Guild Wars 2

Is the minimum Nvideo card requirement for the expansion really the GTS model of the 8800? That seems an extreme jump from the current video requirements, it’s more than triple based on benchmarks. It’s especially odd given the Radeon HD 2900XT is a more modest increase (though still more than double) and the expansion likely uses the same DirectX engine. Could it be that it should list the 8800GS?

Doesn’t matter if its the same DX, engines can be radically upgraded over time.

Look at what was possible on DX9 with The Witcher 2 for example.

Will Lucky.8703:

Doesn’t matter if its the same DX, engines can be radically upgraded over time.

Look at what was possible on DX9 with The Witcher 2 for example.

Partially true. The code can be optimized, the cpu can be used to shuffle textures, but DirectX 9 has resource limitations that can only be overcome by moving to a newer version.