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DirectX 8 Out - Whats the scoop?

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I'm using DX8, and the Det. 7.17 drivers did nothing but crash when I tried to play a game. Going back to 6.47 seems to have fixed the problem though. Funny how the RC1 didn't have a problem with 7.17 but the final did.

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I heard that th 7.10s worked better than the 7.17s for DirectX 8.

 

-bZj

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If you want the most stable drivers use the 6.34's. The 7.17's have memory leaks (MAJOR) and slowdown's in some color depths.

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6.34 and Directx 8 , with WIN2k SP1 running here, No problems at all...

 

 

 

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3d Prophet 2 Mx (6.19 drivers)

Soundblaster Live! Value w/ cambridge 4 point speakers

Pioneer 6x dvd / 12 x cdrom SCSI Drive

3com 905b-cmb network card

Panasonic 4x scsi burner

IBM Deskstar 13.5g 7200rpm DMA/66

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DX8 and Dets 631, no probs here either.

 

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2x256MB PC 100 RAM

Maxtor 92049U6 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66

Maxtor 52049U4 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66

Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB

AOpen 52x IDE CD-ROM

Yamaha CRW4416S SCSI CD-RW

Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB

Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro

US Robotics Sportster Flash v90 External modem

Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17

Adaptec 2940 Ultra Wide SCSI controller

Sound Blaster Live! Value (LiveWare 3)

Windows 2000 Professional (SP1 + all updates)

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viewing images with thumbs plus 4.01 now causes winamp to skip, just as the image loads. bigger images, longer load times, worse skipping.

 

Im pretty sure it's the SB Live drivers, you know creative labs and win2k drivers hehee what a joke huh?

 

Other than that every thing's jake.

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I tried using the new DirectX 8 and the 7.17 drivers, but they didn't seem to like me very much. UT was really jumpy - it went from an average of around 45fps to around 15fps. Q3 wouldn't even load - it BSOD's on me (that was the only BSOD I've EVER gotten with win2k, though, so it's not -that- big a deal I suppose). I downgraded back to the 6.47 release, and now I'm back up to normal speeds, with a slight boost in UT speed.

 

Has anyone tested sound acceleration under DX8? I know with the SB Live drivers before, EAX was practically unusable in some games. I'm hoping it'll be fixed with DX8 because lord knows when creative will get around to releasing new drivers!

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I have had it easy I guess smile I have no problems with Det. 7.17 drivers, performance wise I didn't notice any different from 6.47. Quake III has a minor increase of 2 FPS. The sound skipping is still there with my Sound Blaster Live card. I guess we have to wait for Creative to release new drivers.

 

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Sound Blaster Live!

Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card

GeForce 2 GTS 64MB

IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive

Western Digital 20.5GB Hard Drive

Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB)

Roland Sound Canvis SC-55

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