Vista and DirectX questions.

GSDog · 9 May 2007 at 11:22

Hi all.

I've just got Vista which I love so far. I have a Nvidia 7900GS and want to know what DirectX I need to use...
Does Vista come with DirectX10?
What DirectX do I need to use with my card?

Tute · 9 May 2007 at 11:31

Vista comes with DirectX10, so you shouldn't need to install anything except drivers, it's all backwards compatible.

GSDog · 9 May 2007 at 11:38

OK, thanks!

marc2003 · 9 May 2007 at 14:18

Tute said:
Vista comes with DirectX10, so you shouldn't need to install anything except drivers, it's all backwards compatible.

not in my experience. flatout2 won't run in vista until you update directx9 either from the dvd or the latest version from microsoft's site.

gareth170 · 9 May 2007 at 16:14

right..

some games needs to see the directx 9 update files to be able to run...

Rincewind · 9 May 2007 at 17:25

marc2003 said:
not in my experience. flatout2 won't run in vista until you update directx9 either from the dvd or the latest version from microsoft's site.

and the latest version of securom... gcw i love thee so

LoadsaMoney · 9 May 2007 at 17:34

yeah Dx10 is not backwards compatible, so Vista also has Dx9 as well for that, as that is.

marc2003 · 9 May 2007 at 18:19

Rincewind said:
and the latest version of securom... gcw i love thee so

i didn't need any update to run flatout2 in vista. the copy protection worked straight away. but i'm using 32 bit. are you you running x64?

Rincewind · 10 May 2007 at 00:07

marc2003 said:
i didn't need any update to run flatout2 in vista. the copy protection worked straight away. but i'm using 32 bit. are you you running x64?

32 bit, on hindsight it was splinter cell, and windows was nice in telling me that the driver was incompatible, and where to update it, i really do love the user friendlyness of vista

stoofa · 10 May 2007 at 10:16

DirectX 10 is a different beast to all previous versions.
You will almost certainly at some point need to install DirectX 9 under your Vista installation even though the OS ships with DirectX 10.

ShakenNstirred · 10 May 2007 at 16:45

marc2003 said:
i didn't need any update to run flatout2 in vista. the copy protection worked straight away. but i'm using 32 bit. are you you running x64?

yeah me too, flatout2 run straight away in vista 64bit