Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions

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From: Freon
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00

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stay with 6.0.


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Freon
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Rich Niemaszyk <rnemo@interaccess.com> wrote in message
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>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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From: "Freon" <See@signature.com>
Subject: Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions
Date: 1999/03/08
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