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Old 02-07-2007   #3 (permalink)
Dale M. White


 
 

Re: DirectX 9 and Vista

Games like FEAR and benchmarks like 3dmark06 need an updated version of DX
9.0c in order to run. I've installed both the Dec 9.0c update and the Feb
update and haven't had any issues (at least that I can tell) with Vista and
games.
Chuck provided the link to the update downloads


"intclass" <intclass@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK, so after reading the posts in this community, I have seen that many
> people need to install DX9 to make their games work in Vista. I have some
> questions regarding this:
> - Will installing DX9 slow anything down / affect anything?
> - Doesn't this cancel out the benifits of the new DirectX/WDDM structure?
> - Is there a way to trick games into thinking DX9 is installed when it
> isn't?



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