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May 5^th, 2004 at 11:08pm

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What is DirectX and what does it do? I believe it's part of Windows. How can I find out what version of the DirectX I have? How can i get the latest version of Direct X?

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Reply #1 - May 6^th, 2004 at 4:02am

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What is DirectX

Unified interface on your audio and video drivers

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and what does it do?

Makes it easier to make games for different hardware configs

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I believe it's part of Windows. How can I find out what version of the DirectX I have?

DXDiag

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How can i get the latest version of Direct X?

Windows Update. Get the rest of the patches there too

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Reply #2 - May 6^th, 2004 at 9:54am

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Bubblehead, Hit START then RUN and type in dxdiag and hit OK. This brings up the DXdiagnostic tool which tells you what version you have and all the tests which can check it out with your machine. Very short tests but a good thing to have to start troubleshooting when you have problems with games......As everyone always asks, "Have you checked your DX?"

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Reply #3 - May 6^th, 2004 at 2:32pm

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The only question that hasn't been answered is where: it is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=141D5F9E-07C1-462A-BAEF... . I have 9.0b, and it crunches clouds in FS!
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Reply #4 - May 7^th, 2004 at 1:08pm

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Here's a thing I noticed about DX9.0b..........

The files will corrupt occasionally and it needs to be re-installed. I will define briefly what I do.

If I have problem where Multiplayer, sound, or graphics are involved, I will re-install Dx9b as an early attempt at a fix.

If, after installing over itself, it finds a missing or corrupt DX9 file, it will ask for a re-boot.

If it checks the installed files and finds no errors, the install program ends and doesn't ask for a re-boot.

I downloaded the standalone version from the MS Dowload centre, so I could save it to disk like any other driver, so I always have it onhand.

Here is the Link to the Re-distributable version:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A6DEE0DB-DCCE-43EA-87BB...

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Reply #5 - May 17^th, 2004 at 3:35pm

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Does what the name says.

For example, allows the Graphics Card to directly access system RAM w/o using the CPU.

Needs enabling by software app and Card driver.

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Reply #6 - May 23^rd, 2004 at 10:02pm

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DirectX has only recently become "Microsoft" and "part of Windows". It was a third party developement that became important enough, (and essential enough) for MS to integrate into their Op Sys.

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Reply #7 - May 23^rd, 2004 at 11:02pm

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Direct X is a big deal for MS and for simmers/gamers. For developers it's either Graphics Card D3D or Open GL. Latest is DX9b so its an integral part of MS game enterprise. Been around for some years as 9b is the current version.

Here is MS take on DX:

Microsoft® DirectX® is a set of low-level application programming interfaces (APIs) for creating games and other high-performance multimedia applications. It includes support for two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) graphics, sound effects and music, input devices, and networked applications such as multiplayer games.

This document provides introductory information about DirectX 9.0. Information is divided into the following sections.

DirectX 9.0 Components
What's New in DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2003)
Security Considerations: Microsoft DirectX 9.0

Here is a tech reference MS on Direct X:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/dire...

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