DirectX

[§tå£kër 3000]

Remember the old days when windows update included updates for
DirectX?  Those days are long gone and have been for quite some time now.  
Nearly all game developers include the updated version for directx as part of their
game installation these days.
But you can always get the latest version of directx from microsoft download center.
There are usually 3 versions.

!. Directx End user runtime... which the majotity of us as clients would use.

2. DirectX redist which developers include with their game installations

3. DirectX SDK which contains the DirectX Runtime and all DirectX
software required to create DirectX compliant applications.

You can always get the current version of DirectX from this link,
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2[/url]

[Hyper]

An updated DirectX is always a good thing to have. Especially when running things like 3DMark. Thanks for the notice :-)

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Always have the newest DirectX, I say.

[GreatEmerald]

My dxdiag says I have DirextX 9.0c. I guess there are no newer DirectXs out there for WinNT 5.2?

[§tå£kër 3000]

9.0c has had many updates the latest being August of 2008

[GreatEmerald]

Hmm, how do I know what's my latest update?
And lol, look at the Supported Operating Systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1367bc3-4676-481a-bfaa-5c15d1d7199d&DisplayLang=en

[Skw]

I have DX10 and DX10 card...

DirectX should always be the newest.

[Chaos13]

Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-NL

WTF? LOL!! [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[GreatEmerald]

Updated, now dxdiag shows me "DirextX 9.0c [4.00]".

[§tå£kër 3000]

It doesn't matter if you click on the download link and your not sure if you have the latest version,
the installer will inspect your files and update any files that is needed.
Or if you have the latest, the installer will abort and tell you that you have the latest version.
simple

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

And, if you accidentally try to downgrade, it simply won't let you. Simple enough.

[DieHard SCWS]

And for the ones that need older (or the latest version) from DirectX you can grab them all from this page at Unreal Texture:

[url=http://www.unrealtexture.com/General/Website/Downloads/Drivers/DirectX/DirectX.htm]DirectX[/url]
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[Hyper]

My dxdiag says I have DirextX 9.0c. I guess there are no newer DirectXs out there for WinNT 5.2?

DirectX 9.x is the lastest for Windows NT 5.x. But be sure to check if you have the latest DirectX 9.0c, since it has been updated several times. DirectX 10 is only available for Windows NT 6.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Lol one of my friends said he has DirectX 10 for WinXP on another forum and he got banned.

[Chaos13]

I have DirectX 10 for Windows XP otherwise how could i play UT3?!

[GreatEmerald]

UT3 is a DirectX 9 application How else could you use TexMod for DX9 to extract textures from it ?

[Chaos13]

For me it didnt work without dx10_36.dll wtf?!

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

So there IS DirectX 10 for WinXP? I knew it!

[GreatEmerald]

Ikuto, you mean D3DX10_36.dll? That's not DirectX 10. Right-cick, properties, version - 9.24.949.2307. DirectX9.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Why is it called D3DX10_36.dll then?

[Chaos13]

Why is it called D3DX10_36.dll then?

*was about to ask that*

[GreatEmerald]

I think that Direct3D isn't the same as DirectX.
But yes, there is DirectX 10 Alpha for XP:
http://www.techmixer.com/download-directx-10-for-windows-xp/
Yet I'm not going to try it as it's not stable...

And everyone knew XP was getting DX10, all along from it's release.

EDIT: Interestingly, there's a newer, RC2 version here:
http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-directx-10-for-windows-xp-from-alky-project/
But it might simply not work, might work or might wreck havoc on your PC

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

...wreck havoc on your PC...

My largest fears...

[§tå£kër 3000]

Guys! Guys!
Your video card has to support dx 10 as well not just the OS.

[GreatEmerald]

How do I know if it supports it?
Hmm, if it's true, that might be why it failed for some users.