I have the Nascar 2003 Demo and am running a Radeon 8500LE with the 2.5
Catalyst drivers using Win98SE.
When I installed the demo, it told me that I needed DX 9.0 to run the game,
so I figured I better install it (even though I was trying to stick to DX
8.1 until absolutely necessary). Well everything still works great so I am
not so scared of DX9 anymore. Anyway...
When I first started the demo, it went into the graphics setup part and low
and behold it says "DirectX 8.1"???????? Does the demo really require DX9?
Is the full version going to require DX9? Is it really DX9 compliant? If it
is, it will be the first.
Also, I run Nascar 2002 (and still do) in OpenGL. I cannot get OpenGL to
work with the demo. It just dumps right back to the desktop during the video
setup.
Thanks.
No, the demo does not require DX9 -- not sure about whether the retail version
will.
FWIW, I also have the Radeon 8500LE and could not get the video to calibrate in
OpenGL either. In fact, until I "un-overclocked" the video card, D3D
calibration didn't work either. (After calibration, I was again able to
overclock the card and run the demo)....
I also run NR2002 in OpenGL.
Bill Anderson wrote:
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> I have the Nascar 2003 Demo and am running a Radeon 8500LE with the 2.5 > Catalyst drivers using Win98SE. > > When I installed the demo, it told me that I needed DX 9.0 to run the game, > so I figured I better install it (even though I was trying to stick to DX > 8.1 until absolutely necessary). Well everything still works great so I am > not so scared of DX9 anymore. Anyway... > > When I first started the demo, it went into the graphics setup part and low > and behold it says "DirectX 8.1"???????? Does the demo really require DX9? > Is the full version going to require DX9? Is it really DX9 compliant? If it > is, it will be the first. > > Also, I run Nascar 2002 (and still do) in OpenGL. I cannot get OpenGL to > work with the demo. It just dumps right back to the desktop during the video > setup. > > Thanks.No, the demo does not require DX9 -- not sure about whether the retail version
will.
FWIW, I also have the Radeon 8500LE and could not get the video to calibrate in
OpenGL either. In fact, until I "un-overclocked" the video card, D3D
calibration didn't work either. (After calibration, I was again able to
overclock the card and run the demo)....
I also run NR2002 in OpenGL.
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> I have the Nascar 2003 Demo and am running a Radeon 8500LE with the 2.5 > Catalyst drivers using Win98SE. > When I installed the demo, it told me that I needed DX 9.0 to run the game, > so I figured I better install it (even though I was trying to stick to DX > 8.1 until absolutely necessary). Well everything still works great so I am > not so scared of DX9 anymore. Anyway... > When I first started the demo, it went into the graphics setup part and low > and behold it says "DirectX 8.1"???????? Does the demo really require DX9? > Is the full version going to require DX9? Is it really DX9 compliant? If it > is, it will be the first. > Also, I run Nascar 2002 (and still do) in OpenGL. I cannot get OpenGL to > work with the demo. It just dumps right back to the desktop during the video > setup. > Thanks.I have a Radeon 8500 LE LE overclocked to retail speeds and have gotten
both D3D and OpenGL to work fine. I am using the catalyst 3.0 drivers
and dx9
No problems here. Try updating your catalyst drivers.
AMD 2700+
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Radeon 9700 Pro
512MB Dual DDR
Adaptec 19160 SCSI Controller
Seagate 73MB SCSI HD
"Bill Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I have the Nascar 2003 Demo and am running a Radeon 8500LE with the 2.5
> Catalyst drivers using Win98SE.
>
> When I installed the demo, it told me that I needed DX 9.0 to run thegame,
> so I figured I better install it (even though I was trying to stick to DX
> 8.1 until absolutely necessary). Well everything still works great so I am
> not so scared of DX9 anymore. Anyway...
>
> When I first started the demo, it went into the graphics setup part andlow
> and behold it says "DirectX 8.1"???????? Does the demo really require DX9?
> Is the full version going to require DX9? Is it really DX9 compliant? Ifit
> is, it will be the first.
>
> Also, I run Nascar 2002 (and still do) in OpenGL. I cannot get OpenGL to
> work with the demo. It just dumps right back to the desktop during thevideo
> setup.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
Updated to the Catalyst 3.0 driver and that fixed it. Thanks.
"Ian Eichendorf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I have a Radeon 8500 LE LE overclocked to retail speeds and have gotten
> both D3D and OpenGL to work fine. I am using the catalyst 3.0 drivers
> and dx9
>
>
Hi Bill !
I did the same thing on my Win 98 SE.
Afterwards it seemed I had a big loss of framerate in GP4 (Processor
occupancy around 150 instead of 100) and i tried to uninstall DX9.
This didn't seem to be a simple task but with the DirectX Uninstaller I
managed this.
The first thing i tried was to run GP4 again... everything was back to
normal...
Then I started the N2003 demo and everything worked fine... which I think
was very strange...
Bottomline : please keep sticking to DX8.1 untill absolutely necessary (GPL
2 e.g. <G>)
Greetz,
Belgium
Bill Anderson <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws
gUD_9.71454$[email hidden]...
> I have the Nascar 2003 Demo and am running a Radeon 8500LE with the 2.5
> Catalyst drivers using Win98SE.
>
> When I installed the demo, it told me that I needed DX 9.0 to run thegame,
> so I figured I better install it (even though I was trying to stick to DX
> 8.1 until absolutely necessary). Well everything still works great so I am
> not so scared of DX9 anymore. Anyway...
>
> When I first started the demo, it went into the graphics setup part andlow
> and behold it says "DirectX 8.1"???????? Does the demo really require DX9?
> Is the full version going to require DX9? Is it really DX9 compliant? Ifit
> is, it will be the first.
>
> Also, I run Nascar 2002 (and still do) in OpenGL. I cannot get OpenGL to
> work with the demo. It just dumps right back to the desktop during thevideo
> setup.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
