Directx9 or 8.1 for radeon 9200se?

Hi patrvic,

I think you're seeing something wrong...
Your card supports all features which DirectX 8.1 supports, it doesn't support the extra's that came with 9.x
But... a lot of bugs where fixed, and the extra's that directX 9.x brought will be handled by software, instead of hardware as your card doesn't support them, but without 9.x the extra's will either be not used, or the software will even refuse to run.

So, to be short, stay with DirectX 9.x, it'll make your experiences much better.

Greetings,

LucF

thanks but what wasi seeing wrong. it doesnt support 9.x = 8.1 + extras....i was thinking if the code behind 9.x has been entirly rewritten then my hardware just wont be able to do its best...as the software takes over which is slower...

Your card will run fine with the Directx 9.x versions between 8.1 and nine, as stated above many bug were fixed, also the software is designed to cooperate with the hardware, just because your video card is kind of old and says it will only support 8.1 doesnt mean that is true, all it means is that the card was tested by them with 8.1, most likely if you check up on their site it will change once they get around to testing it with the newer version. also some programs require that you upgrade to 9.x just to you them. In the end its up to you both of them will work with your hardware it just depends on if you need 9.x if not there is no reason to get it.