i bought nvidia geforce 8600 gt which supports directx 10. after i installed it i didnt find any directx 10 inside. only directx 9.0c was there. shud i download dx 10 or the card itself has it ?
2007-12-16 20:40:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
DirectX 10 comes with Windows Vista and is not available for older versions of Windows.
Hardware that supports DirectX 10 will also support earlier versions of DirectX.
2007-12-16 20:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by David D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DirectX 10 is for Vista only (officially) If you are using Windows XP you are limited to Direct X 9. With that said, while the 8600 GT is Direct X 10 compliant, in real world situations it's Direct X 10 performance/rendering is not fast at all. More than likely you'll probably find yourself forcing Direct X 9 rendering in most games in order to get a decent frame rate.
2007-12-17 01:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by fodaddy19 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it could hurt anything to download it anyway.
2007-12-16 20:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by Whigwham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋