DirectX 8 is out

www.microsoft.com/directx 11MB download, so far the server seems to be pretty fast. Haven't tried it yet.

Isn't DirectX notoriously hard to uninstall? In other words, if I try DX 8 and have problems, can I easily go back to DX 7.0a? Doug "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:f0ZO5.125229$[email hidden]... > www.microsoft.com/directx > > 11MB download, so far the server seems to be pretty fast. Haven't tried it > yet. > >

if you dont have any problems with your vid or sound card then dont mess with it. Doug Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gj0P5.91140$[email hidden]...

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> Isn't DirectX notoriously hard to uninstall? In other words, if I try DX 8 > and have problems, can I easily go back to DX 7.0a? > > Doug > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:f0ZO5.125229$[email hidden]... > > www.microsoft.com/directx > > > > 11MB download, so far the server seems to be pretty fast. Haven't tried

it > > yet. > > > > > >

Here is the gospel according to M$. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=25685 <snip> - NOTICE: After installation, the DirectX 8.0 run time cannot be uninstalled. The installation process changes core components and makes numerous registry changes within your operating system. Microsoft does not support uninstallation. <snip> "Doug Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gj0P5.91140$[email hidden]... > Isn't DirectX notoriously hard to uninstall? In other words, if I try DX 8 > and have problems, can I easily go back to DX 7.0a? > > Doug

"rik anthrax" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0O0P5.3935$[email hidden]... > if you dont have any problems with your vid or sound card then dont mess > with it. got that right. I went to dx8 and now have some awful "stuttering" in games

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 02:55:19 -0500, "Gault" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >got that right. I went to dx8 and now have some awful "stuttering" in games > > People in the flight-sim group have reported the same thing about DX8. I downloaded it, but I am not installing it until all problems are fixed and a new version is out. I think others would be wise to do the same for now. There is no benefit to DX8 at this point in time anyway. Maybe in 6 months or so when some games are released that take advantage of it's extended functions.

"Phil Abel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ui5kh$go9$[email hidden]...

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> Here is the gospel according to M$. > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=25685 > <snip> > - NOTICE: After installation, the DirectX 8.0 run time cannot be > uninstalled. The installation process changes core components and > makes numerous registry changes within your operating system. > Microsoft does not support uninstallation. > <snip> >

You can actually uninstall it if you so wish. There is a hack to do so, you need DXU12.exe and dxbackup.exe. Not that you should really need to, I've been running DX8 on both win98se and win2K for over a month now with no problems at all. I haven't benchmarked it very much but I have found performance increases in quite a few games and no games I've tried out run slower. GP3 for instance gets a nice performance gain. -- Some Call Me Tim

DX8 didn't cause any problems on my machine. It does make GP3 run slightly quicker on my Athlon/TNT2 so it may be worth installing.

Ghost it, then try it. That's what I do. I use DriveImage though. -Larry "Doug Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gj0P5.91140$[email hidden]...

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> Isn't DirectX notoriously hard to uninstall? In other words, if I try DX 8 > and have problems, can I easily go back to DX 7.0a? > > Doug > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:f0ZO5.125229$[email hidden]... > > www.microsoft.com/directx > > > > 11MB download, so far the server seems to be pretty fast. Haven't tried

it > > yet. > > > > > >

> Ghost it, then try it. > > That's what I do. I use DriveImage though. > > -Larry What the hell did I do before Ghost? - actually I used some dodgy dos long filename backup utility, but before that - argh, reinstall windows every 2 months!