Did the patch improve DX9 performance for anyone else?

[Forward Observer]

That is because you probably have XP. Only Windows 7 can run DX 11.

It is like this.
XP = DX 9
Vista = DX10.1
7 = DX 11

While each operating system was released integrated with the DX API that you list, DX11 capabilities were added to Vista via service pack 2. Supposedly all one would need is a DX11 capable card.

For NVidia this would be anything in the GTX400 series and above and for ATI, it's any card in the HD5000's and above.

You are correct about XP though.

Cheers

[Graphic]

Do you know if GTX 260 supports DX 10.1? For some reason its been hard for me to find out. Also, if it requires a service pack with Vista.

[drone]

Wiki says no.

[Knight of Ne]

Funnily enough, the patch has the complete opposite effect on my game to everyone elses it seems. Before the patch i could only access the medium settings at max, but the game ran smoothly for me. Now though, the game takes ages to start up and i can see no graphical improvement, infact i think its slightly worse, and worst of all the games now laggy to play.

The most annoying thing is that i did that trick where by changing the number of one of the preferences via the script i could have max graphic settings with little lag in game. However since the patch, it just does not work so i can't access better settings at all know.

It seems that for a graphical improvement i couldn't care less about, the patch has killed my game

I'm not very happy at the moment.
Ne

[Lemur]

Running the game on a Radeon 4870 in DX10.1, very satisfactory results. Massive improvement (I can see trade routes! Woo-hoo!) and very little frame rate penalty. The only real difference I've seen has been a longer load time.

[Forward Observer]

Do you know if GTX 260 supports DX 10.1? For some reason its been hard for me to find out. Also, if it requires a service pack with Vista.

Drone already answered, but here is a handy chart with the basic data for most NVidia cards commonly in use: (DX is shown in the last column)

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/132

Here is a chart at the same site for ATI cards:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/131

Cheers

[Zenicetus]

I'm running a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer with a GTX 260, and the DX10 option is enabled on my Shogun 2 with the new patch (using the latest nVidia drivers). So this card does run DX 10 on Win 7, I just don't know what the situation is with Vista. That might be a driver issue.

[Daveybaby]

While each operating system was released integrated with the DX API that you list, DX11 capabilities were added to Vista via service pack 2. Supposedly all one would need is a DX11 capable card.

Spent a good chunk of last night trying to get dx11 installed on vista, no dice. Gah!

[Lemur]

Spent a good chunk of last night trying to get dx11 installed on vista, no dice. Gah!

Do yourself a favor and move to Win7. It's a much better operating system.

[Daveybaby]

Do yourself a favor and move to Win7. It's a much better operating system.

Been meaning to for ages, just need to get around to installing it.