Quote: "Just because it runs X9 double as fast doesn't mean it supports X10 at all. Direct X9 and Direct X10 require completely different types of hardware and firmware on the graphics card. If you Google the model of the card you have it will tell you if DirectX10 is supported, if Direct X10.1 is supported then you can run FPSC X10 possibly.
You would be correct there is no support for integrated cards by Intel.
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Right, I just felt that the card making X9 run twice as fast was an indicator that the card was much better than the one I currently use. Thank you for answering my questions.
Quote: "I do believe that Intel family chipsets and Intel HD cards are different. I think that the HD cards are dedicated, but I could be wrong.
If you look up some benchmarks, it looks like it should run X10 fine (*note, this is for Intel HD 3000, since you didn't specify the model number, that's the card that I am assuming you have)."
Interesting, I didn't see a model number specified
Quote: "Find a X10 game on this forum, download it and try it, you'll see if it works and how fast it works"
I looked into doing that, but like X9 games they are all in the hundreds of MBs, and downloading something like that absolutely kills my internet speed.
I don't think I'd actually want to use the new computer anyway. The family keeps getting messages from Norton Antivirus that some run-of-the-mill program is using a large amount of CPU processing.
Thank you again for answering my questions.
As a believer in Jesus Christ, I am trying to use my passion for game creation for His glory.
