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Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions

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From: Arne Schaepers
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:00
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Depends.The most important things MS fixed/added in 6.1 are:
- DirectMusic (entirely new)
- DirectPlay. Asynchronous messages are defined from 6.0 on but really work
with 6.1 only.

Arne

Rich Niemaszyk schrieb in Nachricht <36E18B8C.8D8F4BE0@interaccess.com>...
>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: "Arne Schaepers" <a.schaepers@digitalpublishing.de>
Subject: Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions
Date: 1999/03/10
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