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Video card drivers in Win 7

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CDC Mail Guy

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Sorry...not sure is I should post this here, or in video Cards and Graphics area, but here is my question.

Right now, my PC is dual boot XP and 7. My video card is a ATI Radeon 4850 that I know is capable of running DX10. When I game in Windows 7 (which is what I WANT to do) is my video card automatically DX10 due to the OS?

Or do I need to download and install DX10 on my Card (if so from WHERE???) Currently my drivers are ATI Catalyst Drivers 9.10 XP
 
Your effective DirectX level is a combination of your OS and your video card.

Windows 7 has DirectX 11. If you video card is also DirectX 11-capable, then you'll get the full DX11 feature set. If your video card only has DirectX 10 features, then that's all it can use, even if your OS supports DX11.
 
So...by "default", in Windows 7, the video card is running DX10 and I don't need to do anything like install drivers? (I don't think the 4850 is DX11 capable)
 
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Correct. The only things you need to install are any DirectX redistributables your game comes with, and whatever the latest drivers are for your video card.
 
Thanks guys. I noticed in both Crysis and Crysis War(whatever) that before the game starts it reads Crysis DX10 on top....and it doesn't in XP. Although... I did see some 5700 series cards at the Egg for less than $200...and they are DX11 capable 🙂 Oh well...Xmas is around the corner!
 
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