ok,
i have a gf fx 5200/ultra (but i dont think it is)
when i first got the card i have dx9 on my system, i like playing ut2003.
i re-formatted my drive last week and installed ut2003 as my first game, with xp pro dx8.1 came with it (or with ut) i played ut2003 and it played like a dream...
twice as fast and the fps doubled...i love it, realised i had'nt intstalled dx9 so i did, the performace of my (so called) dx9 card dropped to what it was like before.

but this makes no sense, before on my
1ghz
290mb sdram
fx5200
comp
i played single player matches with a max of 8 bots, it lagged and slowed down a bit but was playable. with dx8 my comp can play 12+bots and it play smooth...
im baffeled, dx8 running better on a card specialised for dx9



care to shine a light on this for me ?

plzzzz

I'm not really sure why you would get such an error!? Have you installed the latest drivers from www.nvidia.com after formatting?

Older drivers might be slow under DX9.0

i download the new drivers each time i re-format. im stumpt lol.
im not moaning cus my game runs alot quicker, i just dunno y?

Its quite simple ... DX9 is slower than DX8.1

... has the Game been specificly designd to make use of DX9? I don't think so ... the makers of the game would loose out to those that cannot play it on an a TNT m64.

Drivers could/should help, but a lot of 'farting' around to find the right ones ...

Go back to DX8.1 and enjoy your game.

dont worry, i am
i have the l8st fx5200 drivers, i download them because they have an "auto overclock" feature, it overclocks the core and mem to a safe point