Has anyone tried DirectX8?

[fow99]

It has been out for a while but I am too reluctant to try such a big file out. So could anyone who has experience in it post a story? Is there a big hell of improvement? Is it worth upgrading?

 

[sandorski]

I used beta versions of Directx 8 from July and when the final came out began using that. I've had no problems whatsoever. At this time there is little to no improvement in performance that I can tell, but it works fine and when newer DirectX games come out they'll benefit from DirectX 8.

 

[setaanbomb]

For me I see a huge improvement when combined with the Nvidia 7.17 reference drivers. My scores in 3dmark 2000 went from ~5500 to 6264.

This is quite the improvement, definitely worth DLing and installing. Try and get the latest Nvidia Reference drivers too, assuming of course that you have an Nvidia based video card.

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