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   Subject: DirectX 9.0c software versus Video HARDWARE DIRECTX 9 or 10+?   
   From: Greegor    
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   http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/NOTEBOOK/GRAPHICS/ATI-MOBILITY-HD-5400/Pages/hd-   
   5450-specs.aspx   
      
   This DIRECTX 11 card has DRIVERS for WinXP and W7.   
      
   If the DIRECTX 11 hardware and firmware can't   
   be used in WinXP then what does the driver   
   do with it?   
      
   Would a game application actually prefer   
   DIRECTX 9 hardware/firmware to the   
   DirectX 9.0c software module?   
      
   I see a card that has shaders and stuff for DIRECTX9.   
   Would the DirectX 9.0c software module USE that stuff?   
      
   http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/other/Pages/x1300-specification   
   s.aspx   
      
   I found when studying upgrade options that   
   back when the upper CPU chips were $500   
   or $600 each, upgrading seemed less worthwhile   
   but now those same chips are $10 to $30   
   like the high end ones with hw Virtualization.   
      
   When a CPU that used to go for $600 sells   
   for $30, upgrading isn't so far fetched.   
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