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Article #8Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions
From: KCB
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 00:00
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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: 10ec8c,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: 107fd6,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid107fd6,public X-Google-Thread: feaeb,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gidfeaeb,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: 10b507,f3fc889daed7d2bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10b507,public From: KCB <kcbaird@home.com> Subject: Re: Install DirectX 6.0 or 6.1? Suggestions Date: 1999/03/07 Message-ID: <36E29C55.E4D6E88E@home.com> X-Deja-AN: 452237915 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36E18B8C.8D8F4BE0@interaccess.com> <36E1911C.6AE8098F@uswest.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.pa.home.com 920820996 24.1.46.35 (Sun, 07 Mar 1999 07:36:36 PDT) Organization: @Home Network MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 07:36:36 PDT 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