Though issues are more likely to stem from too new a graphics card and/or driver version than the DirectX version installed as DirectX is generally pretty good with backward compatibility Show full quote derpmochump wrote on, 18:51: HI, welcome.ĭ) Potentially backward compatibility issues that a given games/applications may have with too new a DirectX version. However, if using a single machine for Windows 9x/ME compatible stuff, my experience/preference so far is that practically anything needing up to DirectX 9 or earlier (and not requiring Windows XP) can usually be handled by using a single machine running Windows 98SE with DirectX 9 and 2 graphics cards :Ī) Something like a 3DFX Voodoo card variant for earlier gamesī) Something like a midrange or better Geforce FX card (or newer, within reason) for newer games Reply 4 of 33, by derpmochump Good point, if one has multiple machines, this makes a lot of sense. These are just excuses I have provided myself to use a different OS, while likely keeping problems to a minimum for the games designed around a specific DirectX version. It depends on what you are attempting to accomplish, retro-wise. Meatball wrote on, 19:15: It depends on what you are attempting to accomplish, retro-wise. Though issues are more likely to stem from too new a graphics card and/or driver version than the DirectX version installed as DirectX is generally pretty good with backward compatibility Reply 2 of 33, by Meatball If the game you want to run requires a specific DirectX version as a minimum, it won't work with an earlier versionĭ) Potentially backward compatibility issues that a given games/applications may have with too new a DirectX version. The DirectX version you will want to have installed will depend onī) The graphics card and drivers you are using and their dependency (or lack thereof) of a minimum DirectX versionĬ) Most importantly, the requirements of the games/applications you want to run.
IMHO, there is no "best" version of DirectX for Windows 98 or for Windows ME.
I was thinking maybe dx8? (but which one?) Derpmochump wrote on, 18:51: HI, welcome.
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