A DirectX Question?

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I was trying to install a Demo game "Battlefiled 2" on my laptop that has Vista Home Prem, 64-Bit. The program was trying to install "DirectX 9" on my laptop! So I stopped the installation.

I know I already have "DirectX 10" on my laptop (part of Vista).

Q1: Do I need "DirectX 9" to run the game?

Q2: If not I wonder if I can do custom install and skip installation of the DirectX 9?

Q3: Can you have Directx 9 and Directx 10 on the same computer (Vista)?

Thanks,

G!

[admin]

You can run the DX9 installer, it won't harm your DX10 installation. Vista actually has both DX9 and DX10, and they co-exist, but the clean Vista install has an old version of DX9 and so in fact, you should run the installer (BF2's bundled version of DX9 may be a bit old though).

[atifsh]

most installers will just pass if they found better or newer version of directx, ...

[gonwk]

Hi Admin & Atifsh,

THANKS guys ... I just did not want to break my Vista and DX10.

Appreciate the HELP!

G!