Pvt. Ryan Posted March 21, 2001 Share Posted March 21, 2001 I want to download the Operation Flashpoint demo which requires DX8. Are there any known problems with it as far as CM or other software is concerned? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Posted March 21, 2001 Share Posted March 21, 2001 I'm using 8. No problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 21, 2001 Share Posted March 21, 2001 CM has no problems with DirectX 8.0a, but you video and audio drivers may be another story. Although your drivers don't have to be "certified" by Microsoft to work with the latest version of DirectX, there is the possibility of incompatibilities. The older your video card (or sound card) the more likely it may have an incompatibility. A number of video and audio cards weren't updated for later versions of DirectX. Most of the time this isn't a big deal - some of them will work fine. Other times some graphical features of games may change with an update to DirectX. There's no hard-set rule of what drivers will be incompatible and which ones won't. Hard to say what an upgrade to DirectX will do for you. You may want to check your video/sound card manufacturer's website for any driver updates before installing DirectX 8.0. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted March 21, 2001 Author Share Posted March 21, 2001 Thanks for the replies. I have a GeForce2 64MB and a SoundBlaster Live Value sound card. I updated the drivers for both last week, so I guess DX8 should work fine for me. I was cautious because the DX8 download page warned that DX8 could not be uninstalled and the OS would have to be reinstalled to get rid of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wwb_99 Posted March 21, 2001 Share Posted March 21, 2001 Actually, I was having major problems until I upgraded to DX 8a. WWB ------------------ Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say, Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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