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Fallout doesn't have DX10 settings dcboron.
 
Does, when your running Windows 7.
 
So how does DirectX 10 turn into DirectX 9?
 
dcboron said:
So how does DirectX 10 turn into DirectX 9?
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It doesn't turn into DX9. They are seperate API's. If a game was coded entirely on DX9 it has no DX10 features wheras a DX10 game can have DX9 features + DX10 features allowing you to switch between them like in crysis.
 
I am running a machine that is using DirectX 10. Therefore it is displayed as such. My statement while technically misleading is non the less correct sir. I corrected the original post to accommodate your nay-say.
 
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r9 said:
Running PCSX under Virtual machine and getting good framerates ?:respect:
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Yeah, Parallels/Vmware have 3d acceleration.
 
dcboron said:
I am running a machine that is using DirectX 10. Therefore it is displayed as such. My statement while technically misleading is non the less correct sir.
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I'm not being a dick here but it is not correct technically or at all. Fallout 3 is rendered using DX9. You also have openGL on your machine but that doesn't mean its displayed as openGL. I'm trying not to come over as condescending but I was correcting you in the event others seen it and were mislead because even though you have DX10 on the machine it does not display it as such.
 
I know what your saying, I did not imply you are being a jerk or whatever, however if I was running it using 9, I would have posted it as such, in spite of the fact that the game does not render using the features of 10 there is a dramatic increase in the quality of display and it is indead being displayed using 10 that's all I was saying.
 
dcboron said:
I know what your saying, I did not imply you are being a jerk or whatever, however if I was running it using 9, I would have posted it as such, in spite of the fact that the game does not render using the features of 10 there is a dramatic increase in the quality of display and it is indead being displayed using 10 that's all I was saying.
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I know you didn't say I was being a jerk just incase you got the wrong impression. As for the quality increase then I'd say that was a driver improvement, or that windows 7 does something, not sure what but photographs etc appear better than in vista and XP.
 
Of course you know had I posted that and said it was full DirectX 9 someone would have picked up on the fact that I am running Win 7 and this would have conspired in the reverse.
 
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hmm a dx10 machine can run any dx under itself but say a dx 8 machine can only run dx8 at the highest? is my understanding correct? your conversation got my thinking about it:D
 
ste2425 said:
hmm a dx10 machine can run any dx under itself but say a dx 8 machine can only run dx8 at the highest? is my understanding correct? your conversation got my thinking about it:D
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Yes I believe that to be correct, however stand by...I am sure someone will note to the contrary. I wonder myself if more things in the future with go down the path that the game Call of Juarez took.
 
If you want to get really technical Windows 7 is running Direct X 11. just run dxdaig and you will see. Even though it runs that API games like fallout use Direct X 9. It will not look any better or worse weather the OS is running 9, 10 or 11 as the game uses Direct X 9. Not to mention that there are no video cards that fully support 11 yet.
 
Whilhelm said:
If you want to get really technical Windows 7 is running Direct X 11. just run dxdaig and you will see. Even though it runs that API games like fallout use Direct X 9. It will not look any better or worse weather the OS is running 9, 10 or 11 as the game uses Direct X 9. Not to mention that there are no video cards that fully support 11 yet.
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i already new it dx11 coz when i had it on my lappy i noticed it an it caused me quite allot of confusion as my lappy is very old and could noway support dx11, i understand after a few other threads why it runs on it tho
 
if your card can run direct x 10 is dosnt mean it always uses it, for example at desktop windows vista and 7 are direct x 10 rendered if your card does direct x 10
if your card cant do direct x 10 it renders in direct x 9

in games like crysis there are a direct x 10 option and a 9 option seperate

fallout is only done in direct x 9 not at all in 10 not even in a quasi weird way of making sense, windows maybe done in dx10 but the program is not

the os is rendered in dx 10 the program is done in dx9
 
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Whilhelm said:
If you want to get really technical Windows 7 is running Direct X 11. just run dxdaig and you will see. Even though it runs that API games like fallout use Direct X 9. It will not look any better or worse weather the OS is running 9, 10 or 11 as the game uses Direct X 9. Not to mention that there are no video cards that fully support 11 yet.
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The only part I don't completely agree with is it will not look better. I think is does, with the same settings, because I have XP and Win 7 and I can see a difference. At any rate.:toast:

PS The version of Win 7 that I have (RC 7100) also shows DirectX 10 in all the places I have looked, I don't know if they are holding on to that for full release or what but thats what it says all over my machine anyway.
 
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of course it will say direct x 10 or 10.1 because that is all your card can do, no cards available can do dx11 but windows 7 can use it

there isnt a difference between using a direct x 9 game on a vista or 7 or xp or windows 2000 or whatever how can an OS improve graphics of a program? it dosnt make sense, maybe like use less resources and thus your able to increase the settings in game but i dunno
 
I was simply pointing out that it isn't using 11, and that IMHO it DOES what your saying it shouldn't or couldn't or can't. Here are the only two ss's I have at the moment. I will try to get some more of detailed interior shots of something to compare.

8 AM on the tower on Windows XP on top and Windows 7 on bottom.
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The bottom one is missing some things on the roof and he road next to it that the xp version has... And this is a directx 9 game. It cannot and is not rendered in directx 10.
 
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