WARNING: DONT GET DIRECT X 8 AND DET 7.17 DRIVER

[mikelou26]

IT DROPPED MY QUAKE FPS AROUND 50 FRAMES!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!
BEFORE IT WAS ABOUT 90'S NOW IT IS AROUND.. 40'S!!!!!!!!! AHH!

 

[lsd]

I thought the flood killed your card?.......

 

[Taz4158]

Starting to think...Noah...Ark.....miracles....

 

[pillage2001]

Should I??......Should I not??.Hmmmmm......

 

[mikelou26]

yea the flood =I
chipped the card
ahem
anyways
it still works..
lets just say
DIRECT X 8 sucks!

 

[apoppin]

Evidently the older DET drivers work ok with DX8.

Follow the link here.
Evidently DX8 is OK; DET 7.17 sucks.

 

[Spoooon]

I haven't had any problems with the 7.17s. But I don't play many games anymore. I just run the few benchmarks on my computer. Didn't notice a loss in frames in QIII.

 

[Brian23]

I'm currently running Det 5.16 drivers on Win98se. I have a TNT 2 ULTRA. It runs very stable all the time. Will I see a big improvement in UT by upgrading to 7.17 drivers?

Thanks

 

[mikelou26]

the heck
how can the beta direct 8 do better than final release?
ERRR?

 

[bonkers325]

dx8 is final

 

[Mem]

Guy`s just a quick input on DirectX8 on WIN98 & 6.31 DETONATOR Drivers they work ok on my Via board(MSI K7T PRO ) so if you are still undecided ,about trying with similiar drivers to mine you will be ok ,I will try benchmarking later since I will have to reinstall 3DMARK2000 program first.

 

[ss284]

yeah, i installed both on my asus 7700, and it crapped me over, so I just went back to 6.35 and all was fine.


steve

 

[mikelou26]

wut is the best det driver for direct x 8?

 

[Shagga]

Thanx for the warning. Except, being someone who like to try things as soon as they come out I've experienced all sorts of problems with DX8 and Det 7.17.

I done a totally new install of everything to get the stability back. Just posted a link to a DirectX 8 uninstaller....wish I'd known about this b4 the total re-installation of WinME etc... :frown:

Here's the link DirectX 8.0 Un-installer

 

[mikelou26]

where can i get dirext x 7a?


and um...
i kept hearing about the direct x 8 uninstaller is not a good idea to go
just it better to format the hardrive..
and do i clean install?

 

[Spoooon]

What kind of problems are people getting? I've had no problems whatsoever. Except for one weird thing. When I go to Addition GeForce 2 MX Properties and click on the Overlay Color Control tab, my computer resets. Weird eh?

 

[mikelou26]

it is like that on mine too
=)
direct 8 x sucks
GEESE

 

[RoboTECH]

there's nothing wrong with DX8

nvidia's drivers just don't work well with it. the fault isn't with DX8, however.

 

[mikelou26]

I READ ABOUT THE 460 BETA OF DIRECT X 8 IS "BETTER" (LIKE GETTING MORE FRAMES)

THEN THE FINAL RELEASE OF DIRECT X 8

 

[RoboTECH]

the CAPS LOCK key is just to the left of the "A" key

please strike it once more before you post. thx.

 

[mikelou26]

man shut ur hole

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

I generally don't think its a good idea to switch DirrectX software unless the driver documentation specifically says the driver/device is optimised to work with Dx8.


<<<<IT DROPPED MY QUAKE FPS AROUND 50 FRAMES!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!>>>>

What? So your big bad GeForce2 and 933 CuMine can't beat my old Katmai/TNT now? Seriously... its not such a big deal. Just reinstall the old software and your system should go back to its usual speedy self.

 

[mikelou26]

man
u have to format the harddrive
and clean install direct x 7 and win os

=x

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

Really??? Ouch. Maybe we need a 3rd opinion. Ask in the Operating SYstems forum if there's a way to nuke Dx8 w 'out reinstalling windows

 

[mikelou26]

yo
THAT IS WUT I DID
i WAS RETARDED for doing it twice
ahem
=x
first time i used a program to uninstall direct x 8

that did work that WELL
cuz direct x 8 changed the structure of os by changing the regesitry =x

so i formated the hardrive..
=X
that is the BEST WAY of doing it
=x
sad huh?