Thread: Is the Sapphire X1600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AVIVO TV/Out 8X AGP any good?
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Old 07-21-2006, 08:14 PM   #5 (permalink)
Motoxrdude
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Originally Posted by ReverseFluxx
Don't waste your money. The X1600 Pro will play current games just fine, but come this fall, you'll be finding yourself wanting to upgrade again. My suggestion: upgrade your system with a PCI-e board and get a 7600GT for around $230, or you could wait a little while for Vista to come out and get a DirectX 10 card. DX10 will be a huge improvement over 9, and it won't be backward compatible, so spending a ton of money on a new card now that won't run DX10 will just be a waste.
So are you saying DX10 wont work on DX9 games?
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