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How to Check the DirectX version installed on your PC.
DirectX is supposed to be backward compatible. So, if a game was
written for DirectX 8, it should run if you have DirectX 9
installed on your PC. However, a game written specifically for
DirectX 9 will generally not run on DirectX 8 or earlier.
DirectX also has smaller incremental releases such as DirectX
9.0c (which has small but important differences compared to
versions 9.0, 9.0a or 9.0b). A program written for DirectX 9.0c
will generally not work with with versions such as 9.0a. That
small letter at the end is important.
Click the Start menu, then choose Run. In the box type dxdiag
and press Enter on your keyboard. A new Window will appear
and your version of DirectX will be listed at the bottom.
The the DirectX active download available from Microsoft's site
can't be saved. If you want to install the DirectX package on
another PC, you'll have to download it each time. |