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directX error help HELP ME

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dhawald
dhawald Original post #1
Sep 7, 2004 at 9:37 AM
i have ati radeon 7000 series 64mb card
i have installed directX 9.0b
when i do the direct 3d test it gives the following
message please help

* Hardware accelerated Direct3D 9+ is not available because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer.

* To test DirectDraw functionality, click the "Test DirectDraw" button above.

* Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful.

* Direct3D 8 test results: Failure at step 1 (Loading Direct3D DLL): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)

* Direct3D 9 test results: Display driver does not support API (DDI version too low)
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #2
Sep 7, 2004 at 10:30 AM
Try updating ur graphics card drivers.
W
Sep 7, 2004 at 11:42 AM
here

lok here
*www.ati.com/support/driver.html
B
Sep 7, 2004 at 1:33 PM
What card is this ? or is it on board .........
aadipa
aadipa #5
Sep 7, 2004 at 3:56 PM
seems an old card..... 7xxx series :(

it may be only DirectX 7 compatible
A
Sep 7, 2004 at 4:05 PM
Update ur drivers.
N enable hardware acceleration for the gpu.
abhishekkulkarni
Sep 7, 2004 at 6:06 PM
Sorry mate . The ATi Radeon 7000 Series 64MB card does not support Directx 8 & above.U will have ta buy a new one if u wanna play games like doom 3 ,nfs underground etc.