DirectX9?

[Doomulation]

I was just wondering now...
Since I wish to know which version to focus on--DX8 or 9?
How many has DirectX9 installed? If not, could you get/install it easily? Ie, install it off a gaming magazine cd, or if you have a good connection, download it and install it?

I wish to see some statistics, so I know! :happy:

[2fast4u]

could care less about dx9 since i aint buying pc games anymore ...

[Clements]

I noticed speed improvements in some microsoft apps such as Windows Media Player 9. Other than that pretty minor, as my card does not fully support DX9 like those top of the range ones.

[Davemc]

I downloaded it a while back

[Lex]

I downloaded and installed it immediately when it whas released

[mightyrocket]

Me too, but it slowed down a lot (especially in N64-emulation).

[Allnatural]

I don't know why people fuss over the latest DirectX. I've yet to see a speed difference from one version to the next, though everyone claims there is one. I'll update when it's necessary, as in when I buy a game that requires it.

[Stezo2k]

nah i dont wana download it myself, heard about it being really buggy so i dont want it :)

[DuDe]

Just wondering, why the hell did you put two options at the poll, that mean the exact same thing. I mean, "I can download it" and "I have it on CD" is the exact same shit.

[Harteex]

I have it, downloaded it when it came out... I've not had any problems with it, it works fine, like it should...

[radTube]

Installed it almost immediately when it was released. No problems at all but no big improvements either.

[vampireuk]

I installed it when I finished building my new system

[Doomulation]

Originally posted by DuDe
Just wondering, why the hell did you put two options at the poll, that mean the exact same thing. I mean, "I can download it" and "I have it on CD" is the exact same shit.
Well didn't really think about it...feel free to edit if you can. :baaa:
Myself, I was just wondering because of every new dx release, they try to make the api easier.
So I was just wondering :)

[ShinjiIkari]

I thought this was a vote for whether we like OpenGL or DirectX at first

[Slougi]

OK, who played with the poll? I am 100% sure I voted one of the NO options earlier.

[Tagrineth]

I installed DX9 right after getting my Radeon :satisfied

Immediately fired up all the ATi demos. Came out a little disappointed, but still pretty impressed. Most disappointing thing has to be that the NPR Hatching demo wouldn't display anything at all in the normal mode (though it'd look fine in the feature-centric modes). Yay for ATi, their own tech demo didn't work right. :blush:

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally posted by Clements
I noticed speed improvements in some microsoft apps such as Windows Media Player 9. Other than that pretty minor, as my card does not fully support DX9 like those top of the range ones.

Unfortunately, GeForce 4 MXs don't
even 100 percent support DirectX 8.1,
thus you probably will cry if and
when you are running 3D Mark 2001 SE,
because 3D Mark 2001 SE will prohibit
Game 4 Nature and some other tests
from rendering, because GeForce 4MXs
don't have pixel shader support, thus
a GeForce 4 MX is
more like a souped up GeForce 2 MX , thus required
to get at least a GeForce 4 Ti or GeForce 3 if you want 100 percent true DirectX 8 support. :(

[radTube]

You only need drivers that fully support dx9, not necessarily such hardware, to get at least some of the benefit. At least in theory :getlost:. If you have such drivers, you have no reason not to upgrade. In fact, at least all new ati catalysts are designed to be used with dx9 and not having it could (and probably would) cause problems.

On the other hand, my r8500 only supports dx8.1 in hardware and I've yet to see any difference after upgrading. But as I said in my earlier post, no problems either.

[2fast4u]

Originally posted by Slougi
OK, who played with the poll? I am 100% sure I voted one of the NO options earlier.

ditto ...

[Doomulation]

Seems like most have it...but i can't say how many hasn't because of the "edit," which i noticed too :satisfied