Command to see the Direct X properties

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I searched for this but I can't find it anywhere. I thought it was a *.but not sure.

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If your video card is a GeForce 8800, then yes. Otherwise, no. So far, the
only video cards out that support DX10 are the 8800 series (8800 GTS & GTX).
NVIDIA and ATI are set to release some new cards fairly soon, though.

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But It said DirectX 10 on the first page under version and this is a cheap V/C on a notebook. My new computer is going
to have A GeForce 7950 GT that's the one I really care about.
Are you saying that won't have DX version 10?
If your video card is a GeForce 8800, then yes. Otherwise, no. So far, the
only video cards out that support DX10 are the 8800 series (8800 GTS & GTX).
NVIDIA and ATI are set to release some new cards fairly soon, though.
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DX version 10 comes installed on Vista. The only cards that currently use
DX 10 features are the nVidia 8800 cards. More cards in that series as well
as cards from ATI will be out soon. A Geforce 7950 will not support DX 10
features.

Jason
 
What will I be missing without DX 10?


DX version 10 comes installed on Vista. The only cards that currently use
DX 10 features are the nVidia 8800 cards. More cards in that series as well
as cards from ATI will be out soon. A Geforce 7950 will not support DX 10
features.

Jason
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PS, What version do I have, DX 9c?
How can I find out which version?
What will I be missing without DX 10?




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I just went to this site and it said I had DirectX 10 on my cheap computer $1400/video card Although it failed.

http://www.nzone.com/content/nzone/srl/nzone_srl.asp?gameid=3596
The Way It’s Meant to be Played Vista Readiness
System Requirements Lab Analysis
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Sorry, your computer cannot run this product because your system did not meet the Minimum Requirements. If you want to
learn how you can fix that problem, please review the details section below. In some cases it may be a free download and
you could be good >
CPU
Minimum: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5200 @ 1.60GHz PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: 1 GHz
You Have: 1.60 GHz Performance Rated at 3.12 GHz PASS
System RAM
Minimum: 1 GB
You Have: 2.0 GB PASS
Video Card
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Minimum: 64 MB 100% DirectX 9 graphic card with Pixel Shader 2.0 hardware support (NVIDIA GeForce FX or better)
You Have: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family () FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum
requirement.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 64 MB , You have - 37.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 7.14.10.1114 FYI: Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card. Click 'Free
Driver Update' and we'll direct you to your video card manufacturer.
DirectX Version
Minimum: 9.0
You Have: 10.0 PASS
Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Conexant High Definition Audio PASS
Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 4.8.0.0 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
Free Disk Space
Minimum: 15 GB
You Have: 112.6 GB PASS
Hard Disk Capacity
Minimum: 20 GB
You Have: 147.6 GB PASS
DVD
Minimum: Yes
You Have: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-850S ATA Device PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.
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DX version 10 comes installed on Vista. The only cards that currently use
DX 10 features are the nVidia 8800 cards. More cards in that series as well
as cards from ATI will be out soon. A Geforce 7950 will not support DX 10
features.

Jason
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RScotti said:
But It said DirectX 10 on the first page under version and this is a cheap
V/C on a notebook. My new computer is going
to have A GeForce 7950 GT that's the one I really care about.
Are you saying that won't have DX version 10?


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What he's saying is that VIDEO CARD won't fully support DX-10, however,
Windows Vista ships with DX-10.

You don't actually need a DX-10 compliant card to have DX-10 installed and
running, DX-10 simply won't have access to all the hardware features it's
capable of taking advantage of.

Simply put, it will basically downgrade itself to DX-9 feature set (well,
sort of, it's still DX10 and the DX-10 calls are all still there, but if you
have a DX-9 card it will only be able to use DX-9 features in hardware).

If you had an ATi 7000 card, for example (a DX-7 card) you will still have
DX-10 installed in Vista, but since that card doesn't support any features
that were added in DX-8, then 9, and so on, DX-10 can only call on DX-7
features in hardware that the card supports. (this is why Aero doesn't work
on these cards.)

When you check your Direct X version, however, it will report DX-10 is
installed and running just fine, because, well, it is. ;-)

Mic
 
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