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    Ok, this may be a silly question...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Diver_Down, Aug 14, 2010.

  1. Diver_Down

    Diver_Down Notebook Guru

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    and even I am silently berating myself for asking this... but, in the context of being safer than sorry, are the Geforce GT 240/250 cards backward compatible -- in the sense that they also support DX 9.0c?

    I just don't want to make the mistake of getting one and then finding out that it won't work well with XP.

    Thanks!
     
    Diver_Down, Aug 14, 2010
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  2. TomTom2007

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    Yes, you will be able to play games that are only DX9.
     
    TomTom2007, Aug 14, 2010
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    New DirectX versions do not just adjust games that has been made for older versions.
     
    Kocane, Aug 14, 2010
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    Yes, you will be fine, the GT 240/250 will support DX9. What myDooM is saying is that those cards will not bring an 'older' DX9 game up to DX10. :)
     
    Walshman, Aug 14, 2010
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