DX9 vs DX10?

[ChaosBahamut]

Read some time ago that the more popular DX9 vs DX10 comparison vids online are inaccurate (i.e. the DX9 footage uses lower settings than the DX10 footage), so just wondering: What actual visual difference is there? (if it's nothing major I may just go with DX9 so the Steam Overlay works properly)

[AdmV0rl0n]

DX10 was somewhat experimental - and problematic. It might look a little better, but its not worth the gremlins it brings and it does seem to cause headaches under win 10 and 11

[Gralzeim]

The visual differences aren't major in my opinion.

And yeah, DirectX 10 didn't get worked on for long before it was replaced by 11, so you don't have many games that really make use of it compared to 9 and 11.

Add to that that Company of Heroes was developed while DirectX 10 was in its early days, and...yeah, it's jank as hell and unstable, it's simply not worth any mild visual fidelity gain.

Just a weird relic of a weird time in PC gaming that is unfortunately easily confusing (it's very logical to assume that the 'most recent' version is outright superior).

[FrostButt Irelia]

If you got nvidia graphics then usually leaving at DX10 will cause no problems and game will run just fine on ultra settings. These problems usually occur on intel graphics or amd.

But then I played on intel hd 2000 and game was running with dx10 fine, no bugs or crashes. So I assume it's just about the user thing.