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<blockquote data-quote="jdiffend" data-source="post: 10159" data-attributes="member: 10910">The 9200 hardware was designed to support DirectX8.1 and the software drivers add the additional DirectX 9 functionality.&nbsp; This should not be an issue unless you run a DirectX 9 game with all the features enabled.Turning on reflections, shadows, bump mapping and highest quality texture maps will turn a game into a slideshow... which is what I witnessed playing a DX9 game demo.&nbsp; The game was updating the picture about 1 frame per second... maybe a litte faster.&nbsp;&nbsp; My Radeon 9600se played full speed with everything on... I think the 9100 was about as fast when those settings I mentioned were off.The 5200 does support DX9 but they stripped a lot out.&nbsp; Check out the comparison chart for the GeforceFX cards on Nvidea's website.&nbsp; For about $10 more there's the Radeon 9550se (I think it was an se) and has the full Radeon video engine).&nbsp; I'm guessing that will make a difference on CPU usage.Honestly, for video playback the 9200 should be fine as long as you aren't playing DX9 games.&nbsp; You won't notice a difference uless you check the CPU usage.&nbsp; One concern is will the 9200 have the bandwidth to support playing HDTV.&nbsp; That we are trying to figure out now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdiffend, post: 10159, member: 10910"] The 9200 hardware was designed to support DirectX8.1 and the software drivers add the additional DirectX 9 functionality. This should not be an issue unless you run a DirectX 9 game with all the features enabled. Turning on reflections, shadows, bump mapping and highest quality texture maps will turn a game into a slideshow... which is what I witnessed playing a DX9 game demo. The game was updating the picture about 1 frame per second... maybe a litte faster. My Radeon 9600se played full speed with everything on... I think the 9100 was about as fast when those settings I mentioned were off. The 5200 does support DX9 but they stripped a lot out. Check out the comparison chart for the GeforceFX cards on Nvidea's website. For about $10 more there's the Radeon 9550se (I think it was an se) and has the full Radeon video engine). I'm guessing that will make a difference on CPU usage. Honestly, for video playback the 9200 should be fine as long as you aren't playing DX9 games. You won't notice a difference uless you check the CPU usage. One concern is will the 9200 have the bandwidth to support playing HDTV. That we are trying to figure out now. [/QUOTE]

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