HUGE DX8 problem

[ethan]

i cant play high-end games that use DX8. i can play anything under 8, but not 8. 8 games: Ut2k3, Maxpayne

7 games: emperor, etc.

lower: original DOOM games

[ethan]

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[number6]

Looked at your DxDiag and there isn't anything that looks out of the ordinary except the DX8 D3D failure:

"Direct3D test results: Failure at step 5 (GetDeviceCaps): HRESULT = 0x8876086a (3D not available)"

That does not look good. Since DXDIAG is having an error I would suggest reinstalling DX8.1. If that does not work you might want to go to nvidia.com and download the latest retail drivers for your video card. Since you are able to play 3D games with the DX7 drivers I am guessing that some of your DX files must have been corrupted or something. Good Luck!

[Nyarlathotep]

Looked at your DxDiag and there isn't anything that looks out of the ordinary except the DX8 D3D failure:

"Direct3D test results: Failure at step 5 (GetDeviceCaps): HRESULT = 0x8876086a (3D not available)"

That does not look good. Since DXDIAG is having an error I would suggest reinstalling DX8.1. If that does not work you might want to go to nvidia.com and download the latest retail drivers for your video card. Since you are able to play 3D games with the DX7 drivers I am guessing that some of your DX files must have been corrupted or something. Good Luck!

Indeed. Usually when DirectX 8 is installed, it says "DDI Version: 8", instead of 7...

[number6]

Looked at your DxDiag and there isn't anything that looks out of the ordinary except the DX8 D3D failure:

"Direct3D test results: Failure at step 5 (GetDeviceCaps): HRESULT = 0x8876086a (3D not available)"

That does not look good. Since DXDIAG is having an error I would suggest reinstalling DX8.1. If that does not work you might want to go to nvidia.com and download the latest retail drivers for your video card. Since you are able to play 3D games with the DX7 drivers I am guessing that some of your DX files must have been corrupted or something. Good Luck!

Indeed. Usually when DirectX 8 is installed, it says "DDI Version: 8", instead of 7...

Good point about the DDI version.

[ethan]

could you tell me how to reinstall DX8?

[Nyarlathotep]

Just download directx 8.1 from microsoft and install it. You can't uninstall directx, so the only thing you can do is to install a (new) version over the old one.

[ethan]

i reinstalled it and nothing changed! wtf is the problem!?

[number6]

i reinstalled it and nothing changed! wtf is the problem!?

Did you try installing the latest retail driver for your video card? I would try that next.

[ethan]

i did the driver thing and nothing changed

i have a MSI Starforce Geforce 4 MX 420. i downloaded nVIDIA drivers. is that were i went wrong?

[Nyarlathotep]

No, Nvidia drivers should be fine, unless you installed the wrong OS drivers (meaning Win9x drivers, while you have XP)...

[ethan]

no, im on a different computer. have any ideas?

[Nyarlathotep]

Try to remove the video card drivers and revert to normal VGA display adapter. Then shutdown the pc (no restart). Then turn on the pc again and let it find the video card again. First have it find the drivers itself. When done, update the video card drivers. Try to run the dxdiag test again. If it still fails, try reinstalling dxdiag again. The above needs to be done in that order..