DirectX 9 RC0 Drivers Released!

#1 Melv,

Thanks for the infos (and also for the big work you are actually doing by merging your great FX things).

I've just tryed DirectX 9 and the ATI driver and I finally did a system restore :( This was working good for winXP itself but when trying to use OPENGL in programs, it was freezing, leaving the only options : RESET button. Here is my only testing that was enough for me to get back home :)

In 3Dmax5, the OPENGL was jamming like I said. I had the option to choose DX9, but when selecting this, 3DMAX ask to verify our DirectX installation. When selecting DX8.1, it's working, but no really difference and/or less good then before. Think the problem is that the applications are not ready for DX9.

In Torque, OPENGL freeze, and D3D is like it was with the old ATI driver --> Frame rate drop to 5-10 FPS, hehe. Think we have the same problem here ... no dx9 DLL for torque.

Conclusion : For now, badly, it's a big NO NO to use this for game designers or if you cannot do your own DLLs (like me) but I think that it will be really great around march 2003 when the applications will follow and we will enjoy this new baby. But not right now.

#2 Gilles,

Interesting, I've got it on my PC and it works great. I tried running all the ATI demos for the 9700 Pro and they work like a charm. I guess that's one of the problems with such an early driver release though, inconsistencies.

Like you say, hopefully you'll be up and running with it as the driver matures.

- Melv.

#3 Thanks for the heads up, oh messenger...

But:

This is one developer who is saying NO to Microsoft "standards"...

-J