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Title: DX 8
Post by: Kratzer on January 24, 2001, 09:55:00 PM

Am I going to regret installing this?

Title: DX 8
Post by: Spatula on January 24, 2001, 10:40:00 PM

If it aint broke (DX-7) dont fix it

Title: DX 8
Post by: bloom25 on January 24, 2001, 10:53:00 PM

Probably.

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Title: DX 8
Post by: JimBear on January 25, 2001, 01:06:00 PM

And if you really want to test your stress levels, try DX8a (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=27398)

Title: DX 8
Post by: Mark Luper on January 25, 2001, 06:48:00 PM

Hmmmm... works great for me....


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Title: DX 8
Post by: Dawvgrid on January 26, 2001, 08:01:00 AM

Yea me too,,no problem

Title: DX 8
Post by: Skuzzy on January 26, 2001, 09:28:00 AM

Make sure your video drivers are DX8 certified.  Some are, and some are not.

But as a general rule, it is not a good idea to grab the first release of anything from Microsoft.

To my knowledge, DX8 will not buy you anything until the games acutally make use of the DX8 additions.  In light of that, I would just stick to DX7 as it is solid and stable and wait for a couple more months before committing to something that is really not useful yet.

Of course, I am pretty conservative about upgrades.  I ask myself, "Is there any benefit to this?"  If the the answer is "No", then I don't upgrade.  For DX8, I cannot find a compelling reason to upgrade as there are no games that support the new features of DX8.

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Title: DX 8
Post by: Beeking on February 06, 2001, 02:23:00 AM

Skuzzy wrote:
"But as a general rule, it is not a good idea to grab the first release of anything from Microsoft."


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[This message has been edited by Beeking (edited 02-06-2001).]