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| Answer» <html><body><p>I am considering upgrading DirectX on the oldest computer in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/house-344166" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOUSE">HOUSE</a> to version 9.0c. (I have Windows98SE installed as the operating system.) There is a graphics card installed, and it is the Diamond Monster 3D II from 1998. If I install DirectX 9.0c (the latest version of that will install on Windows98SE), will the Diamond Monster 3D II still operate properly? I currently have DirectX 8.0, and the card was working properly the last time I checked.Where did you see that DirectX would run on 98 ? ?Quote from: patio on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/march-243170" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MARCH">MARCH</a> 12, 2010, 09:34:31 AM</p><blockquote>Where did you see that DirectX would run on 98 ? ?<br/></blockquote><br/>windows 98 <em>COMES</em> with DirectX would be the first clue.<br/><br/><br/>Updating the DX would be pointless in this case, though. the Diamond Monster 3d is DX5 level card, and doesn't even implement Direct3d in hardware, only DirectDraw 1 or 2.<br/><br/>Consider for a moment that DirectX 9.0C has removed DirectDraw entirely and you can sort of understand that there will be no gain.<br/><br/><br/>The only reason to install DX9.0c is to run a DX9.0c game. a DX9.0c hasn't a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chance-913792" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHANCE">CHANCE</a> in *censored* of working very well on that machine anyway.<br/><br/>I'd just stick with DirectX 8 on a windows98SE machine.<br/><br/>I meant ver. 9.0...<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en</a><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Professional Edition ; Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Service Pack 2; Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows 7;<strong> Windows 98; Windows 98 Second Edition</strong>; Windows Home Server; Windows ME; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1;<br/></blockquote><br/>But like I say, there's really no point in installing it unless you have a card that supports DX9 in hardware. In which case the real question is why your using Windows 98 with a card that supports DX9 in hardware. Thanx for the info BC...Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 12, 2010, 09:54:45 AM<blockquote>windows 98 <em>COMES</em> with DirectX would be the first clue.<br/><br/><br/>Updating the DX would be pointless in this case, though. the Diamond Monster 3d is DX5 level card, and doesn't even implement Direct3d in hardware, only DirectDraw 1 or 2.<br/><br/>Consider for a moment that DirectX 9.0C has removed DirectDraw entirely and you can sort of understand that there will be no gain.<br/><br/><br/>The only reason to install DX9.0c is to run a DX9.0c game. a DX9.0c hasn't a chance in *censored* of working very well on that machine anyway.<br/><br/>I'd just stick with DirectX 8 on a windows98SE machine.<br/><br/><br/></blockquote><br/>The Diamond Monster 3D and the Diamond Monster 3D II actually both support Direct3D. The original Jedi Knight by Lucasarts uses Direct3D. I installed DirectX 9.0c already, and there were no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ill-504443" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ILL">ILL</a> effects on the graphics card. It's still working properly and everything. No problems with the sound card were encountered either.<br/><br/>However, the DirectX update fixed a problem I had been experiencing trying to get a TCP/IP multiplayer game going in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II between the HP 7285 and the Dell 2350 computers. The client could see the host game, but could not connect. (I was getting a join error in the game.) After DirectX 9.0c was installed, the problem disappeared. There are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/many-554478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MANY">MANY</a> different redistributables of DirectX 9.0c, and I went and got the latest version that would install on Windows98SE.<br/><br/>The multiplayer gaming problem with Jedi Knight was the reason why I decided to upgrade to DirectX 9.0c.<a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_directx/3345/">DirectX 9.0c (Nov 07)</a> is the last version that will install on Win98SE/ME even though it says the newest version will run on all Windows versions.</body></html> | |