Microsoft has finally released their next installment of DX, which you can download by clicking here. In other driver news, ATi's Catalyst 3.0 suite for DX9 software is now availible, grab it right here.

Sweet. Why am I awake?

Thanks for the heads up on the Ati driverset dude.. been eagerly awaiting these ones!!

f*** me !!!

I installed DX9, uninstalled the older Cat drivers, then installed the new Cat 3 drivers

I said it before, I'll say it again

f*** me !!

I picked up an extra 60 FPS in Q3 (running @ 1280x1024)

Jeeessuuuss...

How awesome !!
These Radeons 9700's are surely being realised now !!

Good s*** driver boys !!
Keep it up !

So its worth updating?

finally
!

Before I d/l them. Is the file size only meant to be 292K? Like is it just an add-on to the 8.1 drivers.

Hmmm.

full program is 7.9 meg (winxp insall may be different for win9x).. the 292k is a web installer

was 8.6 for win2k i think

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/d/8/6d8af880-c050-455c-9536-4a04725db85f/dx90_redist.exe

Can someone please mirror that? Its about 30 mb (its the redistribution package)

/installs

Noticable frame increase, wow! go microsoft

web based installs make baby dialup jesus cry.

Does it do anything for systems performance in general?...or mainly good for those with cards supporting the API? (ala 9700 pro)

allstar: what vid card?

ppsstt File request on Ausfiles is there for a reason.. its also on Gamearena I suggest you use this service...

I'm not gettin it till a standalone installer is available. I don't wanna connect to the net for 20 minutes downloading this crap then installing it and having to reboot and reconnect. NO...f*** YOU BILL YOU SCUMMY f*** GIVE ME A STANDALONE INSTALLER C***T

haha tard

i would almost assure you that because its direct x, you will have to re-boot no matter how you install it

hahah 'tard I know that f***en. what I mean is I don't want to connect, download it and not be able to do anything else then have to reboot and reconnect. I want to download it and install it later when I'm not connected to the net so f*** off I'm not a retard, I'm clevar :p

real world test

Ut2003 1600 res benchmart
8.1
34.486
19.137

9.0
34.509
19.076

athlon xp 1600+
geforce 3 ti 200
latest dets

hope that sheds light on performance
I dont think it helps non dx9 cards much if at all

BF1942 Seems to have incessed to about a static 100fps, AMD 1800+, GF3 Ti 200!

DX9 boosted me from 9996 penismarks to 10656 penismarks

You can't run and 3dmarks with directx 9 kieran..

They are all built upon 8.1. I tried to run 2001 and it said i dont have dx8.1 installed.

existence - there's a patch.

I got a performance drop, most likely because of my old hardware.

You can't run and 3dmarks with directx 9 kieran..

Sif! Just ran it than 6170 on a GF3 Ti 200, Lastest Detos, DX9

:P

6000 3dmakrs with a gf3? wtf.. my gf4mx does 5500................

gf4 MX is nothing more than a slightly tweaked gf2 gts, I think.

lol

with a new core n stuff and double the memory

Dammit Trogs on Holidays.....Can Someone mirror it on GA?
/me Submits File Request.

yes trog is on holidays.. i hope the admins take his place as head nazi guy and stop the slaw of s***e on the forum... and generally keep mirroring the internet on ausgamers and the like...

but anyway I gained 300 penismarks with dx9 and the ver 3 catylsts.. so yeah i'm happy

LOL! That 3dMark patch has been out for ages yet people still aren't using it :)

Anyway, there is some debate about whether the DX9 + Cat3s are good or bad for ATI people. Some people are reporting sh*thouse OpenGL performance but good DX. Others seem to be getting better performance all round, and still others seem to see no difference in performance at all. I fall into the latter category.

*shrugs* Oh well, can't complain when drivers offer more options and still maintain the same framerate :)

Oh and the demos look funky too. There is a new cel shaded demo and several DX9 based screensavers for ATI owners that look pretty cool. I like the Moebius strip one.

Well on my new computer with a 9700 pro i can't tell if it's better or not, coz everything runs at the refresh rate fps in 1600x1200 :P I think it might be a little better but it's hard to tell, and it's not very objective as the catalyst drivers bump up a notch too.
Those tech demos sure are nice though, pity it'll take a few years for those kind of effects to be common.

Why should I upgrade to these dets now? What games use any new features in 9?

Why upgrade when you dont need to?

where can i get the redistributable installer?

mmm all i've heard are 9700, is there much point for me 2 get dx9 and cat3 for my 9000pro? will i even see a difference?

[quote]lol

with a new core n stuff and double the memory[/quote]

No, it has the same memoryand the same core, but is slightly optimised, and has much better DX 8 support.

I have a GF4 mx440 and was pissed off after I found that out after I had already bought it. :(

FieldMarshall Lloyd:

use <quote> tags :D

Raven: no, its the final

Hardkor - go check out the http://www.rage3d.com forums about Radeon 9000s + Cat3s.

My cheap STLabs MX440 is rather underclocked by default, hmm.. On my PC with these specs:

AMD XP2000+ AGOGA Palomino
ECS K7S5A SiS735 SD/DDR
Elixir PC2100 256mb CAS2.5 @ 2
STLabs Geforce 4 MX440 @ 270 Core, 365 Memory
Samsung Spinpoint 40gig 7200rpm 2mb
Fujitsu MP3153AT 15gig 5400rpm 512kb
200mm 240v Bathroom Ceiling Fan Casemod

I get around 3900 3DMarks in 1024x768x32, crappy clock spds are 333 mem and 250 core, can't handle 400mhz mem like it's sposed to but with 270 core I pick up 300 penismarks! pfft..