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i seriously doubt any1 plays dx8 games anymore, but i seriously need to know, would 2x gtx280s (sli) still be compatible with old dx8 games ?
theDreamer
10-16-2008, 10:30 AM
Was able to find this information, hope it answers what you need.
Prior to DirectX 10, DirectX was designed to be backward compatible with older drivers, meaning that newer versions of the APIs were designed to interoperate with older drivers written against a previous version's DDI. For example, a game designed for and running on Direct3D 9 with a graphics adapter driver designed for Direct3D 6 would still work, albeit possibly with gracefully degraded functionality. However, as of Windows Vista, due to the significantly updated DDI for Windows Display Driver Model drivers, Direct3D 10 cannot run on older hardware drivers.
golfman560
10-16-2008, 04:43 PM
Prior to DirectX 10, DirectX was designed to be backward compatible with older drivers, meaning that newer versions of the APIs were designed to interoperate with older drivers written against a previous version's DDI. For example, a game designed for and running on Direct3D 9 with a graphics adapter driver designed for Direct3D 6 would still work, albeit possibly with gracefully degraded functionality. However, as of Windows Vista, due to the significantly updated DDI for Windows Display Driver Model drivers, Direct3D 10 cannot run on older hardware drivers.
Which means if you aren't running Vista/DX10 you can run it
thank you guys !........you don't know how relieved i am for that news....u guys have been extremely helpful thnx alot ! :)
theDreamer
10-16-2008, 05:12 PM
Glad we could help, it is what we do.
Golfman560, thanks for putting it in those words, guess my answer was a bit more in depth than needed. ;)