J
J.Clarke
Hi,
I'll be ordering a system with the ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro
(http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9000/aiw9000pro/index.html). I like
the card because it is relatively cheap, has on screen TV viewing
capability, and enough memory (64 MB) to drive the somewhat low-fi
games I plan on using (Sim City 4000, Age of Empires) but I am worried
because it only states having DirectX 8.1 capability. Is this
something I should worry about or is DirectX 9 not an issue for most
users? I do plan on doing some basic home video editing if that is an
issue.
Thanks for the help, Steve.
The 9000 is DirectX 9 compatible. What it does not do is accelerate the
functions that are new to DirectX 9, so if you use those functions they
are run on the CPU using the software provided as part of DirectX 9 and
thus they run slowly. FWIW, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness, the first
DirectX 9 title to ship, works fine on an 8500DV as long as you don't
try to max out all the graphics functions. So do SimCity 4000 and Age of
Empires. And DirectX is not an issue for video editing.