Direct x 9 VS. Direct x10 In Gaming?

Ok This is going to be direct x 10 graphics?

And this for dx 9?

Now come on ive seen some games in dx 9 that render lighting effects and other effects like the grass and background landscapes and shadows just as good. For the difference between the two pics they make the dx 9 look bad almost like early dx 9 games ot late dx 8 games. I think that these pics have been doctored up cause these pics were made before dx 10 was out and they just want you to get dx 10 cards and vista as a ploy. I can understand shader and water effects with dx 10 but come on

I heard Dx10 was less of the effects, and more on performanceStephenHu

Exactly.

It is about increasing the performance, by creating very similar feature/powered hardware and therefore increasing the effects/graphics so they don't take such a huge hit on performance, such as soft shadows. 

I dunno Crysis DX9 version kills AOC, i just think they've left out features for DX9 so people buy Dx10

There's no doubt that DX10 will have the capabilities to make a game look a lot better than DX9, but they are trying to sell something, that's a simple fact. Of course they are going to try and make it look as impressing as possible. If a game is made FOR DX10 it's probably not going to be optimized for DX9(well, maybe nowadays it will still be), and I'm sure you can manage to make a DX9 game that looks better than a DX10 game. I think the main point of an engine being 'better' is that it can render more efficiently, easier for developers to make better graphics provided the hardware is compatible, and it can actually run with decent framerates.

 Not engine, but..directx thingy.. a whatchumacallit

Not engine, but..directx thingy.. a whatchumacallitDracunos

API 

[QUOTE="Dracunos"]Not engine, but..directx thingy.. a whatchumacallitLordEC911

API

I prefer thingy

http://developer.download.nvidia.com/SDK/10/direct3d/samples.html

go there and watch the videos on new dx10 features - it's a pretty big leap forward in real-time rendering.  it's not that dx10 sucks like some people say, it's that developers are still in the process of LEARNING how to implement these features successfully into their next games.

Those lighting effects were in Far Cry with hdr and the latest Tombraider. Maybe you wont get the same performance under DX9 but surely the top DX9 cards and the 8800's could handle it on XP.

[QUOTE="StephenHu"]I heard Dx10 was less of the effects, and more on performanceLordEC911

Exactly.

It is about increasing the performance, by creating very similar feature/powered hardware and therefore increasing the effects/graphics so they don't take such a huge hit on performance, such as soft shadows.

they both look fine to me

dx10 is a waste of money until another year or so. till then dx9 is worth the less buck 

dx 10 i thought was about better graphix with less power, but its prob looking about the same but when the optimzation really starts you will see much better graphix.

Doesnt it also include physics rendering??