thanks for deleting my F-ing post

#1 kingtrey

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Posted 25 January 2001 - 11:54 PM

To Whomever This May Concern:

i don't appreciate my post being deleted. all i was doing was asking GeForce 2 users if they had tried out DirectX 8.0a and my post gets deleted? i'd like an explanation please.

#2 clutch

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Posted 25 January 2001 - 11:56 PM

It was moved to "Games", as was mine. Strange, as I thought it would have more to do with hardware (hardware/driver compatabilty with DX8) than with games.

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#3 kingtrey

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Posted 26 January 2001 - 03:42 AM

ok thats cool, i wasn't trying to be hostile, i was just wondering if i had done something to merit having my post removed or something. thanks for letting me know!

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Posted 26 January 2001 - 04:16 AM

DX is gameing API not a Hardware API
You don't need DX to run any video card under Win95 thur Win20000 OS.

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Posted 26 January 2001 - 06:34 AM

Isn't DX required for Media Player? DX updates are required for some versions of video drivers, and I use those same drivers for Solidworks, eDrawings, and other 3D applications. It's an API for talking to hardware, therefore the reason for the post location.

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Posted 26 January 2001 - 09:02 AM

You thinking DirectDraw no it not need,
Only newer Media Player dose 6.0 up is useing Directshow, Directsound & well know Video Overlay for thing like DVD, MPEG, AVI & some other moive format this better know VGA mode all video for the last 10yrs support this.

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Posted 26 January 2001 - 04:32 PM

So DirectShow and DirectSound don't fall under DirectX? I was checking the DirectX site, and it does seem geared to gaming, however it does call it a "multimedia API" and essentially a HAL. In addition, I found this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win98/Reskit/Part6/wrkc30.asp

Which seems to list DirectX as more than a gaming API. If you guys want DX posts in gaming, that's cool. I am just telling why I don't understand it.

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