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scratch
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posted 11-12-2000 07:20 AM     Profile for scratch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Noticed Direct X 8 was out. I've been running DX 6 on my voodoo 3 3000. Was afraid to install DX 7 'cause I heard it had bugs when it first came out. Would appreciate any feed back on this. Just d/l'd a demo that requires 7. Thanks & S.
P.S. Appears Microsoft no longer carries DX 7 on its website. Anyone know another possible site?

[This message has been edited by scratch (edited 11-12-2000).]

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Stanley99
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posted 11-12-2000 09:40 AM     Profile for Stanley99     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
If you upgrade to DirectX 7.0, the take 7.0a - that's the one without bugs (or no known ones), the version number is:

(4.07.00.0716)

Regarding veriosn 8.0 as far as I know it is still a Beta version, so hands off!!!


Stan

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posted 11-12-2000 11:00 AM     Profile for scratch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Yo Stanley 99
Found a site with DX 7.oa. Thanks for your response. S.

[This message has been edited by scratch (edited 11-12-2000).]

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posted 11-12-2000 01:24 PM     Profile for MigLancer   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Got DirectX 8 and the new Voodoo3 drivers - everything runs OK, no problems so far.

I tried EAW, WW2Fighters, SCGT, Counterstrike.

My system:
P2 400, 256Mb RAM @100MHz, Voodoo 3 2000 o/c @167MHz, SB Live, Win 98 first edition

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Rowdy
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posted 11-12-2000 11:08 PM     Profile for Rowdy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
S! Scratch, could you please post a link to the site with the dx7.0a, PLEASE? THANKS!
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PapaRomeo
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posted 11-13-2000 11:06 AM     Profile for PapaRomeo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
MigLancer:

Your system looks pretty similar to mine (PII400, V3 3K PCI, 128MB Ram, SB Live Value).

Did you see any noticable improvement of any kind in EAW with the new DX and drivers? Better Framerate? Smoother effects? Anything?

Just wondering if it's worth the trouble.


Thanks in advance.

PR

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Hans Offen
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posted 11-13-2000 12:10 PM     Profile for Hans Offen   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
One of my comps has a PII400, V3, 196MBs RAM and the difference before and after installing the newest V3 drivers and DX8 is very noticable. The Open GL performance and D3D is where I am seeing the biggest improvements with improved framerates and richer, deeper colours.

All in all, finer screen resolutions, better colour, smoother performance and in EAW running in Glide, the aliasing is considerably reduced at 1024X 1280.

I had to enlarge my screen image dimensions with the monitor's controls after installing the new V3 drivers but the resolution is much finer than before, something I didn't think I could improve on.

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scratch
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posted 11-14-2000 06:19 AM     Profile for scratch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by Rowdy:
S! Scratch, could you please post a link to the site with the dx7.0a, PLEASE? THANKS!

S Rowdy
Sorry, did'nt keep the link or site.My foggy lil' brain remembers it did come from a site that had a lot of games & utilities. Try searching with your web browser.
Can any one help?

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