Install direct x 9 onto vista?

[nippyjun]

Do in need to install direct x 9 onto vista to run games that require direct x 9?

For example, with the 100.54 forceware drivers i can't run quake 4. When installing the game it asks to install direct x 9 which i did not do.

Should i have installed it?

 

[Gamingphreek]

No

To put it into perspective think of it this way. If you were to install, say, X-Wing for Win 95 (<-Good Times). I believe it prompts you to install Direct X 6 or something. Would you do that?

-Kevin

 

[nippyjun]

Ok thanks.

So has anyone here been able to run quake 4 on vista?

if yes how did you do it?

 

[harpy82]

yes you need to install the latest build of directx 9.0c

 

[Bill Kunert]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
No

To put it into perspective think of it this way. If you were to install, say, X-Wing for Win 95 (<-Good Times). I believe it prompts you to install Direct X 6 or something. Would you do that?

-Kevin

I'm not going to say you're wrong, but I had to install DX9 on Vista RC2 to run some programs that required DX9. Got it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Brow...n&nr=20&categoryid=2&sortCriteria=date . Solved some problems for me. YMMV

 

[nippyjun]

Does installing dx9 ruin dx10?

 

[GreggyD]

I also had to install 9.0c for one of my games to run.

 

[Leros]

Is DX10 not backwards compatible?!

 

[JonnyBlaze]

i have let multiple programs install it thinking DX would know what it has to do. No problems so far.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: nippyjun
Ok thanks.

So has anyone here been able to run quake 4 on vista?

if yes how did you do it?

I did nothing. It ran just fine on the rig in my sig. I'm pretty sure Q4 is opengl rather than directx.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: nippyjun
Ok thanks.

So has anyone here been able to run quake 4 on vista?

if yes how did you do it?

I did nothing. It ran just fine on the rig in my sig. I'm pretty sure Q4 is opengl rather than directx.

It uses opengl for video but dx audio.

 

[nippyjun]

Ok, i solved the problem. I didn't use the 1.3 update, i did the update and now it plays great.