DirectX 9.0C now available for download

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[biostud]

Thx

 

[Megatomic]

Excellent, thanks man. I was waiting for this. I didn't want to do a hacked install.

 

[jrphoenix]

Originally posted by: biostud666
Thx

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Excellent, thanks man. I was waiting for this. I didn't want to do a hacked install.

But you want a hacked driver, and a patch thats been recalled? There is currently no offial release of anything that makes use of DX9.0c.

 

[DoughKey]

Sweet. I can now couple this with my UB3R L33T pulled 1.2 patch to dork my save games^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H I mean, uhh play with SM3.0.

-D

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Excellent, thanks man. I was waiting for this. I didn't want to do a hacked install.

But you want a hacked driver, and a patch thats been recalled? There is currently no offial release of anything that makes use of DX9.0c.

No hacked driver will make any difference to my system. As a result the pulled patch is meaningless to me, too. I have a 9800 Pro. And how do you know whether or not there are bug fixes in 9.0c?

You make a lot of assumptions in your post man...

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Excellent, thanks man. I was waiting for this. I didn't want to do a hacked install.

But you want a hacked driver, and a patch thats been recalled? There is currently no offial release of anything that makes use of DX9.0c.

Well, official or not, it can be used at own risk.

 

[MemberSince97]

GJ...

 

[nitromullet]

But you want a hacked driver, and a patch thats been recalled? There is currently no offial release of anything that makes use of DX9.0c.

Now that DX9.0c is official, I would assume that we won't have to "hack" our dirvers anymore. nVidia stated that they would come out with drivers that support DX9.0c when DX9.0c was out.

from http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.76:

Release Highlights:

* Updated July 20, 2004 9:00 PM PDT: Windows XP / 2000 61.76 is WHQL certified using DirectX 9.0b. The WHQL tests for DirectX 9.0c were not available at this time. When DirectX 9.0c is available, NVIDIA will release drivers to support it.

I would think it will take a little bit to get the WHQL cert, but than the drivers will support DX9.0c out of the box.

 

[Gurck]

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Noid]

I'll wait till it's on Windows Update.
Even then, I'll probably wait longer to see what 'shakes out'.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

But you want a hacked driver, and a patch thats been recalled? There is currently no offial release of anything that makes use of DX9.0c.

Now that DX9.0c is official, I would assume that we won't have to "hack" our dirvers anymore. nVidia stated that they would come out with drivers that support DX9.0c when DX9.0c was out.

from http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.76:

Release Highlights:

* Updated July 20, 2004 9:00 PM PDT: Windows XP / 2000 61.76 is WHQL certified using DirectX 9.0b. The WHQL tests for DirectX 9.0c were not available at this time. When DirectX 9.0c is available, NVIDIA will release drivers to support it.

I would think it will take a little bit to get the WHQL cert, but than the drivers will support DX9.0c out of the box.

I understand that, but as of right now, the only game that will benefit from it, is Farcry. The patch was recalled, but even if it was out, its only a tiny improvement. Not that Im saying more frames is bad, it certainly isnt, but some people get too excited about a new DX thinking it will make all their games faster.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
I understand that, but as of right now, the only game that will benefit from it, is Farcry. The patch was recalled, but even if it was out, its only a tiny improvement. Not that Im saying more frames is bad, it certainly isnt, but some people get too excited about a new DX thinking it will make all their games faster.

18% faster on ATi hardware and 19% faster on nVidia is a "far cry" from a "tiny improvement" if you ask me.

 

[vshah]

danke. it will be awesome on my ti4200

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: Ackmed
I understand that, but as of right now, the only game that will benefit from it, is Farcry. The patch was recalled, but even if it was out, its only a tiny improvement. Not that Im saying more frames is bad, it certainly isnt, but some people get too excited about a new DX thinking it will make all their games faster.

18% faster on ATi hardware and 19% faster on nVidia is a "far cry" from a "tiny improvement" if you ask me.

oOo punny!

 

[biostud]

Hmm the 1.2 patch worked fine for me

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: biostud666
Hmm the 1.2 patch worked fine for me

It worked perfectly for me as well. My 5900U graphics anomalies are all gone.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: Ackmed
I understand that, but as of right now, the only game that will benefit from it, is Farcry. The patch was recalled, but even if it was out, its only a tiny improvement. Not that Im saying more frames is bad, it certainly isnt, but some people get too excited about a new DX thinking it will make all their games faster.

18% faster on ATi hardware and 19% faster on nVidia is a "far cry" from a "tiny improvement" if you ask me.

True, if that was the % for the whole game. Its only in certain areas though. Dont forget NV made the demos for the 1.2 patch, and Im sure they did in such an area where it benefits the most.

I shouldnt have said "tiny" though, as certain areas it does help a lot. In others, its next to nothing. Should have been more clear.

 

[watek]

Can I install this over the top of 9.0b without uninstalling my video drivers?

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: watek
Can I install this over the top of 9.0b without uninstalling my video drivers?

Yep, I just did.

 

[Megatomic]

I did too. It worked fine on both Win2K SP4 and WinXP SP1a.

 

[JBT]

Anyone try to install this over the one ripped out of SP2?

 

[Insomniak]

Is this the end user runtime or the dev kit? I'm unclear...

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: JBT
Anyone try to install this over the one ripped out of SP2?

I think it might be the same one. I have XPSP2 beta installed, and all the files are listed as final retail. Can someone who has installed these run a dxdiag and check what build this is. Mine, from XPSP2 is as follows:

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Is this the end user runtime or the dev kit? I'm unclear...

Enduser runtime. The dev kit is for programmers.

 

[JBT]

Yeah all mine say Full retail too but I just wanted to make sure It was all upto date if someone could give us the version number that would be sweet


THX in advance.