GeForce 4 MX440-8X & Direct X 8 & 9

[Daniel-Man]

I have a GeForce 4 MX440-8X and in the manual for it it says its feature is Microsoft Direct 8.X and Open GL 1.3 Optimizations and support. Does this mean I shouldn't install Direct X 9?? And if games only allow Direct X 9 I can't play them with my current video card??

[ski]

You can install DirectX 9 and should be able to play DX 9 games, but your current video card will not display all of the visual enhancements designed into DX 9 games.

These links should answer most of your questions regarding DirectX and DX 9:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/productinfo/faq/default.htm

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:5C-uwHxL_bIJ:www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/staroscik/03january27.asp+%22directx+9%22+games&hl=en

[saphalline]

Yes, your video card will support DX 8 & 9 just fine, but you won't be able to use all those cool shaders because your vid card's GPU is a DX 7 part.

That's sort of like having a PIII instead of a P4 - slightly older technology. Sure a PIII has enough power for WinXP, but a P4 has plenty of power for more!

The GF4 MX 440-8X is a true AGP 8x vid card, but I wouldn't try playing Doom 3 on it! Not enough power and you wouldn't see all the cool effects anyway. Come to think of it, neither can I. My vid card is a DX 8 part, so while I can see cool DX 8 effects, Doom 3 uses DX 9 so I don't get to see it all.