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Old 02-07-2007   #4 (permalink)
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Re: DirectX 9 and Vista

Thanks for the input Dale, I am installing the latest DX release now. That
should fix any problems I am having.

"Dale M. White" wrote:

> 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
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> "intclass" <intclass@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8D75B7EC-AEDD-4786-9202-CDE6FBD6D602@microsoft.com...
> > 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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