Hi

Can someone tell me whether this new DirectX 9 pre-release is worth installing, downloading the web-setup & had a message that this version expires end 3/03, so not sure whether to wait for the final release (whenever that may be?? ) as I don't want this to screw my machine up after reboot ...

thx

Unless you have hardware and drivers that support dx9, the upgrade is worthless. Not to mention its only a RC0 so the chances of it bombing your system are pretty good

been using beta since version 2 no problems with any software bit no improvement in benchmarks so choice to install upto you

DX9 is actually worse whilst drivers and games have not been optimized for it. When Nvidia/ATI release DX9 compatible drivers....and you have the final DX9 installed, you may see an improvement in DirectX games and score in 3DMark2K1

well i got the rc0
nothing chnaged but to the fact that from now i can only play quake with 2 of my speakers
the rear ones.
wtf ;\
plus
when i go out, i have to restart in order to have all 5 again
weppy
bug 1 discovered ;\ but why on me
(extigy btw)

/edit
hoo weepy
i found out, its not that i dont hear from the front
just the volume is about
ammm
0.0.000000.0.0.0.0.0.00000000000000005 from what it should
armf, wtf ;\;:|;\/?

rc0 works great here, compared 2 beta1+2+3 i could up the fsb a little
and gave my powercolor 9700 an extra core kick from 391 2 398...
so far it`s a nice thing (what was 2 b expected after, hm, 3 hours?)
the benchmarkers had some impacts in there 3dmark bible, but i "came"
from dx9 beta 3 and so i must say i gained a few points. but the extra
tuning and the stability r really impressive. i`m using the new ati drivers
4 this m$-dx release, so i`ll update my other mashines 2morrow or
at weekend. sometimes everything goes fine rite after the start.
great job

I installed it based on the fact that I had no problems with the other dx9 betas and it f'd my system up. All my directx games now crash to the desktop.

This is on:

MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU
384mb Kingston PC2100
AthlonXP 1600+
Visiontek GF4 Ti4600 w/ det. 30.82 & 40.72

Sucks to be me

Cheers from the response, Guys...
From the response I think I'll wait for the Final release....... Thx

My PC:

MS Win ME/XP Pro +SP1 (Dual-Boot)
AMD Athlon XP 2000
256 MB PC2700
MSI KT3-Ultra 2 + Raid
Gainward 64MB GeForce 4 Ti200
Sigma Real Hollywood + Card
Creative encore 12x
Lite-On 40x12x48 CDRW
Soundblaster Live 5.1

Good choice. I was able to find a little program that allowed me to uninstall dx9, but it's still not worth it.

URL? :/
DX9 kinda f'd up my system (