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Mid range DirectX 10 cards arrive
We've just finished testing MSI's NX8600GT graphics card, the first DirectX 10 card we've had in our hands that costs less than £100.
We were offered an 8600GTS to test, and that will come later, but we plumped for the 8600GT because it's cheaper and I had hoped for the perfect price/perfromance balance. Ultimately it's cheap DirectX10 card but my day-dreams about the performance possibilities failed to materialise.
In a press release, Nvidia quoted Sony as hyping up the 8500's and 8600's high definition capabilities. Either Sony supports the use of Blu-ray ripping software AnyDVD, or it's been mis-informed by Nvidia because our 8600GT did not have the HDCP codes onboard necessary for Blu-ray playback.
This is what they said: "Sony Pictures is enthusiastic about the ability to play Blu-ray movies on the PC," said Don Eklund, executive vice president, advanced technologies at Sony Pictures. "The new state-of-the-art NVIDIA GeForce 8500 and GeForce 8600 cards will enable consumers to enjoy Blu-ray movies on mainstream PCs."
Ignoring any copying ability, AnyDVD HD bypasses ACSS on the fly. You install the program, don't have to go into any settings whatsoever and you can successfully play back Blu-ray movies on any old DVI monitor. It works a treat.
Posted by Emil Larsen on April 17, 2007 | Permalink
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i have vista ulti, and i dont think i have Directx 10 , i have a Radeon x1950 512mb, and i cant see anything with Directx 10 ??? why!!!!!!
Posted by: mike | 10 May 2007 17:28:43
The X1950 is a DirectX 9.0c part, you will never see DirectX 10 with it.
Posted by: Emil Larsen | 12 May 2007 16:15:25
