Directx9 is terrible

[Rowena]

I loaded up fire and sword on my new computer, and it runs at 3 - 4 fps, when my old computer with worse hardware ran it perfectly fine. I noticed a similer issue when trying to play smite, where the game lagged horribly while using (by default) directx9, but ran great on high settings when i switched over to directx11. THe issue for fire and sword is that it does not provide support for any other direct x than 7 or 9. Any advice?

[Rowena]

Also, running the game on directx7 actualy caused the game to lag more.

[Dokkar]

I have the same problem! After I installed Windows 7 + Directx 11 the game is unplayable

[Hardwire]

i would say it was your video card not having dx9 but i cant imagin that as the problem. also im running win7 and the game runs smooth as glass

[Rowena]

i reinstalled the game, and for some reason it runs fine now, i supose there might have been some sort of corrupted data. Still do't know why Smite also had issues with directx9, but it is directx11 compatible, so no real issue there.

[Hardwire]

you didnt have dx9 installed it would seam if both dx9 games had troubles

[Rowena]

no, other games that require directx9 have run

[Hardwire]

Originally posted by Blade:

no, other games that require directx9 have run

some games require a redistributable of dx9 and i know some times it does not install correctly with the game actually quite often that happens eh who knows like was said it could just been a coruption. *shrugs*

[Rowena]

that very well could be

[Sohei]

Installing new versions of Direct X often overwrites essential files with other versions. Also, sometimes a game will install an older version on top of a newer version. It is very easy to get Direct X messed up and have problems with one or more games. This is mostly a problem with the way Direct X and Windows are designed, so blame Microsoft.