ATI radeon hd 4870 palit?

animosity13 · 11-28-2008, 04:28 AM

Hey guys,
Looking at the reviews of the palit i thought it was a great card especially when i saw on this website: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=2

And on the table on that website it says the card has support for pixel and vertex shaders 4.1, but when i ran diagnostic tests, my computer says it only supports up to vertex and pixel shader 3.0!!!!!!

Now i think MAYBE it's because i'm running xp sp3 with directx 9 installed and maybe only vista with directx 10 installed that it can support up to 4.1, but i'm really really annoyed now, does anyone have any ideas why it's like this? By the way my cards the palit edition of the 4870, 1GB.

Thank-you for any help!

Tiber Septim · 11-28-2008, 04:25 PM

Having a look at the table here, I'd say that only DirectX 10 and upwards can support 4.0 shaders.

11-28-2008, 04:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
animosity13 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Xp sp3	ATI radeon hd 4870 palit? Hey guys, Looking at the reviews of the palit i thought it was a great card especially when i saw on this website: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=2 And on the table on that website it says the card has support for pixel and vertex shaders 4.1, but when i ran diagnostic tests, my computer says it only supports up to vertex and pixel shader 3.0!!!!!! Now i think MAYBE it's because i'm running xp sp3 with directx 9 installed and maybe only vista with directx 10 installed that it can support up to 4.1, but i'm really really annoyed now, does anyone have any ideas why it's like this? By the way my cards the palit edition of the 4870, 1GB. Thank-you for any help!

11-28-2008, 04:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
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