Re: DX9/10 Vista x64 Issues [message #350132 is a reply to message #350127] |
Tue, 09 September 2008 11:39 |
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saberhawk
Messages: 1068 Registered: January 2006 Location: ::1
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Caveman wrote on Tue, 09 September 2008 12:50 | DX10 will play DX8 fine. You should be ok.
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*sigh*
DirectX 10 is a completely different API. Vista does come preinstalled with DirectX 8 and DirectX 9, don't need to worry about installing those.
XCorupt69 wrote on Tue, 09 September 2008 11:17 |
4)Compatability mode->XP Service Pack 2, and it actually tries to load it up, goes to black screen, but then it just hangs. This is why I think it is a video card issues (related to DX9/10).
I have an EVGA 8800GT (512mb, PCI-2.0, OC'd) which runs default DX10, and I was just told:
jonwil wrote on Tue, 09 September 2008 02:25 | All 3.x versions (as well as 4.0) use DX9. DX10 is not possible (and provides no benefit even on Vista)
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And since I am using core patch 2 scipts, its like 2.2 something which is DX8 I guess. Now my question is, do I have to install DX9 and DX8 separately aswell for it to run those DX's or can DX10 emulate those?
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Your video card doesn't run anything "native", NVIDIA's driver provides translaters for DirectX8, 9, 10, OpenGL, etc to what the video card actually runs. Give scripts 3.4.4 a try and if that doesn't work, try this launcher.
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