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COD4 and cnc3 in DX10?

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Will cod4 and cnc3 work in vista under a DX9 graphics? Just bought a laptop and I was curious before I tried it.

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aznstriker92 wrote :

Will cod4 and cnc3 work in vista under a DX9 graphics? Just bought a laptop and I was curious before I tried it.

Neither one of those games supports Direct X10.

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Well what about under DX9 graphics? I know the platform is vista and DX10 but the gfx is a integrated x1270 (which I hope will play the games) and it supports up to DX9.

Reply to aznstriker92

neither game is a DX10 game. only supports DX9

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Vista is DX9 compatible.

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bushmastertd wrote :

neither game is a DX10 game. only supports DX9



Correct.

However Vista is also DX9 compatible so you WILL be able to play C&C 3 and CoD 4.

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Now sure if those games will run that good using integrated x1270 , integrated graphics usually suck for gaming.

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