Should I install directx before or after my video drivers?

[SoonerJoseph]

Thanks

 

[Housey]

DirectX first, then the video card drivers.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Housey
DirectX first, then the video card drivers.

That's odd I didn't really think that it made any difference.

 

[ProviaFan]

It does make a difference. DX first, video card drivers after.

 

[MarkFahey]

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[BoomAM]

In theory it shouldnt matter what order you install them in.
But becuase of the ultra reliable windows, you have to install the drivers, then DX, otherwise it`ll start having a hissy fit.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
In theory it shouldnt matter what order you install them in.
But becuase of the ultra reliable windows, you have to install the drivers, then DX, otherwise it`ll start having a hissy fit.

Again, no! Not sure about Nvidia's drivers, but with ATI's (and especially if the drivers require a newer version of DX than you have installed - not an uncommon occurrence on the first install of drivers after a fresh OS installation), they will refuse to install if DX has not been installed first. Please do your research before posting blatantly incorrect buffalo chips.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: BoomAM
In theory it shouldnt matter what order you install them in.
But becuase of the ultra reliable windows, you have to install the drivers, then DX, otherwise it`ll start having a hissy fit.

Again, no! Not sure about Nvidia's drivers, but with ATI's (and especially if the drivers require a newer version of DX than you have installed - not an uncommon occurrence on the first install of drivers after a fresh OS installation), they will refuse to install if DX has not been installed first. Please do your research before posting blatantly incorrect buffalo chips.

Actually, you can use any of ATI`s drivers on any version of DX. Ive run the latest 3.1 on DX8, at they are suppost to be DX9 drivers.
Also, when i was running Cat3.1 w/DX8, i installed DX9, and guess what? It worked fine, no complaints, no slowdowns, no problems whatsoever.
So its you, the one whos typed without thinking, that is wrong. And as you`ve said "do your research before posting".

 

[rogue1979]

While it might work otherwise, the safest way is vga driver (motherboard), DirectX, then video driver.

 

[BoomAM]

Like i said guys, It should work either way, and sometimes does, but the most successful way is driver, then DX.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
So its you, the one whos typed without thinking, that is wrong. And as you`ve said "do your research before posting".

Excuse me, then why the #$%& have ATI's Cat3.x always refused to install on any Windows 2000 system I've tried to load them on until I update DirectX? Maybe my computer just hates me, or maybe I don't exist after all and those error messages were just a fragment in someone's imagination.

 

[ProviaFan]

To make this clearer, it's a simple issue of dependencies. Video card drivers need DirectX, DirectX (an API for sound, video, and input devices) needs an OS. You install the OS first, then DirectX, then video, sound, and input drivers afterward. After all, if this method (which is the one that is correct in theory) is so bad, then why have myself and so many others not had any problems with it? While the other method may work sometimes for some people, it has a potential to cause problems. It seems pretty clear which one is preferred to use.

 

[Slappy00]

well ive done it both way w/o any troubles.

In practice i can see what jliechty is talking about, it just makes sense to do it DX->drivers. The only thing is to make sure taht you have a restore point Ive seen all kinds of strange stuff happen with DX installs.

Finally are the CAT drivers not unified? If so they should work on any DX configuration, not exclusively DX 9.0...

 

[gururu]

my opinion:
install directx first
install video driver
install directx again just to update any directx files that the driver replaced.
all set!

boomam knows what he is saying

 

[Viper96720]

If your using winxp then isn't direct x already installed? Guess it would be dx then video card driver since dx would be installed already.

 

[BoomAM]

jeez jliechty, chill out.
All im saying is that you are critisising me for not knowing the facts, buts its actually you who is partially wrong.
True, to avoid conflicts, its reccommended by people here, that its DX then drivers. But the Fact is, in thoery, it should work either way round.
Ive tryed several machines, that have ATI cards, to update them to Cat3.1, when they have DX8, and they all work fine, no errors. One was a Win2K system, and the other two, XP.

gururu, are you being sarcastic?
Or am i just paranoid. lol.
If you arnt being sarcastic, then thanks for the complement.

 

[gururu]

not being sarcastic BoomAM! Just happens to be my opinion too

 

[caboob]

For many that have gotten 8INXP boards and R9700Pro cards its been found that it's best to install drivers first and then DX.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: gururu
not being sarcastic BoomAM! Just happens to be my opinion too

I`ll take it as a complement then. Thanks.