Just Upgraded To Dx10 Graphics Card

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Just Upgraded To Dx10 Graphics Card, Games not running as DX10 in Vista

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Sterling14 View Member Profile	Jun 4 2008, 05:32 PM Post #1
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 1,048 Joined: 28-September 06 From: New York Member No.: 87,553	I ordered an ATI Radeon HD 3870 and I received it today. I love it, but I noticed my games aren't running in DX10 mode. Under Team Fortress 2, I don't get the special graphics options and it says I'm using DX9.0. There appears to be a tab to switch which version of DirectX to use, but I can't click it. Also, in Assassins Creed, it won't let me put my graphics up to max settings. This is a sign of not having DX10. My other games seem to be doing this too. So can anyone help me out please? EDIT: I was in a hurry earlier. I forgot to mention I upgraded from an ATI X1900GT, which I uninstalled the drivers for before uninstalling. I'm also running windows vista Ultimate, 64-bit. This post has been edited by Sterling14: Jun 4 2008, 08:15 PM --------------------

nigglesnush85 View Member Profile	Jun 5 2008, 06:00 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 3,251 Joined: 7-January 07 From: UK Member No.: 105,123	Hello, Have you looked at the directx control panel? start->run->dxdiag Also, have you tried downloading the latest Directx from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search....displaylang=en# -------------------- Regards Alan

Sterling14 View Member Profile	Jun 5 2008, 08:04 PM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 1,048 Joined: 28-September 06 From: New York Member No.: 87,553	Thanks for the reply! In dxdiag it's telling me I'm using DX10. I looked for DX10 on the Microsoft website, and all they have is DX9.0C. It was last updated in march this year though, so I'm going to download it anyway. I did notice though, some games are running in DX10. Bioshock lets me enable DX10 features, and I believe Crysis will let me too. --------------------

nigglesnush85 View Member Profile	Jun 5 2008, 09:22 PM Post #4
Forum Addict Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 3,251 Joined: 7-January 07 From: UK Member No.: 105,123	That is unusual, maybe its just a bug in the game, perhaps there is a patch available that fixes the bug. -------------------- Regards Alan

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