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Article #10Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions
From: catman
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 00:00
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Won't work if you try AFAIK Catman Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright KCB wrote in message <36E29C75.48DC247E@home.com>... >Don't you have an uninstall available through Control Panel/Add-Remove >Programs? I have DirectX listed there. > >Pam Jordan wrote: >> >> Go for DX 6.0... after installing 6.1, I'm unable to run FF7 or Theme >> Hospital in hi-res mode. Very annoying... speaking o' which, anyone know of >> a way to completely erradicate DX6.1 and get back 6.0? (what kind of >> crapo-o company doesn't include an uninstall? ANY other company would hear >> about it, but MS? nooo, of course not...) >> >> Rich Niemaszyk wrote: >> >> > Need to install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1. >> > I am leaning to try 6.0 first. If games (half-life, Sin, etc) don't run >> > right, I figure I can go to 6.1. Heard its tougher going from 6.1 back >> > to 6.0 >> > If things are fine, stay with 6.0. >> > Looking for positive suggestions or others' experiences. >> > Currently using DirectX 5.0 and everything runs fine. I am using Win95b >> > (2.1) >> > >> > Before installing 6.0, I plan to upgrade the velocity drivers (1.52?) >> > and the voodoo2 drivers to diamond's 207. >> > Will use reference drivers as a last resort. >> > >> > System: >> > P-II266, DMI motherboard (P2XLX),128ram, velocity 4400 agp (1.44 >> > drivers), voodoo2 (diamond 203 drivers), AWE64, mitsubishi 87txm >> > monitor. >> > >> > Current games run great, quake2, unreal, Need4Speed3, no problems. >> > Hope it stays that way with 6.0 or 6.1! >> > Thanks
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 105253,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid105253,public X-Google-Thread: feaeb,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gidfeaeb,public X-Google-Thread: 107fd6,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid107fd6,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: 10b507,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10b507,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public From: "catman" <news@cmatth.nospamclara.co.uk> Subject: Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions Date: 1999/03/07 Message-ID: <VmxE2.3684$%7.845@nnrp3.clara.net> X-Deja-AN: 452243326 References: <36E18B8C.8D8F4BE0@interaccess.com> <36E1911C.6AE8098F@uswest.net> <36E29C75.48DC247E@home.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net X-Trace: nnrp3.clara.net 920822325 195.8.70.140 (Sun, 07 Mar 1999 15:58:45 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 15:58:45 BST Newsgroups: microsoft.public.directx,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,3dfx.products.voodoo2,3dfx.d3d.drivers.diamond,alt.games.half-life