3Dmark05 & Radeon 9800 Pro: DirectX Problem

[Guest]

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I installed DirectX9.0b few months ago then had Omega Radeon driver
installed (2kXP OMEGA DRIVERS 2.5.67 8-22-04) several weeks ago.

Recently I downloaded 3Dmark05, and this little pop-up windows says:
Direct3DCreate failed.

Uninstalled that and installed Cataylst 4.9. Reinstalled 3dmark05. Same
thing. Tried to fix this by installing DirectX 9.0c (using dxwebsetup). No
go. (pulls hair) I uninstalled 3Dmark05. Now got to reinstall DirectX 9.0c
SDK then install 3dmark05 once again.

Still that darned "Direct3DCreate9 failed." window popup!!

This on a ASUS P4P800-VM
1gb dual ddr
Radeon 9800PRO 128mb
Maxtor 30gb & 120gb
LiteON DVD writer
running on WinXP (no service packs)

 

[Andrew]

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 06:46:11 GMT, "nSurfer Tom"
<mnopar177@spamexcite.com> wrote:

>Recently I downloaded 3Dmark05, and this little pop-up windows says:
>Direct3DCreate failed.

Do your games work fine? If it is just 3DMark05 that doesn't work, I
wouldn't worry too much, it will only depress you seeing your 9800Pro
reduced to single digit framerates.
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[Guest]

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"nSurfer Tom"wrote
> Still that darned "Direct3DCreate9 failed." window popup!!


Works ok here, I had the same thing as you but after i D/L the *full* DX9c
package and installed it works (I also have sp/2).
--
Wayne ][

 

[Guest]

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> Do your games work fine? If it is just 3DMark05 that doesn't work, I
> wouldn't worry too much, it will only depress you seeing your 9800Pro
> reduced to single digit framerates.

Yes, other games works. 3Dmark03 pops up like it did before with no
problems.
Just this sick 3Dmark05's silly tiny window pop-up. I don't care about
scores,
just all I wanted was to see how pretty it is after seeing those marvelous
screenshots.

 

[shawk]

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"nSurfer Tom" <mnopar177@spamexcite.com> wrote in message
news:4hc7d.184040$3l3.72548@attbi_s03...
>
>
>> Do your games work fine? If it is just 3DMark05 that doesn't work, I
>> wouldn't worry too much, it will only depress you seeing your 9800Pro
>> reduced to single digit framerates.
>
> Yes, other games works. 3Dmark03 pops up like it did before with no
> problems.
> Just this sick 3Dmark05's silly tiny window pop-up. I don't care about
> scores,
> just all I wanted was to see how pretty it is after seeing those marvelous
> screenshots.
>
>
>

On my 9800Pro it >still< looks like screenshots :-(

 

[Guest]

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"Shawk" wrote
> On my 9800Pro it >still< looks like screenshots :-(


Lol!
Don't be such a drama queen it looks ok on my system and I have a humble
Sapphire 9800 (440/390 though!). It's certainly not smooth though, but good
enough to get a feel for things!. In the return to proxycon when that dude
with the rail gun lets off! looks like a proper film!. . . I can't believe
how good the 3D is these days.

There is allot of guys running whizz-bang A64/6800Ultras/X800XT who are
still getting choppy results! and they are not happy!

Call of Duty plays like silk though, and even Doom3 plays well on my 9800. .
..

Next stop, a 512Mb video card for me, maybe 6 months time?
--
Wayne ][

 

[shawk]

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"Wayne Youngman" <waynes.spamtrap@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:415e2f78$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>
> "Shawk" wrote
>> On my 9800Pro it >still< looks like screenshots :-(
>
>
> Lol!
> Don't be such a drama queen it looks ok on my system and I have a
> humble Sapphire 9800 (440/390 though!). It's certainly not smooth though,
> but good enough to get a feel for things!. In the return to proxycon when
> that dude with the rail gun lets off! looks like a proper film!. . . I
> can't believe how good the 3D is these days.
>
> There is allot of guys running whizz-bang A64/6800Ultras/X800XT who are
> still getting choppy results! and they are not happy!
>
> Call of Duty plays like silk though, and even Doom3 plays well on my 9800.
> . .
>
> Next stop, a 512Mb video card for me, maybe 6 months time?
> --
> Wayne ][
>

Yeah, I want that gun!! Dont care what the game is but someone PLEASE do a
mod so I can use it.