Vista question...

Tute · 26 Jul 2008 at 00:46

How do I run my games in DX9 mode?

I'm getting uneven performance, and I want to see if Dx10 is causing it, but I can't seem to find any options to force it anywhere.

Thanks.

benjo · 26 Jul 2008 at 00:49

I think it's an option with the game itself? I know for Crysis you're given two different .exe's.

marc2003 · 26 Jul 2008 at 00:53

dx9 games will run in dx9. simple as. for (the very few) games that have the dx10 options (crysis for example), use the right click menu in the games explorer.

Snookray · 26 Jul 2008 at 00:54

Vista Games Explorer gives you the option to run the game in DX9 or DX10 if you right click the icon. If it's not there you can create a shortcut and add " -DX9" in the target box.

example: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Unreal Tournament 3\Binaries\UT3.exe" -DX9

Tute · 26 Jul 2008 at 00:55

marc2003 said:
dx9 games will run in dx9. simple as. for (the very few) games that have the dx10 options (crysis for example), use the right click menu in the games explorer.

I don't see an option for that. The game in question is UT3.

marc2003 · 26 Jul 2008 at 01:06

Tute said:
I don't see an option for that. The game in question is UT3.

hmmn i maybe wrong then.

i know crysis does. i assumed other dx9/dx10 games would work like that....

me said:
dx9 games will run in dx9. simple as

i know this is true because i've had dx9 games that need newer versions of the dx9 runtimes that vista ships with to run properly. i didn't realise ut3 could run in dx10.