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Posté 25 décembre 2009 - 12:01
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Modifié par Jordan_L, 25 décembre 2009 - 04:05 .
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Posté 25 décembre 2009 - 02:12
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First of all... DirectX 9 is not supported on Vista nor Win7. You cannot install it on those platforms, since Vista and Win7 sport a brand new sparkling kernel and driver architecture which are not compatible with DirectX 9. Furthermore, DirectX is now fully integrated into the operating system.
Vista come with DirectX 10, and have already been updated to DirectX 11 (if you are keeping up with all the patches.) Win7 comes with DirectX 11.
The DirectX redist that comes on DA:O disk will not change anything for you. It will not revert your current DirectX back to 9. It will simply install any DirectX extension and runtimes that you might be missing.
The game developers still want you to run DirectX redist since not all extensions ship by default, and since extensions and runtimes change and update over time.
To be up to date, you could always grab latest DirectX End-User Runtimes from here: DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2009)
And yes, you do need to keep DirectX up to date, since you never know which new extensions the game would be using.
Vista come with DirectX 10, and have already been updated to DirectX 11 (if you are keeping up with all the patches.) Win7 comes with DirectX 11.
The DirectX redist that comes on DA:O disk will not change anything for you. It will not revert your current DirectX back to 9. It will simply install any DirectX extension and runtimes that you might be missing.
The game developers still want you to run DirectX redist since not all extensions ship by default, and since extensions and runtimes change and update over time.
To be up to date, you could always grab latest DirectX End-User Runtimes from here: DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2009)
And yes, you do need to keep DirectX up to date, since you never know which new extensions the game would be using.
Modifié par Puchi Kitsune, 25 décembre 2009 - 02:16 .
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Posté 25 décembre 2009 - 03:31
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I read that DX10 on Windows 7 is backwards compatible with DX9 which explains why all of the DX9 games I own run fine. I do recall reading that although Windows 7 might only display DX10 or DX11, DX10 for example actually includes all previous DX versions, including DX9. Also, the Direct X install option that appears on the Dragon Age Origins setup redirects to the official DirectX Microsoft updater online, not from the disc.
I don't know who would want to revert their DirectX. DX10 and DX11 both include previous DX versions like I mentioned, there is no reason to revert.
I don't know who would want to revert their DirectX. DX10 and DX11 both include previous DX versions like I mentioned, there is no reason to revert.
Modifié par Jordan_L, 25 décembre 2009 - 04:05 .
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Posté 29 décembre 2009 - 09:17
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I was just clarifying some confusion that folks still apparently have...
Either way, DX10+ is completely different product due to completely different kernel and driver architecture in Vista and beyond (even if DX10+ APIs is full backwards compatible with DX9 APIs)
But that should be all transparent to the user. "Just install the latest runtimes and you good to go", should be the message.
Either way, DX10+ is completely different product due to completely different kernel and driver architecture in Vista and beyond (even if DX10+ APIs is full backwards compatible with DX9 APIs)
But that should be all transparent to the user. "Just install the latest runtimes and you good to go", should be the message.
