3Dmark05 & Radeon 9800 Pro: DirectX Problem

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I installed DirectX9.0b few months ago then had Omega Radeon driver
installed (2kXP OMEGA DRIVERS 2.5.67 8-22-04) several weeks ago.

Recently I downloaded 3Dmark05, and this little pop-up windows says:
Direct3DCreate failed.

Uninstalled that and installed Cataylst 4.9. Reinstalled 3dmark05. Same
thing. Tried to fix this by installing DirectX 9.0c (using dxwebsetup). No
go. (pulls hair) I uninstalled 3Dmark05. Now got to reinstall DirectX 9.0c
SDK then install 3dmark05 once again.

Still that darned "Direct3DCreate9 failed." window popup!!

This on a ASUS P4P800-VM
1gb dual ddr
Radeon 9800PRO 128mb
Maxtor 30gb & 120gb
LiteON DVD writer
running on WinXP (no service packs)
 
Recently I downloaded 3Dmark05, and this little pop-up windows says:
Direct3DCreate failed.
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Do your games work fine? If it is just 3DMark05 that doesn't work, I
wouldn't worry too much, it will only depress you seeing your 9800Pro
reduced to single digit framerates.
 
"nSurfer Tom"wrote
Still that darned "Direct3DCreate9 failed." window popup!!
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Works ok here, I had the same thing as you but after i D/L the *full* DX9c
package and installed it works (I also have sp/2).
 
Do your games work fine? If it is just 3DMark05 that doesn't work, I
wouldn't worry too much, it will only depress you seeing your 9800Pro
reduced to single digit framerates.
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Yes, other games works. 3Dmark03 pops up like it did before with no
problems.
Just this sick 3Dmark05's silly tiny window pop-up. I don't care about
scores,
just all I wanted was to see how pretty it is after seeing those marvelous
screenshots.
 
nSurfer Tom said:
Yes, other games works. 3Dmark03 pops up like it did before with no
problems.
Just this sick 3Dmark05's silly tiny window pop-up. I don't care about
scores,
just all I wanted was to see how pretty it is after seeing those marvelous
screenshots.
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On my 9800Pro it >still< looks like screenshots :-(
 
On my 9800Pro it >still< looks like screenshots :-(
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Lol!
Don't be such a drama queen :P it looks ok on my system and I have a humble
Sapphire 9800 (440/390 though!). It's certainly not smooth though, but good
enough to get a feel for things!. In the return to proxycon when that dude
with the rail gun lets off! looks like a proper film!. . . I can't believe
how good the 3D is these days.

There is allot of guys running whizz-bang A64/6800Ultras/X800XT who are
still getting choppy results! and they are not happy!

Call of Duty plays like silk though, and even Doom3 plays well on my 9800. .
..

Next stop, a 512Mb video card for me, maybe 6 months time?
 
Wayne Youngman said:
Lol!
Don't be such a drama queen :P it looks ok on my system and I have a
humble Sapphire 9800 (440/390 though!). It's certainly not smooth though,
but good enough to get a feel for things!. In the return to proxycon when
that dude with the rail gun lets off! looks like a proper film!. . . I
can't believe how good the 3D is these days.

There is allot of guys running whizz-bang A64/6800Ultras/X800XT who are
still getting choppy results! and they are not happy!

Call of Duty plays like silk though, and even Doom3 plays well on my 9800.
. .

Next stop, a 512Mb video card for me, maybe 6 months time?
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Yeah, I want that gun!! Dont care what the game is but someone PLEASE do a
mod so I can use it. :-)
 
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