What dx version shall I get?

Okay, here is the deal.


I have the ATI x1400, it is not dx10 capable. I just reformatted today and want to update my dxversion, to make sure everything is up to date, obviously. I'm stuck here though. I'm not too sure what to download, dx9 or dx10. Could someone please point me to the site I have to navigate to to download either dx9 or 10, I googled it and no Microsoft websites show up, and I will only download direct x from a Ms site.



Thanks.

 

Only Vista got Dx10...

 

Thank you for stating the obvious and completely ignoring my question! I know Vista only 'got' Dx10, but what Dx version do I get, Dx10, and the installer will recognize that I don't have a Dx10 capable card, or do I just get 9c. Could someone please link me to the Ms site too, please?

 

Just go to the microsoft website and download the latest direct x installer. It may or may not install DX10 (I don't know how the installer works) but your card isn't DX10 capable and so it will only use up to DX9.
This page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en
will bring you to the download page for the DX thing. Continue, validate and install and let it do it's work, which reminds me, it's a Nov "issue" so I need to get it, thanks for your original post.

 

Thank you.

 

Or here's a crazy idea, you could just do nothing.

XP (with SP2) comes with DirectX9.0c, which is the latest version.
Vista comes with its own version of 9.0c as well as 10.0.

So why did you need to update anything again?

Thank you for not even bothering to specify which OS you're running, DOing even a quick Google to find the MS site yourself and a needlessly bad attitude towards the first person who tries to answer based on the nonexistent information you gave.

 

Don't bother with DX10 as your GPU is not DX10 capable; DirectX 10 has software and hardware requirements, and your GPU does not meet the latter. Repeating what Jalf said, XP SP2 has the latest DX version.

 

It really doesn't matter anyway, you could download the DX10 version and it would be fine. It'd just install the newest version of DX9 and forego the DX10 part automatically.

Gosh, Jalf.

 

I would personally follow Jalf's route and only install DirectX if a game specifically asks for it. I prefer the leave well alone approach since only the very latest games will ask you for the latest DirectX versions available.

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. The most up to date DirectX version might not be any different from the one you previously had if you can all the games in your system without any stability problems.