So I have an Nvidia GTX 285 which is a DX10.1 card and was wondering what this DX 11 patch does for us?

Is this gonna be a " It's either DX9 or DX11 buddy" kinda thing?

I really don't want to upgrade right now since I bought the damn card 2yrs ago for 350$.


Stupid progress! They should just come out every 4 yrs and double the performance of each card during that period instead of a 25% better than your card a year ago.

You're stuck with direct X9 unfortunately. Alot of cheap card out there now with D11 capabilities.

Progress is not only about rude power but new graphic techniques. DirectX 11 implements many new techniques that requires specialized hardware. Also, DirectX 10 cards, like it or not, are outdated hardware.
As said, Crysis 2 is an high end game and it requires high end hardware if you want to max it out. DirectX 11 features are parts of the "Ultra" settings, so a cheap DirectX 11 card won't be sufficient.

Progress is not only about rude power but new graphic techniques. DirectX 11 implements many new techniques that requires specialized hardware. Also, DirectX 10 cards, like it or not, are outdated hardware.
As said, Crysis 2 is an high end game and it requires high end hardware if you want to max it out. DirectX 11 features are parts of the "Ultra" settings, so a cheap DirectX 11 card won't be sufficient.

Sooo... why is the default graphics of this game set on DX9? Lol

DX9 is way more outdated and yet they went with it instead of DX10.

Isn't there a few DX11 games out there that enables you to use DX10 features that are compatible with DX11.

Also from what I can tell, Crytek pretty much built the whole game using DX9 as their blueprint.