Why install DX9?

[x51out]

What exactly is the point of installing DX9 on a system with a DX8 card (GF4Ti4200)? Are there improvements that can be accessed or implemented by hardware and/or applications that exclusively use DX8 (i.e. 8.1)? Since I don't own an ATI Radeon 9700 or any other 9000 series card and no games use DX9 (to my knowledge), what would be the point??

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Apparently old DX8 games run faster, myself i aint touching it until they eradicate all those beta files, yeuch

--Jakk:t

[Swordfish]

Everybody asks this question at some point and then quietly installs it.;)

[rangeral]

Have read some reports that it made ms games run better so far with a couple fps boosts here and there. My MOHAA is running fine so I won't touch it yet with 9.

[Giblet Plus!]

I had to go back to 8.1, because 9 messed up my dvd playback. It only helps DX9 cards (radeon 9700, 9500) anyways.

[x51out]

Sworfish knows people too well. I actually installed it this morning, because I felt like guinea-pigging it. So far, so good. Games play well, no issues anywhere. I'm actually kinda suprised. If I don't post within a day, run for your lives ;) .

[KraZy_SkitZy]

Well, when games ACTUALLY require and/or use DX9 you'll need it, if you have just aa old DX6/7/8 card, cause some of the rendering features the game uses will be emulated, requiring DX9 for reference :t

[gcw]

Dx9 is now final release and I've do notice improvement in games and no problem with DVD.
;)