THEpiGUY
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It's up to you. Either wait until DX10 rolls around, buy what I'd assume would be a pretty expensive card (unless they come out with lower-end DX10 cards, but why bother with those), buy Windows Vista to support it, probably totaling somewhere between $400-600; or you could get a powerful card now. DX10 sounds like it's going to blow away any older cards, so the X1900XT may become way outdated with the DX10 release. It's pretty much $250 now that works great with present games but has a possibility of not performing up to expectations in future games, or ~$500 later and assurance that it will play nearly every game on the market. If you're not planning on spending somewhere from 400 to 600 dollars, I'd upgrade now.
According to digg.com, "DirectX 10 is Vista-only." So yeah, you will also have to get Vista.
You should probably get a powerful card now. I can't guarantee how long it will last, but that's really a lot of money for Vista and a DX10 card. I'm not even sure if it's going to live up to all of the hype, but I am sure it's going to be better. I'm just not sure what the margin will be. I'm sorry, but I can't really help too much whether you should wait or upgrade now.
EDIT: Actually, what I would do, wait. You can still get a DX10 card and still run it in DX9 mode under Windows XP. You can get Vista later. Wait a few months for DX10, running the card DX9 on Windows XP, and when you get the money, you can get Vista and download the DX10 drivers. Hopefully that solved this dilemma.
According to digg.com, "DirectX 10 is Vista-only." So yeah, you will also have to get Vista.
You should probably get a powerful card now. I can't guarantee how long it will last, but that's really a lot of money for Vista and a DX10 card. I'm not even sure if it's going to live up to all of the hype, but I am sure it's going to be better. I'm just not sure what the margin will be. I'm sorry, but I can't really help too much whether you should wait or upgrade now.
EDIT: Actually, what I would do, wait. You can still get a DX10 card and still run it in DX9 mode under Windows XP. You can get Vista later. Wait a few months for DX10, running the card DX9 on Windows XP, and when you get the money, you can get Vista and download the DX10 drivers. Hopefully that solved this dilemma.