hi there

I am planning after the summer to get a new pc, so i have been gatering some information now and looking wat is hot.
i was planning to get the new radeon hd 2900 crossfire but i don't know what moderboard is good for it! i lookt and lookt. i only can find sli moderboards. but can you put radeon there? or do you need another motherboarD?

Man o man what a battle :P I must say this is a great forum to read! I must agree with Zeke129. You really see the deferens with a new pc with dx10.DX9 - DX10 Crysis ComparisonI watch the movies botch and you can see it.

I explain

particles

Its the little things in a game to make it realistic, the particles is what direct x10 really goes for! And you can see it in the videos. Smoke is one thing that's really a boost in direct x10. In dx9 smoke was a gif that just look at you in the game so that it looks like a 3d smoke, but it just was flat picture looking at you!

In direct x10 smoke is real life 3d! Little particles are moving in any direction you want it to go to. Look at hunter video in the DX9 - DX10 Crysis Comparison link first, what you see in the dx9 version smoke is only going up in 1 direction when the monster is screaming, it doesn't move! Why? Its just a gif doing his job showing you smoke going up, you cant control it or you need to make a another gif blowing the other way! If you see the dx10 version you see that the smoke is moving freely! If the monster is screaming, take a good look at the smoke! It's going the way where the wind blows! The particles are moving free.

Another thing you see in dx10 is the advance bump mapping

Look at the rocks below see that in dx9 the rocks have a flat look, the shadows are casting nothing only the shadows of the objects. In the dx10 version the rocks have a 3d texture, it has little hols or peaces of rock sticking out so the light can create shadows for a nicer 3d effect.

Here you see the water is improved for amore realistic effect. the bump mapping creates a nicer moving look.

(a picture of flight sim )

Here you see the bump mapping on a face. It creates little bumps on the head for light, so that the face gets a 3d look

There is a lot more that have changed to make it more realistic

like if you watch the jungle video you see that the leaves have sun going threw them.

there is far more junk in the game like cans on the floor or field of moving grass or if you break a glass little peaces will fall on the floor.

there is advanse motion bluring to.

And much more I don't know a bout.

I hope you see what I mean I try to correct my English as best possible. If in my description I sade something thats not true pleas tell me.

And for the final answer! New system? get VISTA! I know its not as stable but I don't think you can buy the xp anymore! And you must go with the flow!

Greets -> aleco!