Nvidia Going DirectX 10.1

[Martin987]

TG Daily stumbled across roadmap information of NVIDIA which provides certain details of the green giant's DirectX 10.1 implementation plans. Currently, ATI and S3 Graphics make graphics processors (GPU) compliant to DirectX 10.1 specifications. In a presentation slide, are seen plans of NVIDIA coming up with a brand new fleet of mobile (notebook) DirectX 10.1 graphics processors slated for spring 2009 and desktop GPUs either for late Q4 2008 or early 2009 with a possible ramp throughout Q1 and Q2 of 2009.

This gives competitors at least a 6-month time advantage in which they could build developer relations and aid development of games based on the DirectX 10.1 API since it's now certain that the API is going to become an industry-wide standard, with the biggest player in the discrete-graphics industry having plans to embrace it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/64722/NVIDIA_Roadmap_Suggests_DirectX_10.1_GPU_in_Q4_200 8_GDDR5_in_2008.html?64722

So, GT200's will be old tech sooner than I thought. They'll probably drop the bus width to try and make them cheaper.

DX10.1 should be better performance from the get go, with 10.1 games that is.
(http://www.techpowerup.com/64722/NVIDIA_Roadmap_Suggests_DirectX_10.1_GPU_in_Q4_200 8_GDDR5_in_2008.html?64722)

[DJisGOD]

lol thats kinda lame after making ubisoft drop 10.1 support for assasins creed in the second patch nvidia now are going to 10.1 lol they arnt doing thereselves any favours by making there new cards obsolete as soon as they come out .lol not good marketing strategy

[Cannon]

well id assume nvidia didnt plan this info to come out to the public so soon after the launch of the 200 series, but your right this isnt too good for them, if enough people see this no one in their right mind would buy a GTX card. on the other hand this should be good news for ATI/AMD

[DJisGOD]

well at least they are switching now i suppose 10.1 is a big improvement over 10 preforms much better and removes the aa issues the dx10 api had