directx 8 reviews here

[wga22]

I just installed direct x 8 on my win2k system, and now my joystick works in all of my games!!!!

It also seems like my graphics are better/faster.

So far no problems

My sys:
ati all in wonder pro
400 mhz p2
win2k patch 1

tested on:
diablo 2
re-volt

[Aristo]

Final version of DirectX 8 works good under NVIDIA 6.20 but drop a lot of fps under 7.17 driver. However, NVIDIA always comes out quality driver in a very relatively short time.

[Bires]

Hey wga22,
As usual, our systems produced similar results.

On on MadOnion's 3DMark benchmark in win98:

ATI: 10% increase over DX7.
Voodoo2 SLI: 10-15% increase in performance over DX7.

In Win2k: don't play games in win2k,

I have been using betas for about four months now. Even the betas were solid as rocks.

[Edited by Bires on 11-15-2000 at 04:07 PM]

[wga22]

Bires,
I just got the compgeeks GTS and although the speed is fast, the 3D image quality does not seem to be as good. I have worked with the settings. It would seem that my framerate is in the mid 50's for Re-Volt, but my image quality is just par. I would quickly trade some of that speed for the quality. The 2D quality is good with games like Red Alert 2.

I am trading my VIVO and TV tuner for what I thought was better graphics and performance... Are these immature drivers or is DirectX 8 causing problems?