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Sazerac · 05-18-2001, 11:07 AM

Thank you, Savage, for those links. That's what I wanted with this thread...a place where anyone with tech knowledge could help someone out if they were having gaming problems.

The DirectX 8.0a has been a BIG problem, and not just with W&W...check C|Net for related stories. There's a lot of users who are just plain frustrated with it; it's buggy and crashes a lot of applications that ran just fine under 7.0. We have had several gamers here who after getting rid of DirectX 8.0a (and they had to do it using the FDISK/REFORMAT/REINSTALL thing), the game ran just fine afterward.

The 6.50 drivers have worked just fine with my system, but I've got a lower-end configuration. (nVIDIA TNT). I imagine with higher systems, it will make a difference with the drivers you suggested, and thank you for that!

-Sazerac

05-18-2001, 11:07 AM	#10
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	Thank you, Savage, for those links. That's what I wanted with this thread...a place where anyone with tech knowledge could help someone out if they were having gaming problems. The DirectX 8.0a has been a BIG problem, and not just with W&W...check C\|Net for related stories. There's a lot of users who are just plain frustrated with it; it's buggy and crashes a lot of applications that ran just fine under 7.0. We have had several gamers here who after getting rid of DirectX 8.0a (and they had to do it using the FDISK/REFORMAT/REINSTALL thing), the game ran just fine afterward. The 6.50 drivers have worked just fine with my system, but I've got a lower-end configuration. (nVIDIA TNT). I imagine with higher systems, it will make a difference with the drivers you suggested, and thank you for that! -Sazerac