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   XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,   
   microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: greegor47@gmail.com   
      
   OK, I'm firmly convinced that for Win XP, DirectX 9.0c is the   
   latest installable DirectX module.   
      
   But I got a casual (easy) game collection CD for the holidays   
   that is for Windows XP, but requires DIRECTX 9.0   
   in the video card and didn't like the 9.0c SW module.   
      
   I also looked into video cards to possibly upgrade   
   enough to run W7 or W8 fairly well and noticed   
   that various video cards have DIRECTX 10 or ? in them.   
      
   Apparently this opens the door to having Direct X 10 or 11   
   on a Windows XP computer.   
      
   Why would DIRECTX 9.0 in a vid card work better   
   than the DirectX 9.0c software module for a game?   
      
   Is there a lot of other software that runs on WinXP   
   but can even use DIRECTX 10 (in video hardware)?   
      
   It's not like these are slow computers where   
   software DirectX runs slow or anything...   
      
   Is hardware DIRECTX 10 or 11 fairly common   
   for on board video in newer mother boards?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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