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Subject: DirectX 9.0c software versus Video HARDWARE DIRECTX 9 or 10+?
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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?
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