Direct X 10/11 Question - Answer (Translated)

[SilvertearRen]

Calm down sparky, You're going to Hemorrhage. The Game Looks awsome, DX9/10/11 WhoTF Cares. Should they have done it? Yes, does the game still look awsome? yes

My Video Card running FFXIV on DX9: COUGH WHEEZE. CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG. COUGH WHEEZE.

My Video Card Running FFXIV on DX11? I'm FEELIN' FINE AND I'M KICKING ASS.

Theoretically. (Reason? On FFXIV, my video card's power draw gets to the point where my FREAKING ROOM'S LIGHTS START BUZZING. Is that even supposed to be normal!?)

The solution is OBVIOUS. Because DX11 has much more streamlined rendering code than DX9. Try playing a DX11 game and then comparing it to its DX9 version (Aliens vs Predator, Battlefield Bad Company 2, etc), and examining its performance metrics.

I am telling everybody here: DX9 is a dinosaur. It cannot handle so much detail that XIV is trying to push on us, while DX11 is perfectly optimized for this kind of detail with the right kind of work.