General purpose GPUs (GGPU) powered by DirectX 11 could arrive as early as 2009, said ATI, owned by AMD announced at the Ceatec trade-show in Japan.
ATI also expects to complete its transition of its GPU manufacturing process to 40nm and GDDR5 memory by that time. These upgrades would unlock a new breed of eye candy and mind blowing graphics in games.
Along other expectations, it is also expected for Windows 7 to boost the sales of GPUs along with DirectX 11. Consumer applications for GGPU would also arrive at that time to unlock their true potential. The input and output technologies will also get a face lift, thanks to digital walls, televisions with higher than HD resolution, arriving next year.
ATI is also working hard on 3D stereographic technology, and predicts the arrival of holograms sooner than we think. This would mean any visual experience could be converted to holograms.
All this means that visual technologies are going to get a breath of fresh air, but then again, DirectX 10 promised the same. Gamers report little to no noticeable visual differences between DirectX 9 and 10 modes in games such as Crysis, with the former mode providing better frame rates than the latter. So don’t throw away your DirectX 10 GPU yet. As we learnt from DirectX 10, it’s better to wait rather than be an early bird for a new graphics technology. Also, with Fusion being the future, it’ll be interesting to see how things shape up for future GPUs.
What do you think? Will DirectX 11 provide a significant improvement in our visual experiences when compared to DirectX 9 and 10?
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I did a research project on DirectX 10 back in 2006/2007 when the first GPU (G80) was available. From my findings, DirectX 10’s quality was significantly greater than those of DirectX 9.0c’s.
The only reason we don’t see much difference is that Developers decided to make their content backwards compatible (to DirectX 9.0c and also to the Consoles), which didn’t exploit its full potential. You can watch DirectX 10 exclusive demoes to get an idea of what I mean.
As far as DirectX 11 is concerned, the main focus is on performance this time, so I’m expecting faster frame rates.
Will the current Nvidia GPU’s like 9800GTX+ and GTX 200 series be DirectX 11 capable or should I just wait before getting a new graphics card ?
Dx-11 is supposed to come out with windows 7
If its out in Q1 09, that means (supposidly) we cud be looking at a new windows then 
Besides, im looking fwd for another upgrade to my pc (currently running G70, 7900gt). But i dont think that the early dx-11 cards wud be worth the wait :S .. esp after not-so-good results from gx-260 and gx-280 cards.