Why doesnt 3DMARK 2001 run with DirectX 9 installed?

[Richdog]

I have a Geforce 3 Ti 200 and while I am fully aware this is not a DX9 card, I thought that in the case of 3DMARK 2001 it would work, as while its a DX8 Benchmark I presumed DX9 is backward compatible with DX8 as its basically DX8 with extra bells and whistles. Is it not DX8 compatible?

 

[edm]

got this from their web site, faq section

"Q: I installed DirectX 9 and now 3DMark2001 SE tells me that I need DirectX 8.1, what gives?
A: We have noticed this behavior and the solution is quite easy. Uninstall your 3DMark2001 SE, download the latest version (Build 330) if you don`t have it already, reboot your machine and install 3DMark2001 SE again."

 

[Richdog]

AH! Thankyou very much kind sir!