Windows XP SP2 to contain DirectX 9.0C ?

zerodamage

I noticed something interesting today after installing SP2 RC1 and checking out the Information section of SoundStorm's control panel. What is shows is DX 9.0c. So I did some checking and my DXDIAG shows it as the "b" version. I asked Forum Gold Member The_Neon_Cowboy what his Dxdiag showed and he said the same thing. So I asked him what version numbers did he show. Mine is 4.09.0000.0903 and his is 4.09.0000.0902. Could this be the DX9c that we've all been waiting for or is this an error with the NV Mixer? Why does the RC1 of SP2 for Windows XP have a slightly different version?

Here is a screenshot of the normal DX9b for Windows XP:



Now here is what I show on my dxdiag screen with SP2 RC1:




This is what The_Neon_Cowboy shows on his "Information" page for the NV Mixer:



Now take a look at what mine shows for Direct X version. This is very interesting.

The_Neon_Cowboy

This is from my system

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The_Neon_Cowboy

This is from ZeroDamage's system



Defiantly an advanced build of dx9 and if I had to speculate I say most likely it's probubly a DX9c Beta of some sort but it says "final retail" which makes me wonder is this a test run of the final build or what? mabe only time will tell....

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Judas

Odd...

check this out ...i found this quite awhile ago... DirectX 9.0c?

zerodamage

PCmark shows dx9b but shows the 0903 in the long version.

Judas

ZD.... you check the other stuff in the image i posted up..... very very very unique...

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zerodamage

It's a fake.

Judas

how do you know?

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zerodamage

Tomorrow I am going to run some tests and see if there is a performance difference between these two builds of DX9. Unless someone beats me to it.

Judas

Neon maybe already on it.....?

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Vampyromaniac

2.8GHz, 233MHz bus, 256KB L1 cache, 1024KB L2 cache, SSE2, and HyperThreading, all on a Socket A chip
take your pick of reasons

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Judas

meh.. that may be the CPU.... who knows on that part.. (the most likely fake part about it)....

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swimtech

Running on a PowerVR video chip? Why?

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Judas

why not? that sucker (if it actually real and available today)... would slaughter the 9800xt's and the 5950's without even filling up it's secondary bin memory allocation unit.....

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swimtech

Because of the 16 single pass texture capability and 8 blending stages (hypothetically - if fake...)?

I know the PowerVR architecture is different - but not in depth...

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Judas

never noticed that.... great catch....however... the way the defferend renderer are designed... the isn't a limit on how many textures per pass it can do.... however.. blending stages may most likely be different.... not quite sure.... (i think they are building to DX9.0(c?)'s requirments.... with DX8 i think the max was 8 for sure.... and the kyro cards were able to do it..... But i'll have to look into the Blending stages....(thanks for the tip on that one)

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The_Neon_Cowboy

I'm doing something in regards to this stay tuned

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swimtech

My eyes is peeled...

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The_Neon_Cowboy

i'm still working but check this out




notice the reported version ends in .0903
DX 9.0b is .0902,
DX 9.0a is .0901,
DX 9.0 is .0900,

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Dom

Well, it's both pretty obvious and common sense that ".0903" means 'DX9C', "09" is 'DX9' and "03" is 'C', with it being the third letter in the alphabet and all.

swimtech

Was going to ask, "any contacts at Microsoft?", but realized that the question likely couldn't/shouldn't be answered...

The numeric progression is interesting and logical...

Edit: Should/could ask if someone at ummm, ATI (???), might know something of this?

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The_Neon_Cowboy

most people that know for shure can't tell you its called an NDA

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swimtech

Yyyyyup, I figured...

Wouldn't do my li'l ole 7500 much good anyhoo - require more CPU juice too - still, it's good to keep up the knowledge base... We'll see... Thanks in advance for what your working on NC.

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Judas

Installing Service pack 2 VERSION 2082 gives you the DX9.0b-903....

Dom

Yes, but it says '0903' at the end, so it's probably a beta version of DX9.0C.

Judas

i was just saying that i know this for a fact. (i did it successfully on 2 computer)...... what i think is that they added a more features.... but they are disabled till the DX9.0 (B) part is switched to (C)

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Guest

Its FAKE for sure. See at link and specialy at the name of the pic. Its say "FakePVRS5andAthena.jpg"

Judas

I saved it as that..... and uploaded it to my server as that.... but i couldn't put a ? after the word fake.....

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etchgow

[color=black]Hi. I badly need the following stuff. I have recently installed DirectX 9.0c and found that many programs do not run anymore, particularly some games. It seems like the latest DirectX version does more harm than good. I have run DxDiag and have learned that many dll's are required and downloaded them all, but DxDiag also had told me that I need[/color]
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[color=black]but I cannot find it anywhere. Can anybody e-mail it to karabalsagun@yahoo.co.uk ? I would be glad if it is possible.[/color]

vailr

DirectX Redistributable April 2006
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...e/1037189523/4