Vista - Is DirectX 9L included in the RC1 Build?

I have been reading and found out that Directx10 is not backward compatible
with Directx 9.0c or earlier. (see this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ty/gaming.mspx) However I have
aslo read that a version 9L, for compatibility with older games software, re:
pre-vista DX10, will be included with the Vista release. Is this not
included with the RC1 build? Can we download a version to test out? Wthout
Open GL support or DirectX support for older games, we cannot properly test
out our older software in Vista. I just want to make sure that i am not
jumping the gun when i purchase my new computer or Vista upgrade this January.
Thanks

dx9L is supported in vista rc1 open gl is supported by the graphics card
drivers.
right now d3d dx games work as good or better than in xp.
open gl will be working when ati and nvidia fix there drivers.
i've been playing ut2004 on rc1 for a couple of weeks now and it runns good
even though sli isn't working yet my frame rates are as fast as they where
in xp.
i run ut @ 2048 x 1280 full screen on a 24" hp crt.
haven't loaded quake 4 yet because open gl isn't there yet.

"Gigabyte69" wrote:

> I have been reading and found out that Directx10 is not backward compatible
> with Directx 9.0c or earlier. (see this article:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ty/gaming.mspx) However I have
> aslo read that a version 9L, for compatibility with older games software, re:
> pre-vista DX10, will be included with the Vista release. Is this not
> included with the RC1 build? Can we download a version to test out? Wthout
> Open GL support or DirectX support for older games, we cannot properly test
> out our older software in Vista. I just want to make sure that i am not
> jumping the gun when i purchase my new computer or Vista upgrade this January.
> Thanks

nVIDIA 96.33 Forceware drivers for Vista 32 and 64-bit have OpenGL
implemented. I play IL2-Forgotten Battles under OpenGL perfectly under 5728
x64.

Edric

"MrCoffee" <MrCoffee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D7685E9-E0AE-434B-B1CF-6EB43A51D08E@microsoft.com...
> dx9L is supported in vista rc1 open gl is supported by the graphics card
> drivers.
> right now d3d dx games work as good or better than in xp.
> open gl will be working when ati and nvidia fix there drivers.
> i've been playing ut2004 on rc1 for a couple of weeks now and it runns
> good
> even though sli isn't working yet my frame rates are as fast as they where
> in xp.
> i run ut @ 2048 x 1280 full screen on a 24" hp crt.
> haven't loaded quake 4 yet because open gl isn't there yet.
>
> "Gigabyte69" wrote:
>
>> I have been reading and found out that Directx10 is not backward
>> compatible
>> with Directx 9.0c or earlier. (see this article:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ty/gaming.mspx) However I
>> have
>> aslo read that a version 9L, for compatibility with older games software,
>> re:
>> pre-vista DX10, will be included with the Vista release. Is this not
>> included with the RC1 build? Can we download a version to test out?
>> Wthout
>> Open GL support or DirectX support for older games, we cannot properly
>> test
>> out our older software in Vista. I just want to make sure that i am not
>> jumping the gun when i purchase my new computer or Vista upgrade this
>> January.
>> Thanks

good to know i didn't load the 96.33 drivers from nvidia because i heard they
didn't support sli yet.
we'll see how RC2 is this friday maybe alot of games will play better.
so far it's been real good for beta testing and gaming.

"EdricFilho" wrote:

> nVIDIA 96.33 Forceware drivers for Vista 32 and 64-bit have OpenGL
> implemented. I play IL2-Forgotten Battles under OpenGL perfectly under 5728
> x64.
>
> Edric
>
> "MrCoffee" <MrCoffee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9D7685E9-E0AE-434B-B1CF-6EB43A51D08E@microsoft.com...
> > dx9L is supported in vista rc1 open gl is supported by the graphics card
> > drivers.
> > right now d3d dx games work as good or better than in xp.
> > open gl will be working when ati and nvidia fix there drivers.
> > i've been playing ut2004 on rc1 for a couple of weeks now and it runns
> > good
> > even though sli isn't working yet my frame rates are as fast as they where
> > in xp.
> > i run ut @ 2048 x 1280 full screen on a 24" hp crt.
> > haven't loaded quake 4 yet because open gl isn't there yet.
> >
> > "Gigabyte69" wrote:
> >
> >> I have been reading and found out that Directx10 is not backward
> >> compatible
> >> with Directx 9.0c or earlier. (see this article:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ty/gaming.mspx) However I
> >> have
> >> aslo read that a version 9L, for compatibility with older games software,
> >> re:
> >> pre-vista DX10, will be included with the Vista release. Is this not
> >> included with the RC1 build? Can we download a version to test out?
> >> Wthout
> >> Open GL support or DirectX support for older games, we cannot properly
> >> test
> >> out our older software in Vista. I just want to make sure that i am not
> >> jumping the gun when i purchase my new computer or Vista upgrade this
> >> January.
> >> Thanks
>

Jesus, I hope that's it, because I have never reinstalled Windows so many
times!!! <:^))

"MrCoffee" <MrCoffee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsA82DAFB-3812-4F2D-82D9-A316BDF7EF85@microsoft.com...
> good to know i didn't load the 96.33 drivers from nvidia because i heard
> they
> didn't support sli yet.
> we'll see how RC2 is this friday maybe alot of games will play better.
> so far it's been real good for beta testing and gaming.
>
> "EdricFilho" wrote:
>
>> nVIDIA 96.33 Forceware drivers for Vista 32 and 64-bit have OpenGL
>> implemented. I play IL2-Forgotten Battles under OpenGL perfectly under
>> 5728
>> x64.
>>
>> Edric
>>
>> "MrCoffee" <MrCoffee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9D7685E9-E0AE-434B-B1CF-6EB43A51D08E@microsoft.com...
>> > dx9L is supported in vista rc1 open gl is supported by the graphics
>> > card
>> > drivers.
>> > right now d3d dx games work as good or better than in xp.
>> > open gl will be working when ati and nvidia fix there drivers.
>> > i've been playing ut2004 on rc1 for a couple of weeks now and it runns
>> > good
>> > even though sli isn't working yet my frame rates are as fast as they
>> > where
>> > in xp.
>> > i run ut @ 2048 x 1280 full screen on a 24" hp crt.
>> > haven't loaded quake 4 yet because open gl isn't there yet.
>> >
>> > "Gigabyte69" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have been reading and found out that Directx10 is not backward
>> >> compatible
>> >> with Directx 9.0c or earlier. (see this article:
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ty/gaming.mspx) However I
>> >> have
>> >> aslo read that a version 9L, for compatibility with older games
>> >> software,
>> >> re:
>> >> pre-vista DX10, will be included with the Vista release. Is this not
>> >> included with the RC1 build? Can we download a version to test out?
>> >> Wthout
>> >> Open GL support or DirectX support for older games, we cannot properly
>> >> test
>> >> out our older software in Vista. I just want to make sure that i am
>> >> not
>> >> jumping the gun when i purchase my new computer or Vista upgrade this
>> >> January.
>> >> Thanks
>>

MrCoffee Wrote:
> dx9L is supported in vista rc1 open gl is supported by the graphics
> card
> drivers.
> right now d3d dx games work as good or better than in xp.
> open gl will be working when ati and nvidia fix there drivers.
> i've been playing ut2004 on rc1 for a couple of weeks now and it runns
> good
> even though sli isn't working yet my frame rates are as fast as they
> where
> in xp.
> i run ut @ 2048 x 1280 full screen on a 24" hp crt.
> haven't loaded quake 4 yet because open gl isn't there yet.


Hello all first post found this thread looking for new Nvidia
drivers...

Well the address performance issues let me say;

I have a X2-4800 and SLI 7900GT's and my games do not play as well as
XP, not by a long shot. As a matter of fact RC2 5744 gameplay is far
worse then RC1 5728. I run Call of Duty 2 and in RC1 performance was
not bad maps loaded up somewhat fast still not compared to XP but RC2
the maps take forever to load. I still had to install the 96.33 drivers
as the WDM drivers cause terible shearing and artifacting. 96.33 are ok
but all we need is new drivers from Nvidia. I have been beta testing
Longhorn for a while and gameplay was the best in RC1 5728 but RC2 is
not as good. Now mind you they did improve other issues in RC2, but
again we just need some decent drivers from Nvidia. ATI seems to be
ahead with more driver support....


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