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Mislead DirectX10 Video Card Purchase Microsofts DirectX 10.1 not compatible with DirectX 10 cards

I purchased a BFG 8800 ULtra O/C DirectX 10 Card for $800. This card has Nvidia technology in it and I was told would be the standard for DirectX10. Now DirectX 10.1 is released with Vista SP1 and my card is now outdated.

I will now have to purchase a new card raning u to $1,000 to be able to use DirectX 10.1 which the manufacturer claims is not related to DirectX 10.

My warning is to make sure you are purchasing a DirectX 10.1 compatible card and not get mislead so you are forced to buy another.

Assassin's creed takes full advantage of DirectX 10.1 to give you an example and the performace gains are signifigant for antialiasing. Since finding this out Nvidia has aledgedly threatened Ubisoft to remove 10.1 from the game since their 8xxx cards can't function properly, because some of ATI's cards outperform theirs. Though that is quite the scandal in itself.

The response from BFG I received was inadequate.

"This card is DirectX 10 compatible, we never claimed the card is DX 10.1 compatible. NVIDIA currently has not manufactured a DX 10.1 card. It is still undecided if it technically possible or not to release a driver update that will allow for DX 10.1 compatibility or if this is a hardware restriction.

Unfortunately, we can not offer a trade up as your card was launched prior to Feburary 21st.

Thank you,
Tony H
BFG Support

Company: Nvidia - Microsoft - ATI - BFG - EVGA
Country: USA
State: Nationwide
Phone: 8662343499

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