Simple solution to create better gameplay

[Soph]

Oh by the way Madboi, I have directx 9.0c currently. Will upgrading to Directx 10 improve FPS ?

[Devin]

Well it might, depending on your OS and hardware, what system are you running currently? Windows XP, Vista or 7?

[Soph]

Windows XP SP2
Pentium 4 HT [ Pentium 4 Dual Core thingie ] 3.00Ghz
2 GB Ram
512MB Nvidia GeForce 8400 SE

[shakal7]

No way to install true DirectX 10 driver on XP

[Devin]

That is not entirely true, there are alpha versions of DirectX 10 for XP but those are still in testing, I would rather stick to DirectX 9 for now. 

[shakal7]

Can I have some links to this alpha DirectX 10 on XP? 

[Soph]

what is this 9.0c I have? I see others not having "c" - is "c" a test version ?

[Devin]

Directx 9c is just the last version of directx 9 which was produced, the "c" has nothing to do with a test version.

And I would suggest you do not try directx 10 on XP unless you have made a system backup, I do not know what sort of risks there is but some say it may cause problems.
You can find a link if you just search for "directx 10 for xp" 

Oh and I thought I would just point out DirectX 10 is not the latest version if you where wondering, there is now DirectX 11 which is awesome. Unfortunately only for Windows Vista and Windows 7  :redface:

[shakal7]

Oh and I thought I would just point out DirectX 10 is not the latest version if you where wondering, there is now DirectX 11 which is awesome. Unfortunately only for Windows Vista and Windows 7  :redface:

It will be awesome if games would use DirectX 11 API in 100%, now it's some medium tesselated models and DoF which is working on D10 also.

[Wayne]

Well that technically should be enough, I only have 2Gb ram and a Nvidia 9600GT 512mb and I run GTA IV, but the thing is the speed of the ram, its more than likely old ram.

Perhaps upgrading your system will help.

What processor you have?

[Devin]

Well an Intel E8400 3Ghz Core 2 Duo..