Can 24inch imac play directx 10 games

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macall75

macrumors member

Original poster

• Nov 18, 2008

• #1

Iam thinking of purchasing a new 24inch imac in the new year, can the current 24inch imac with 8800 graphics card play direct x 10 games in windows vista on bootcamp, does anyone have any screenshots of this imac running games in vista like COD 4, bioshock and crysis.

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Nov 18, 2008

• #2

A quick trip to the video card manufacturer's website will easily answer this question. Yes the 8800M GTS supports DirectX 10. There's not much of a reason to run games in DirectX 10 mode though.

 

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macall75

macrumors member

Original poster

• Nov 18, 2008

• #3

I thought running it in x10 was better graphics, shading, lighting etc looked better in some screens I seen like PS3 and xbox, so if I run a game in boot camp what would be using open cl or directx?

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Nov 18, 2008

• #4

macall75 said:

I thought running it in x10 was better graphics, shading, lighting etc looked better in some screens I seen like PS3 and xbox, so if I run a game in boot camp what would be using open cl or directx?

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Stick with DirectX 9 for now.

 

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Parsec

macrumors regular

• Nov 18, 2008

• #5

As long as you run it in Windows via BootCamp, it should work fine and work at the same speed as on a comparable native Windows machine. COD 4 is available for OSX btw.

 

CadenZ15

macrumors member

• Nov 18, 2008

• #6

DX9 is more usable at this point because it's been pretty much perfected...
DX10 needs to be optimized with better drivers, because while visuals are slightly upgraded, performance can take a huge hit.