in existance are the GeForce8.

Yes I know DXDIAG says you're using DirectX10. You're not, you're using 9L until there's DirectX10 hardware installed. DXDIAG just lists the largest DirectX version installed on your computer... not necessarily the version you're USING.

[[MT]Slayer]

I have a ATI 9250 PCI bus (256 MB) card, and it kinda sux, better than an integrated intel though, Direct X8.0/Pixel Shader 1.1. I'm upgrading to the V-Tek ATI X1300 PCI PCI (256 MB) though, Direct X9.0c/Pixel Shader 2.0 :TYPO: I mean Direct X9.0/Pixel Shader 3.0

[klange]

... no it doesn't. The only DirectX10 cards in existance are the GeForce8.

Yes I know DXDIAG says you're using DirectX10. You're not, you're using 9L until there's DirectX10 hardware installed. DXDIAG just lists the largest DirectX version installed on your computer... not necessarily the version you're USING.

I'm not running Direct3d 10, there is a big difference, but it's still DirectX 10. And it's not called 9L any more, it's 9Ex.

[Phopojijo]

The Xbox was somewhere between 1.4 and 2.0, and the 360 somewhere between 2.0 and 3.0 (edit: Typo! I meant 3.0 and 4.0).

Corrected my typo in a post earlier, I meant somewhere between 3.0 and 4.0.

Its got mostly 3.0 functionality... only unified like 4.0

[ImSpartacus]

holy crap, i dont get any of this, i give up.

lol, i had last post on this thread, i was even more a noob then than i am now, ha.

[Cortexian]

-use40Kidding

I win.
8800 GTX ftw.
Pixel Shader 4.0 for the win.

Now... Someone name games that will start taxing my card so I can buy them... Crysis doesn't count, I know that one.

[legionaire45]

I have a ATI 9250 PCI bus (256 MB) card, and it kinda sux, better than an integrated intel though, Direct X8.0/Pixel Shader 1.1. I'm upgrading to the V-Tek ATI X1300 PCI PCI (256 MB) though, Direct X9.0c/Pixel Shader 2.0

That card will shorten your life by 10 years, I can guarantee it. Save your cash for something that is an actual graphics card and not shit distributed finely over a piece of plastic. I hate the X1300 PCI if you haven't noticed xD.

[Phopojijo]

-use40Kidding

I win.
8800 GTX ftw.
Pixel Shader 4.0 for the win.

Now... Someone name games that will start taxing my card so I can buy them... Crysis doesn't count, I know that one.

Unreal Tournament 3. Oblivion because its so poorly coded it'll tax any card...

[Cortexian]

*adds UT 2007 to games list*

Oblivion sucks tho. I never liked that game...

[[MT]Slayer]

ok, legionaire, what do u recommend me to buy?

I have a Dell Dimension 1100 with a PCI bus slot and 1.024 GB of DDR RAM.
I mean the really old PCI slots. What better Graphics Card is there?