DirectX 9.0a and Earth and Beyond
Hey, any of you that play Earth and Beyond or. . it could be somehow related to some other high graphics game. Before I installed Direct X 9. 0, when I try to minimize the game, it would at times take a while to get back to desktop.
Hey, any of you that play Earth and Beyond or.. it could be somehow related to some other high graphics game.
Before I installed Direct X 9.0, when I try to minimize the game, it would at times take a while to get back to desktop. Sometimes the display stays on but I see my window's desktop pointer. However, the whole display is the game, not the desktop that I minimize to. It used to minimize fine with DirectX 8.0 installed.
I use a Geforce 3 on Windows XP. Anyone know what the problem could possibly be?
Before I installed Direct X 9.0, when I try to minimize the game, it would at times take a while to get back to desktop. Sometimes the display stays on but I see my window's desktop pointer. However, the whole display is the game, not the desktop that I minimize to. It used to minimize fine with DirectX 8.0 installed.
I use a Geforce 3 on Windows XP. Anyone know what the problem could possibly be?
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I was stuck to dx 8.1 because it runs smooth, I have installed dx9.0a because it is a requisite for new games that doesn't work with dx8. I noticed the slowdown switching apps, and in some games when accesing to the main menu, like in Half-Life, the game seems to hang with a black screen.
It is not computer related because we tested a lot of different machines, celeron 700, pentium III, AMD Thunderbird, XP 1800, 2000 pIV 1700 and pIV 3,06, with radeon 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, 9700pro, 9800pro, geforce Ti4200, Ti4600... I think we even tested dx9 with voodoo3 (not sure) with same results.
And with different operative systems, windows 2000 and windows XP... same results with them.
Hope Micro$oft fixes it soon.
It is not computer related because we tested a lot of different machines, celeron 700, pentium III, AMD Thunderbird, XP 1800, 2000 pIV 1700 and pIV 3,06, with radeon 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, 9700pro, 9800pro, geforce Ti4200, Ti4600... I think we even tested dx9 with voodoo3 (not sure) with same results.
And with different operative systems, windows 2000 and windows XP... same results with them.
Hope Micro$oft fixes it soon.
Quote:I was stuck to dx 8.1 because it runs smooth, I have installed dx9.0a because it is a requisite for new games that doesn't work with dx8. I noticed the slowdown switching apps, and in some games when accesing to the main menu, like in Half-Life, the game seems to hang with a black screen.
It is not computer related because we tested a lot of different machines, celeron 700, pentium III, AMD Thunderbird, XP 1800, 2000 pIV 1700 and pIV 3,06, with radeon 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, 9700pro, 9800pro, geforce Ti4200, Ti4600... I think we even tested dx9 with voodoo3 (not sure) with same results.
And with different operative systems, windows 2000 and windows XP... same results with them.
Hope Micro$oft fixes it soon.
Are games even out that require dx9?
It is not computer related because we tested a lot of different machines, celeron 700, pentium III, AMD Thunderbird, XP 1800, 2000 pIV 1700 and pIV 3,06, with radeon 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, 9700pro, 9800pro, geforce Ti4200, Ti4600... I think we even tested dx9 with voodoo3 (not sure) with same results.
And with different operative systems, windows 2000 and windows XP... same results with them.
Hope Micro$oft fixes it soon.
Are games even out that require dx9?
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That game requires dx9 to run, I think enter the matrix and some other reneeds dx9 too.
May be they can work with dx8, but the game refuses to run if detects a wrong dx version.
That game requires dx9 to run, I think enter the matrix and some other reneeds dx9 too.
May be they can work with dx8, but the game refuses to run if detects a wrong dx version.
ahh.. so it's not hardware then.. It's defintely dx9?
I had reinstalled windows a few weeks ago and installed dx9 purpsoely, hoping that it was a software configuration that was causing it do mess up. But I guess it's just direct.. So there's no fix for this? unless we wait for a patch or something..
Well, please post if you guys find anything new that could possibly improve it. Thanks!
I had reinstalled windows a few weeks ago and installed dx9 purpsoely, hoping that it was a software configuration that was causing it do mess up. But I guess it's just direct.. So there's no fix for this? unless we wait for a patch or something..
Well, please post if you guys find anything new that could possibly improve it. Thanks!
You can also try up[censored] your drivers to a version with superior DX9 support. It's not always DirectX's fault when screwy behavior occurs. www.NVidia.com
Cheers,
Christian
Cheers,
Christian
