Does DirectX 7 work with my older hardware?

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From: john_black
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 00:00

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Hey guys, I have a circa 1997 computer, Dell Dimension M (for MMX) 200,
running Win 95, with a Matrox Millennium, Creative AWE 32, Diamond
Monster 3D, 64 MB SDRAM.  I heard from several sources that if you have
older hardware, you should shy away from DirectX 7, because your older
hardware may not be compatible.  Alas, I already had installed DirectX 7
by this point, but everything seems to be working fine.  There is one
minor thing I would like to note, Previously, the Matrox Control Panel
for my 2D video card reports the version of DirectX you are using, and
before I installed DX7, it correctly said Version 6.1 (or 6.3 or
whatever)  Now, it says Version Unknown.  But everything is working
fine, so I was wondering what you guys think.  Should I go back to
DirectX 6.x, or stick with 7.0?  And yes, I am using the most up to date
drivers for all my hardware.  Thanks.


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