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Hellgate London: DX10 vs. DX9 Gaming Experience

Our latest DX10 vs. DX9 Gaming Experience article features Hellgate London and, contrary to other recent DX10 performance evaluations, this game gives you a real reason to play in DirectX 10. Yes, the performance hit is rather stiff but it is well worth it. Hit the link for all the details.

For this evaluation, we are going to focus on the highest playable settings we achieved with 4 different video cards. From NVIDIA, we are testing with the GeForce 8800 GTX and the new GeForce 8800 GT. From ATI, we are using the new Radeon HD 3870 and Radeon HD 3850 video cards. We are going to show our highest playable settings on all four video cards in both DirectX 10 mode and DirectX 9 mode. We will then show you exactly what IQ improvements you can expect to get from Hellgate London in DX10, compared with DX9.