Shattered Horizon fps

Does your setup support DirectX 10?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 81.8%
  • No

    Votes: 2 18.2%
  • New card soon...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .

Cerulean

L3: Member
Sep 12, 2008
112
60
Trailer: http://store.steampowered.com/app/5471/

I noticed this game on Steam today (pre-purchase only). I got excited after watching the trailer... this game looks like it could keep me entertained for hours at a time. But then I read this:

Minimum:

OS: Windows Vista/7 (Does not support Windows XP)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 / AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870
DirectX®: 10 (Does not support DirectX 9)
Hard Drive: 1.5 GB
Sound: Windows Vista compatible sound card

DirectX 10 only, not for XP. Though, I think there is a xp-dx10 hack (at least for 64bit, which I'm using). This is the first DX10-only game I've seen so far. If this trend keeps up, I may have to withdraw money from my emergency funds.

Edit: cant edit poll... third option should say "New card/OS soon..."
 
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Zanpa

L4: Comfortable Member
Jan 17, 2009
164
43
It's much easier for game developers to develop using DX10 only. "Much easier" as in "halves the time for graphics coding".