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Flish simulator X and DirectX 10
  1. #1


    Amity Waisel Guest

    Flish simulator X and DirectX 10

    I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT with 256MB of DDRIII memory installed. I have
    installed Flight Simulator X on my XP, and it works great. when I try to run
    that game, there is an error message appears: "FLight Simulator cannot run
    because the version of Microsoft DirectX(R) installed on your computer is
    incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running Flight Simulator Setup,
    or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/direcx".
    I am afraid to install DirectX 9.0c because I have DirectX 10 installed,
    which came with my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
    How can I cause my Flight Simulator X run with DirectX 10?

    Thanks,
    Amity Waisel



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  2. #2


    Bill Guest

    Re: Flish simulator X and DirectX 10


    "Amity Waisel" <AmityWaisel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:5234BC4C-1EA6-4B0B-B2F3-EFC958D5BF75@microsoft.com...
    >I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT with 256MB of DDRIII memory installed. I have
    > installed Flight Simulator X on my XP, and it works great. when I try to
    > run
    > that game, there is an error message appears: "FLight Simulator cannot run
    > because the version of Microsoft DirectX(R) installed on your computer is
    > incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running Flight Simulator
    > Setup,
    > or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/direcx".
    > I am afraid to install DirectX 9.0c because I have DirectX 10 installed,
    > which came with my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
    > How can I cause my Flight Simulator X run with DirectX 10?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Amity Waisel



    MS has not yet released the DX10 patch for FSX. Sometime later this year.
    Lots to read on that here
    http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/default.aspx

    As for DX9 on vista someone else hopefully can tell you what to do as I am a
    few light years away from trying vista...some even say it slows down gaming

    Bill



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Dustin Harper Guest

    Re: Flish simulator X and DirectX 10

    You can install DX9.0C and it will put the components it needs into the
    OS. It will not overwrite DX10, or anything else. It should fix your
    problem.

    The DX10 patch for FSX is hopefully going to be released later this year
    (after FSX SP1). But, with the crappy NVIDIA drivers, and no DX10 ATI
    card, it wouldn't be too effective anyway.


    --
    Dustin Harper
    dharper@vistarip.com
    http://www.vistarip.com


    Amity Waisel wrote:
    > I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT with 256MB of DDRIII memory installed. I have
    > installed Flight Simulator X on my XP, and it works great. when I try to run
    > that game, there is an error message appears: "FLight Simulator cannot run
    > because the version of Microsoft DirectX(R) installed on your computer is
    > incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running Flight Simulator Setup,
    > or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/direcx".
    > I am afraid to install DirectX 9.0c because I have DirectX 10 installed,
    > which came with my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
    > How can I cause my Flight Simulator X run with DirectX 10?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Amity Waisel


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Richard Coomber Guest

    Re: Flish simulator X and DirectX 10

    I had the same problem and the same concerns about over writing DX10 with DX
    9. Its fine, DX 9 will not over write DX 10 but will install the DX9 3D.dll
    file which will allow all your DX 9 games to run. If you want to check its
    all ok then after you have installed DX9 run dxdiag and you will see windows
    vista still reports DX 10 as installed.

    Hope this helps.

    Richard
    "Bill" <dontwriteme@home.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > "Amity Waisel" <AmityWaisel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:5234BC4C-1EA6-4B0B-B2F3-EFC958D5BF75@microsoft.com...
    >>I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT with 256MB of DDRIII memory installed. I have
    >> installed Flight Simulator X on my XP, and it works great. when I try to
    >> run
    >> that game, there is an error message appears: "FLight Simulator cannot
    >> run
    >> because the version of Microsoft DirectX(R) installed on your computer is
    >> incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running Flight Simulator
    >> Setup,
    >> or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/direcx".
    >> I am afraid to install DirectX 9.0c because I have DirectX 10 installed,
    >> which came with my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
    >> How can I cause my Flight Simulator X run with DirectX 10?
    >>
    >> Thanks,
    >> Amity Waisel

    >
    >
    > MS has not yet released the DX10 patch for FSX. Sometime later this year.
    > Lots to read on that here
    > http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/default.aspx
    >
    > As for DX9 on vista someone else hopefully can tell you what to do as I am
    > a few light years away from trying vista...some even say it slows down
    > gaming
    >
    > Bill
    >



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  5. #5


    Adam Guest

    Re: Flish simulator X and DirectX 10

    Ok, at FS insider, they are announcing an April release for SP1 for FSX, and
    looks to me like an October / November release for the DX10 patch, which
    should be released about the same time as the new expansion pack for FSX,
    FSX: Adrenaline.



    "Dustin Harper" wrote:

    > You can install DX9.0C and it will put the components it needs into the
    > OS. It will not overwrite DX10, or anything else. It should fix your
    > problem.
    >
    > The DX10 patch for FSX is hopefully going to be released later this year
    > (after FSX SP1). But, with the crappy NVIDIA drivers, and no DX10 ATI
    > card, it wouldn't be too effective anyway.
    >
    >
    > --
    > Dustin Harper
    > dharper@vistarip.com
    > http://www.vistarip.com
    >
    >
    > Amity Waisel wrote:
    > > I have NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT with 256MB of DDRIII memory installed. I have
    > > installed Flight Simulator X on my XP, and it works great. when I try to run
    > > that game, there is an error message appears: "FLight Simulator cannot run
    > > because the version of Microsoft DirectX(R) installed on your computer is
    > > incompatible. Please reinstall DirectX 9.0 by running Flight Simulator Setup,
    > > or download the current version from www.microsoft.com/direcx".
    > > I am afraid to install DirectX 9.0c because I have DirectX 10 installed,
    > > which came with my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
    > > How can I cause my Flight Simulator X run with DirectX 10?
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Amity Waisel

    >


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