Directx 9 support?

[funrand]

Does the Diamond Stealth S80 - ATI Radeon 9200SE support Directx 9? I want to play World of Warcraft on it (upgrade my 7000). But the sys requirements say this: DirectX® 9.0c or above

So will it work?

 

[Continuity27]

Originally posted by: funrand
Does the Diamond Stealth S80 - ATI Radeon 9200SE support Directx 9? I want to play World of Warcraft on it (upgrade my 7000). But the sys requirements say this: DirectX® 9.0c or above

So will it work?

Oh yes World of Warcraft will work, but you might not be able to see all of the new effects and such. I don't think that card is FULLY compliant with DirectX 9.0c but I could be wrong. One thing we know it doesn't have is SM3.0, which came with version c, but that's not something to worry about, especially for a game like WoW.

Remember: The game wants DirectX9.0c, but it will work with DirectX 7 cards most likely, and 8, etc.

 

[CheesePoofs]

The game just needs the directX 9.0C software installed, it doesn't need a DX9 complient card to play it. You should be able to play wow with that card, but you will probably have to turn the settings way down.

 

[ddogg]

yes that card does support dx9 but its way too slow to make use of its features.

 

[daveybrat]

an ATI 9200SE is NOT much faster than your Radeon 7000 card because the "SE" models use 64-BIT ram which kills the performance of that 9200. I'd look into getting a Radeon 9550 128-bit ram. It's only $60 and free shipping.

9200SE:

Directx 8 hardware support
64-Bit Memory interface

Radeon 9550:

Directx 9 hardware support
128-Bit Memory interface

Here's the link:
Chiefvalue MSI Radeon 9550 128MB AGP $60

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