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    New G1s? Did you remember to update DirectX?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by RMPG505, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. RMPG505

    RMPG505 Notebook Consultant

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    Just a quick mention because it's something I forgot to do on the "list to do's" when I first got my G1s.
    After you update the stock drivers to the ones of you choice, make sure you download the latest August "end-user Runtimes' for DirectX 10.
    It's made a major difference for me in a big way. My screen looks crisper and colors more vibrant. I installed a demo of "Lost Planet" which was needing a missing .dll and snapped that I never updated DX10.
    Have a good one, Robin
     
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    The downloadable directx is 9.0c. An update to dx10 will be shiped with vista SP1.
     
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    The file I downloaded from M$ says "Dxwebsetup" at around 22MB and it states 9.0, but I also updated with the august end-user runtimes which was like a 58mb file.

    I ran the DX 10 version of Lost Planet after I did the updates and the original missing .dll error was resolved.
    If you google "lost planet + missing .dll" it brings up lots of forums addressing the issue.

    P.s I'm using 163.11's
     
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    would you mind providing a link to these "runtime" drivers? thanks :D
     
    scorcho, Aug 22, 2007
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    Here is one link, but you can go to MS and search the site for their DirectX downloads, which is what I did .

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2924.html


    This link has information about what the download includes, and you can download from there also.
    "DirectX SDK - August 2007
    New features in this release include the Direct3D 10.1 Technology Preview and the XAudio beta, plus several new samples."
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xna/aa937788.aspx


    I guess its not dx10, but I can run the Dx10 demo version of Lost Planet now and couldn't before the update.
     
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    Has anyone else seen a difference in the quality of their display since updating?
     
    RMPG505, Aug 23, 2007
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