Luthier, Oleg, DX11?

[Codex]

Dirt 2 and the new Aliens V Predator are two of DX11 capable games I know of. Heres a video for DX11 Tessellation at work in AvP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVo_5VCWIzM

This would be great for LOD in aircraft for SoW, particularly when viewing aircraft from the pit or external camera. It would also simplify the game engine somewhat as the LOD is handled by the hardware, not the game engine.

[Flyby]

I too make a regular stop at HardOCP. Lot's of good stuff there. Thanks for the comparative, and demonstrative videos. I assume I'll be using a DX11 card once I can finally build a new gaming PC. Anyone have any idea about how much horsepower it's going to take to drive DX11 versus DX10? I've seen where the ATi-XFX5870 is going for $425.00 over at Newegg.
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail...-Player#Player

I'm depending on Nvidia to release it's competitor and drive that price down, especially if the performance trumps the ATi piece. Also, I was going to buy another Asus VK246H 19x10 monitor (2ms gtg), but I saw this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...E1D-_-24236080

Imagine SoW_BoB on this baby (also 2ms gtg). Owner reviews look great so far. Wife probably will reign me in, but I might as well dream big. Maybe she'll have sympathy for me.

Anyway, DX11 or bust. But what about 64bit? I mean I know SoW will support multi-core processors, and I assume they are all 64bit. But does that mean the sim is coded for 64bit? It's confusing to me. Need a little help.
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[BadAim]

That sure looks like one sweet monitor for $350. As for the vid card, I'd wait as long as possible for the prices to come down, on maybe even new architecture. Nvidea is due for a new one......

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by BadAim

That sure looks like one sweet monitor for $350. As for the vid card, I'd wait as long as possible for the prices to come down, on maybe even new architecture. Nvidea is due for a new one......

Yeah, I intend to wait for the Nvidia offering. I've read March is the date for it's new line to hit the stores. I've also read that SoW may be out in March too (can't believe everything you read, eh?). I'd bet Nvidia's Fermi will cost way more than ATi's 5870. Then it's going to be a bang-for-the-buck comparison, and maybe time to consider Crossfire or SLi, though I tend towards single GPU usage. Really hard to know what to do without knowing the system requirements of SoW_BoB. The sim has been in development for so long I can only that hardware has had a chance to close the gap with it. Imagine SoW taking full advantage of at least three cores (leave one core to handle background processes). BTW, I found this article on 64bit games. Might be of interest to someone: http://www.start64.com/index.php?opt...190&Itemid=116
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