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    Problem with directx, please help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nhanphan1990, Mar 5, 2009.

  1. nhanphan1990

    nhanphan1990 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a laptop HP DV5t, with genuine windows vista service pack 1 and geforce 9600GT. I read on Nvidia website and know that this card supports directx 10, but my system currently has directx 9, how can I upgrade to directx 10, is it 10 or 10.1?
     
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  2. KevInSweden

    KevInSweden Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you updated to SP1 in Vista then you should already have DX 10.1 installed.

    As far as I am aware Vista ships with DX10, so you shouldn't have to do anything to get it installed so to speak.
     
    KevInSweden, Mar 5, 2009
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    FYI Vista SP2 is out today...
     
    rschauby, Mar 5, 2009
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    If you're worried about making full use of DX10 effects in games, DirectX 10 (or higher) will only work if game you're playing has been developed to take advantage of DX10; increasingly, this is more often the case, especially with new games. For most older games, however, DirectX 9 is used.
     
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    Garandx Notebook Consultant

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    The latest SP2 Release Candidate is out today, not the final SP2 release.
     
    Garandx, Mar 5, 2009
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