Author Topic: DX8 (Read 211 times)

CRASH · « **on:** June 13, 2001, 09:23:00 PM »

After pyro's beta anouncement I'm suprised that there doesnt seem to be any mention of it on the gen board. I guess it's been pushed aside for the far more interesting and ongoing Cit scandal

Anyway, how's everyone been running dx8? I haven't upgraded to it yet, due to some rather ugly comments I seem to remember comin' from this community. Any advantages to usin' it?

CRASH

Exile · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2001, 09:30:00 PM »

I've been running DX8 since it came out and it's been smooth sailing so far.

System:
1gig T-Bird
Abit KT7A-Raid
256mg CAS2
GeForce DDR
always the latest nvidia drivers
W98 SE

bloom25 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2001, 09:37:00 PM »

If you have Windows 2000 or ME ( ME comes with a horrible version called 7.1), yes, go to 8a. If you already have 7a under windows 9x then going to 8 won't gain you much yet.

I'll warn you that going to DX 8 will "break" RW. You will have to set it to WAV recording, instead of direct sound recording.

Ozark · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2001, 09:46:00 PM »

Used DX8a for the last two to three months. Only problem was in using "direct" in RW (like Bloom said)...changed to wav and end of problem.

A7V KT133a
AMD Thunderbird 1 GHz
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR
512MB SDRAM..PC133..CL=2
IBM 75GXP HD 30G
Sound Blaster Live

2Late4U · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2001, 11:08:00 PM »

I can say without hesitation, that DX8 was the least troublesome of any DX upgrade Ive done

So far the only glitch Ive encountered is that in order to use my video in, I need to reboot if I've played any 3d games.

SOB · « **Reply #5 on:** June 14, 2001, 01:43:00 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by bloom25:
I'll warn you that going to DX 8 will "break" RW. You will have to set it to WAV recording, instead of direct sound recording.

Not necessarily...at least, not for me.

Pepe · « **Reply #6 on:** June 14, 2001, 02:35:00 AM »

I just can´t use RW in Full-Duplex. Besides of that, once into the game, I can't Alt-Tab, as it usually hangs the system. It's all RW related.

Besides that, Dx8.0a here, with no apparent problems.

Cheers,

Pepe

AcId · « **Reply #7 on:** June 14, 2001, 08:36:00 AM »

Been on DX8.0a since it's release and haven't had any problems but this it really a moot point due to the fact that we are not using the Beta exe yet.

Win98SE
One Intel Pentium 4 processor 1.5 GHz with 400-MHz Front Side Bus
256-KB Level 2 cache integrated on processor
Intel 850 chipset with AGP4X support and 400-MHz Front Side Bus support
256mb ECC RDRAM
Ultra 160 SCSI controller
2 High-performance 10,000 rpm 18.2Gb Ultra160 SCSI hard drives
32mb LeadTek GeForce2
Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NIC
32-bit, PCI-based system
Six total slots (five PCI, one AGP)
Five bays (three external, two internal)
DVD-ROM and CD-RW
Integrated SoundBlaster 128 audio, internal speaker

Thorns · « **Reply #8 on:** June 15, 2001, 06:03:00 PM »

Bloom25,

I been using DirectX beta 8.1 and having no problems. I went to get it again and all the links have been removed....What gives?

Thorns

Thorns · « **Reply #9 on:** June 15, 2001, 06:04:00 PM »

Bloom25,

I been using DirectX beta 8.1 and having no problems. I went to get it again and all the links have been removed....What gives?

Thorns

Please delete this post.........doh!

[ 06-15-2001: Message edited by: Thorns ]

Wilbus · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2001, 01:24:00 AM »

No problem with DX8 and RW here.

Nomde · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2001, 12:44:00 PM »

I have Windows Me, DirectX 8.0, and have my RW set on .WAV. No problems so far.

Nomde
56th FG/63rd FS

[ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: Nomde ]

LLv34_Snefens · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2001, 01:01:00 PM »

I just changed to DX8.0a. I had a little problem with RW as well, but got it sorted with upgrading to newest version and going to Wav-recording.

Sitting on a field that is under shell bombardment in the AH-DX-beta sounds too cool now. Generally I really like the new sound. Gonna be interesting to see what new graphic there will come.

Snef