what is so good about Directx9.0a

[faye]

Hi, can people please gimme some advantage of Directx 9.0a?

I was using Directx8.1 and just installed Directx9.0a because i wanted to test it with 3dMark03.

after the test, i believe it is not so amazing, under 3dmark01se i even have a low score.

should i UNINSTALL it? will there be any harm to my OS?

Windows XP pro. I own a pirate copy

and how ?

 

[faye]

oh ya, i just installed the Sapphire Radeon 9100 128MB, so does it matter?

 

[Vadatajs]

There's nothing wrong with dx9a. It doesn't noticibly slow anything down. I run it on my LEGAL XP home with a radeon 8500 128MB.

 

[faye]

i scored nearly 100 less...(was 58xx now 57xx)

ya, i know my score is very low. but i am very happy with my games

but i heard some games doesn't support dx9? is it true?

i only heard the other way around, where the games or applications that NEED dx9

 

[bsobel]

i only heard the other way around, where the games or applications that NEED dx9

In theory DirectX should always be backwards compatible, that is if a game needs DX9 it will continue to work on DX10, DX11 etc.
Bill

 

[bob332]

Originally posted by: faye
Hi, can people please gimme some advantage of Directx 9.0a?

I was using Directx8.1 and just installed Directx9.0a because i wanted to test it with 3dMark03.

after the test, i believe it is not so amazing, under 3dmark01se i even have a low score.

should i UNINSTALL it? will there be any harm to my OS?

Windows XP pro. I own a pirate copy

and how ?

Windows XP pro. I own a pirate copy

why would you tell everyone you have a pirated copy?

 

[Mallow]

it's the latest and greatest w/ lots of hype

 

[b4u]

Advantage of Directx 9.0a?

You will need it for future games. Well, at least until Directx 10 arrives

I have a WinXP Pro, PIII 600EB and Riva TNT2 32Mb ... installed Directx9 and no drop in performance ... at least to my eye, I don't use any software to compare frame-by-frame.

 

[sep]

faye - Long live the BX boards...I've got two Abit BE6 vXX boards myself.

 

[alm4rr]

I just dl'd and played a demo (star trek away team 2 or something) and when I installed it, it said I needed Directx 9.

Last I knew, all I had was 8. It worked, tho.