Sep 29, 2015 · Not all components of DirectX 9.0c / legacy DirectX SDK are installed by default on modern Windows OSs (until Windows 11) even if DirectX 11 or 12 is already pre-installed, so you may still need to install the DirectX 9.0c June 2010 update for games that use DirectX 9 or earlier DirectX versions.

Dec 19, 2023 · The directX install appears to be pointless so why even risk it? It appears that A vanilla Windows 11 already has support for DirectX 9. Run "dxdiag.exe" Move to the "Display" tab and home in on the Drivers group. Specifically, you will be looking at the "Feature Levels" line.

May 5, 2018 · This is related to this question >> DirectX 11 is installed but programs say DirectX 9.0c is needed. But more so that I don't get "errors" saying I don't have DirectX 9.0c installed, but I can't launch Retroarch and I'm thinking it's related to DirectX 9.0c not being installed.

If your application targets the December 2005 version of DirectX, it is entirely possible you do not have that version of the runtime installed. And no, you need the right version of DX9, DX11 is completely orthogonal to DX9 - you could have a system with DX11 installed but lacking DX9 entirely if Microsoft did not actually package both with ...

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The issues is Direct3D isn't "installed" on some of the machines. They're all running WinXP SP3 and NVidia 8600GT video cards and DirectX 9c. The graphics settings are the same on each machine as far as hardware acceleration and write combining and they're all using the latest non-beta driver available from NVidia. –

Aug 29, 2015 · The DirectX Diagnostic Tool in the guest with Windows 8.1 showed that: The Device is VirtualBox Graphics Adapter for Windows 8; Processor Type is VirtualBox VESA BIOS; Principal Driver is VBoxDispD3D.dll; The GLView in the guest Windows 8.1 showed that: Renderer = GDI Generic; Adapter RAM = N/A; OpenGL Version = 1.1; DirectX Version = 9.0c

They all have NVidia 8600 GT video cards, DirectX 9c and the latest drivers and windows updates. 2 machines have Direct3D enabled and dxdiag recognizes the video RAM and DDI version. The other 3 machines don't have the ability to enable Direct 3D and dxdiag doesn't see the video RAM or the DDI version.

May 26, 2010 · How to fix DirectX in Windows 8.1? 0. DirectX wont run games. Hot Network Questions

Nov 4, 2020 · This is regarding about the DirectX that some applications - in particular games use. If I am installing a program and it offers to install a previous version of direct x - say Directx9c, does it overwrite your current version (example: Directx 12?)