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    DirectX

    Discussion in 'HP' started by lgcuk, Jul 2, 2004.

  1. lgcuk

    lgcuk Newbie

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    Is it hardware specific? Does a graphics card have to be DirectX 9 compatible or can you just update DirectX

    Cel 2.8ghz 40gig 512mb ATI Radeon 9000 128mb shared
     
    lgcuk, Jul 2, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have a DirectX 9.0 game, you will need a graphics chip that is DirectX 9.0 compliant to utilize all the graphics features of the game. One feature I know of that is used in DirectX 9.0 is Pixel Shaders, my old ATI card doesn't have this feature, but when I try playing any DirectX 9 games, my graphics become messed up. I guess in places where they use the Pixel Shading, all I get are colored shapes.

    The ATI 9000 IPG chipset is not DirectX 9.0 compliant. Therefore you will/may be able to play the game, but it's not gonna look 100%.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jul 4, 2004
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