Direct x 10

[Mars'Volta]

<p>Where can i download this? Or is it not available?  I have a geforce 8600 card and im not sure if dx10 is installed or not.  Is there a way i can check? Im running vista.  Thanks.</p><p> Oh and this is to better my graphics in everquest II, lol. </p>

[Jrral]

Mars'Volta wrote: <blockquote><p>Where can i download this? Or is it not available?  I have a geforce 8600 card and im not sure if dx10 is installed or not.  Is there a way i can check? Im running vista.  Thanks.</p></blockquote>If you're running Vista, you have DX10. It was introduced with Vista, and it's the only DirectX Vista supports at the moment (although DX10 includes backwards compatibility with DX9 so non-Vista-specific games will run). You might try the DXDIAG command to get info on DirectX.

[Wingrider01]

Jrral@Unrest wrote: <blockquote>Mars'Volta wrote: <blockquote><p>Where can i download this? Or is it not available?  I have a geforce 8600 card and im not sure if dx10 is installed or not.  Is there a way i can check? Im running vista.  Thanks.</p></blockquote>If you're running Vista, you have DX10. It was introduced with Vista, and it's the only DirectX Vista supports at the moment (although DX10 includes backwards compatibility with DX9 so non-Vista-specific games will run). You might try the DXDIAG command to get info on DirectX. </blockquote> To add to this - DirectX 10 is Vista only, there is not supposed ot be a release for any other OS

[DngrMou]

<cite>Wingrider01 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Jrral@Unrest wrote: <blockquote>Mars'Volta wrote: <blockquote><p>Where can i download this? Or is it not available?  I have a geforce 8600 card and im not sure if dx10 is installed or not.  Is there a way i can check? Im running vista.  Thanks.</p></blockquote>If you're running Vista, you have DX10. It was introduced with Vista, and it's the only DirectX Vista supports at the moment (although DX10 includes backwards compatibility with DX9 so non-Vista-specific games will run). You might try the DXDIAG command to get info on DirectX. </blockquote> To add to this - DirectX 10 is Vista only, there is not supposed ot be a release for any other OS</blockquote> Which is Microsloth's friendly way of saying, "upgrade to Vista, or else".  I'm against cripple-ware, spy-ware, and nanny-ware in general, so Vista is not something I envision ever being on a machine I own.