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Are we going to be FORCED to have DirectX 11 cards???

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DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#1 - 2012-03-24 17:56:13 UTC
Bad enough with incarna I got booted due to system requirements. Fanfest speakers are showing these great graphics previews & asking the crowd if they want these things & of course they applaud but am I going to have to get a new mother @#$%^!!! computer every year to keep up with the speed up in video card requirements or will my DirectX 10 be good enough for another 2 years?
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
NiftyWolfie Aishai
The Musky Tears
Origins.
#2 - 2012-03-24 17:57:06 UTC
you should have one already, best to keep up with modern technology
Danfen Fenix
#3 - 2012-03-24 17:57:36 UTC
Doubtful, most games with DX11 have options to not use it P
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#4 - 2012-03-24 17:58:00 UTC
Dx10 will be fine for years to come. Heck, Dx9 is still usable with 99% of games.
Ike Snicklefritz
Pink Fuzzy Dice
#5 - 2012-03-24 17:59:34 UTC
Danfen Fenix wrote:
Doubtful, most games with DX11 have options to not use it P


I'd say this. In almost every DX11-capable game I have ever played, there's the option to play it in DX9 mode.
Nedes Betternaem
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-03-24 17:59:39 UTC
inb4 incoming statements about how OP must be poor... damn, nevermind.
Romulus Activus
Amarrian Investment Group
#7 - 2012-03-24 18:05:30 UTC
You can still play. However, my space ship will look much nicer then yours.
Karadion
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-03-24 18:07:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Karadion
No.
Spc One
The Chodak
Void Alliance
#9 - 2012-03-24 18:09:04 UTC
As i said.
I hope we're not forced so we can stay on a little older hardware and Windows XP.

So please make DX 11 optional not forced.
DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#10 - 2012-03-24 18:11:57 UTC  |  Edited by: DarthNefarius
Romulus Activus wrote:
You can still play. However, my space ship will look much nicer then yours.


I hope so but I am worried & don't want to get booted from Eve twice within a year for system requirement reasons.
Right now this is the current requiement •Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
the Tesslation previews look nice but I know my PC won't be able to support a better vid card that I have right now has a DirectX 10 card slotted
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
Obsidian Dagger
Nitrus Nine
#11 - 2012-03-24 18:12:57 UTC
To put your worries in perspective, Skyrim was built on DX9 technology.

I doubt very much if DX9 is going to be going completely away for a good few years yet. CCP may well add in DX10+ eyecandy, and I have little doubt in future, ie, the next 3 or 4 years, that shader model 4 will become a minimum requirement (over the current sm3), but honestly, the only things I know of that still run on shader 2 are some laptops that were crap when they were NEW (5 years ago), and PC's that I wouldn't use to wedge a door open with.
MissyDark
Carsultyal
#12 - 2012-03-24 18:38:23 UTC
Aww, are you still mad about no new games being made for your Atari 65XE? Computer technology changes, you need to upgrade to keep up. Deal with it.
Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-03-24 18:40:03 UTC
DarthNefarius wrote:
Bad enough with incarna I got booted due to system requirements. Fanfest speakers are showing these great graphics previews & asking the crowd if they want these things & of course they applaud but am I going to have to get a new mother @#$%^!!! computer every year to keep up with the speed up in video card requirements or will my DirectX 10 be good enough for another 2 years?


Buy it with PLEX and stop crying
DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#14 - 2012-03-24 18:58:05 UTC
MissyDark wrote:
Aww, are you still mad about no new games being made for your Atari 65XE? Computer technology changes, you need to upgrade to keep up. Deal with it.



I still have my Atari 5200 in the closet somewhere P
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
SpaceSquirrels
#15 - 2012-03-24 19:16:36 UTC
Doubt it unless some of the functions are a core part of the engine...Which if it's just another iteration on the existing... They're not.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-03-24 19:18:53 UTC
You are never FORCED into anything.

Everytime CCP improves graphics you have these idiots that have to complain and ***** about how their decade old rig can't play the game anymore. Upgrade once in a while and it won't be an issue. That is the answer.

Bounties for all! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2279821#post2279821
CCP Peirz
C C P
C C P Alliance
#17 - 2012-03-24 19:26:32 UTC
No.
Keen Fallsword
Skyway Patrol
#18 - 2012-03-24 19:28:14 UTC
DarthNefarius wrote:
Bad enough with incarna I got booted due to system requirements. Fanfest speakers are showing these great graphics previews & asking the crowd if they want these things & of course they applaud but am I going to have to get a new mother @#$%^!!! computer every year to keep up with the speed up in video card requirements or will my DirectX 10 be good enough for another 2 years?


Adapt or Die ! Its the Future ! And its lookin COOL ! So yea "You will be forced" if you want to see things in COOL way
Serene Repose
#19 - 2012-03-24 19:28:32 UTC
Drag your feet long enough and you can brag you've got the most obsolete machine still sucking voltage.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Adunh Slavy
#20 - 2012-03-24 19:29:13 UTC
CCP Peirz wrote:
No.


Good, ty

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.  - William Pitt
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