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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: diamondgeezer on November 25, 2002, 07:04:40 am

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 25, 2002, 07:04:40 am

Is installing the beta version of DirectX 9 a good idea, do we think?

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: Fineus on November 25, 2002, 07:19:11 am

If it's what I think it is then you can't uninstall afterwards... and therefore no, on the offchance or goes horribly wrong.

Personally I find DX 8.1 runs fine and stable.

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: Tiara on November 25, 2002, 07:51:35 am

Beta = evil = glitches = crashes = BSOD

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: RandomTiger on November 25, 2002, 07:56:04 am

It may have bugs and theres no games around that will make use of its extra features so I'd just wait if I were you.

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 25, 2002, 08:30:54 am

Good points, and well made.

8.1 stays :)

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: vyper on November 25, 2002, 10:41:45 am

Got Separate Partition? stick it on dat!

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 25, 2002, 11:57:25 am

AH! I had been meaning to setup a '95 boot at some point... possibly on a virtual machine ;7

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: wEvil on November 25, 2002, 02:34:18 pm

its pointless installing DX9 when no hardware drivers support it.

the only thing you'll be doing is providing the chance for the abstraction layer to screw up :p

wait until its officially released and things requiring it

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: Redfang on November 25, 2002, 02:43:02 pm

Don't get it unless you have Radeon 9700. With that you can only check the demos if you have DX9 and drivers for it. :p

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: vadar_1 on November 25, 2002, 05:56:26 pm

two words: System Restore

that little tool has saved my ass since the day (and including the day) that i got my computer. I always do a save before i do something stupid.

(I had got what at the time was a really good vid card with it, so i jacked up the screen refresh rate... apperently my monitor couldn't handle it... safe mode + system restore was the only way I could find a way out of that little problem, since my monitor was making a weird buzzing sound and displayed this red error message over a black screen "TURN MONITOR OFF NOW")

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: 01010 on November 25, 2002, 06:05:01 pm

:: Disables the memory hog that is system restore by default ::

That thing ****s up more than it saves.

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: phreak on November 25, 2002, 06:43:03 pm

Quote

Originally posted by vadar_1
(I had got what at the time was a really good vid card with it, so i jacked up the screen refresh rate... apperently my monitor couldn't handle it... safe mode + system restore was the only way I could find a way out of that little problem, since my monitor was making a weird buzzing sound and displayed this red error message over a black screen "TURN MONITOR OFF NOW")

my old monitor kept exploding on me.  scared the crap out of me.

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: Fury on November 26, 2002, 02:37:00 am

I wouldn't install DX9 betas but there's DX9 uninstaller if you like to try anyway.
http://www.techconnect.nl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=178&mode=&order=0&thold=0

Title: DirectX Beta 9
Post by: Falcon X on November 27, 2002, 04:25:56 pm

Quote

Originally posted by 01010
:: Disables the memory hog that is system restore by default ::

That thing ****s up more than it saves.

Uses Goback...  It is a lot of good.  Cleans the classic Windows "Oh ****s."