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Importance of DirectX 9 compatability
"Icarus ^i^" wrote in message ... Steve wrote: :: Hi, :: I'll be ordering a system with the ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro :: (http://www.ati.com/products/radeon90...pro/index.html). I :: like the card because it is relatively cheap, has on screen TV :: viewing capability, and enough memory (64 MB) to drive the somewhat :: low-fi games I plan on using (Sim City 4000, Age of Empires) but I :: am worried because it only states having DirectX 8.1 capability. Is :: this something I should worry about or is DirectX 9 not an issue for :: most users? I do plan on doing some basic home video editing if that :: is an issue. Thanks for the help, Steve. Well, compability with dx9 is more of an issue for people who want to play the next generation of games. I for example just bought a 9800pro so I'll be able to play Halflife2 and Doom3 when they arrive, but the games you mentioned won't benefit from dx9 anyway. I've never worked with video editing so I don't know if directx matters in that case. It appears that Half-Life 2 and DX9 don't work so well with DX9 cards. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ha...s_6072313.html Too_Much_Coffee ® /Icarus |
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"Steve" wrote in message ... Hi, I'll be ordering a system with the ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro (http://www.ati.com/products/radeon90...pro/index.html). I like the card because it is relatively cheap, has on screen TV viewing capability, and enough memory (64 MB) to drive the somewhat low-fi games I plan on using (Sim City 4000, Age of Empires) but I am worried because it only states having DirectX 8.1 capability. Is this something I should worry about or is DirectX 9 not an issue for most users? I do plan on doing some basic home video editing if that is an issue. Thanks for the help, Steve. AOE (and Morrowind and GPL) are my favourites and my 9000 Pro handles them just fine. I suspect that the DX issue is a marketing ploy to get us to buy the latest (and most expensive) - There is even one little game that _requires_ DX9 to run http://www.spiritedtechnology.com/pokemonpc.htm and that is entirely happy running on this (only) DX8 compatible card. Maybe I'll be locked out of the latest and most demanding software in 2-3 years, but I'm sure other aspects of pc hardware will have changed as well by then. Eg AGP cards will be obsolete, you gotta have UltraGP graphics cards, running on 0.5 volts (But will the games really be better, i wonder?). Video-editing - be careful about taking marketing at face value - I never got Pinnacle Studio 8 (ATI version) to capture at all from the ATI card it was bundled with, and even if import a previously saved file I found it hopelessly laborious for video editing. Much prefer to use totally free TMPGEnc http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html HTH, Laurence |
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I for example just bought a 9800pro so I'll be
able to play Halflife2 I went one further, I bought an entirely new system for HL2 (with a Radeon 9800) Is this on the "are you a dork?" self-test? Icarus ^i^ wrote: Steve wrote: Hi, I'll be ordering a system with the ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro (http://www.ati.com/products/radeon90...pro/index.html). I like the card because it is relatively cheap, has on screen TV viewing capability, and enough memory (64 MB) to drive the somewhat low-fi games I plan on using (Sim City 4000, Age of Empires) but I am worried because it only states having DirectX 8.1 capability. Is this something I should worry about or is DirectX 9 not an issue for most users? I do plan on doing some basic home video editing if that is an issue. Thanks for the help, Steve. Well, compability with dx9 is more of an issue for people who want to play the next generation of games. I for example just bought a 9800pro so I'll be able to play Halflife2 and Doom3 when they arrive, but the games you mentioned won't benefit from dx9 anyway. I've never worked with video editing so I don't know if directx matters in that case. /Icarus |
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"Pluvious" wrote in message
... That article was posted on 7/24 and since then they have fixed the AA issues for HL2. It's a non-issue at this point. That's a good thing, otherwise they would have been sunk. |
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Video-editing - be careful about taking marketing at face value - I never got Pinnacle Studio 8 (ATI version) to capture at all from the ATI card it was bundled with, and even if import a previously saved file I found it hopelessly laborious for video editing. Much prefer to use totally free TMPGEnc http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html HTH, Laurence yeah Laurence, i started using TMPGenc awhile back to convert my .wmv(movie maker file) to mpegs. works great for me. |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:49:23 +0200, "Icarus ^i^"
wrote: Well, compability with dx9 is more of an issue for people who want to play the next generation of games. I for example just bought a 9800pro so I'll be able to play Halflife2 and Doom3 when they arrive, How much does having a card which implements DirectX9 in hardware, as opposed to downloading M$oft's software DX9, matter? JoeA -- Self-government requires self-discipline. |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:49:23 +0200, "Icarus ^i^" wrote: Well, compability with dx9 is more of an issue for people who want to play the next generation of games. I for example just bought a 9800pro so I'll be able to play Halflife2 and Doom3 when they arrive, How much does having a card which implements DirectX9 in hardware, as opposed to downloading M$oft's software DX9, matter? It depends on what features you're talking about. Some features aren't available at all if they aren't implemented in hardware. Rick |
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