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snyderm   12-15-2007 at 11:16:35 PM

A friend of mine just ordered a gaming computer along with Windows vista home premium 32bit.

He did not order a videocard with it, he plans to use his existing 7950gt. Obviously, DX10 will not work with a 7950gt. Can you game on windows vista with DX9?

If you can't, he is in trouble. Can anyone answer this question?

Thank you.

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MrsBytch   12-15-2007 at 11:39:44 PM
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Yes you can.

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ohiou_grad_06   06-02-2008 at 07:07:39 PM
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No problems. I'm running Vista on an old 7300 LE, and still runs a few games just fine.

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notherdude   06-02-2008 at 10:48:16 PM
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Vista runs all DX 9 games same as XP.

Should he have any issues running games on Vista then simply run them in XP compatibility mode. (Though this has nothing to do with DX)

DX 10 only comes into play if you have a DX 10 enabled game. At present there are precious few and those that have it also run in DX 9 versions (with very rare exceptions).

It's still a non-issue but with Vista at least you have it for when more games take advantage of it.


Message edited by notherdude on 06-02-2008 at 10:54:20 PM
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