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Edwin Phate · Jul 23, 2008, 06:33 PM // 18:33

I bought a computer off some guy on craigslist it was a steal pretty much.

and it has dx10 installed i was wondering if i should revert to dx9c.

i bought this computer today for $325.00
=Amd Athalon Proccesor BE-2300 64x2 duo core processor chip!
=4 GB OF DDR2 RAM
=250gb HARDDRIVE
=super multi drive for memory cards and stuff
=Nvidia PCI express Geforce 7300gs
=Windows Vista Home premium
Ati mObo
=has a Dvd Multi recorder on it
=Tv Tuner with remote
Sound blaster sound card.
19in widescreen monitor.

8gb flash drive 25 bucks

Kityn · Jul 23, 2008, 06:39 PM // 18:39

Guild Wars does not use DX 10. However it has been said that GW2 may use DX10.

Edwin Phate · Jul 23, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46

i am using dx10 right now i was wondering if i should revert back to dx9c

moriz · Jul 23, 2008, 06:49 PM // 18:49

that computer doesn't even support dx10, so you're running dx9c by default.

Edwin Phate · Jul 23, 2008, 06:51 PM // 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

that computer doesn't even support dx10, so you're running dx9c by default.

weird everest says im on dx10 okay thx anyways.

Corth · Jul 23, 2008, 06:57 PM // 18:57

Your video card is only dx9. You'll need to upgrade to the gforce8, or Radeon HD series before you can use dx10.

That, and guildwars is also only dx9.

zamial · Jul 23, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by czymann

Guild Wars does not use DX 10. However it has been said that GW2 will use DX10.

Fixed for truth.

Snograt · Jul 23, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45

As it's running Vista, won't it be DX10 regardless? Sure, the GPU won't be able to run any DX10 specific calls, but isn't Vista DX10 whether you like it or not?

gremlin · Jul 23, 2008, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

As it's running Vista, won't it be DX10 regardless? Sure, the GPU won't be able to run any DX10 specific calls, but isn't Vista DX10 whether you like it or not?

That's what I assume dx10 is vista Its what mine came with and GW is working fine.

Snograt · Jul 23, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07

The way I see it (I'm far from being an expert!), DirectX is backwards-compatible. If an application like GW is programmed as being DX9 compliant, it will also be DX10 compliant, yet obviously not able to use the advanced features of DX10. Same applies to hardware.

Dark Kal · Jul 24, 2008, 09:47 AM // 09:47

The latest Windows Vista automatically comes with DirectX 10. DirectX 10 can do virtually anything it's previous DirectX versions can do. You don't need a DirectX 10 graphics card to run DirectX 10, it will just use whatever features it can use. If your graphics card doesn't use any of the DirectX 10 features it won't matter if you switch between Directx 9 or 10, but why would you go through the trouble? I'm not even sure you can uninstall DirectX 10 from Windows Vista even if you had good reasons to.

Final conclusion: DirectX 10 does everything DirectX 9 does, so there's no reason for you to revert to DirectX 9 (assuming it's even possible).

Etta · Jul 24, 2008, 10:10 AM // 10:10

^Pretty much what he said. So all you really need now is a nice DX10 card, that 7300 is rubbish.