Direct X 10/11 Question - Answer (Translated)

[Ilean]

YES, our framerates would easily double and ambient occlusion/Depth of Field/ General drawing above 8 wouldn't have huge fps drops.

Myth.

Unoptimized DX9 doesn't optimize itself by switching DX10. For DX10 they would have to perform at least the same optimization work as in DX9, then add DX10 features.

Also DX10/11 effects (occlusion, hq shadowing, etc.) aren't that much about boosting performance, but about better graphics, they come at a heavy performance cost too.