if you dont have a driver that supports at least a DX6 level DDI, the DX 8
interfaces are not available.
DXDiag provides this info in the saved text file.
yes, the Radeon has at least a DX6 level DDI.
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Phil Taylor
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few more bits and bobs
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> I recently posted a question in the DirectX graphics
> newsgroup. I have a 350-MHz Pentium II, with Windows 98,
> 256 MB of RAM and Visual Basic 6. My Graphics card is an
> 8MB Chromatic Research MPACT II, who is now out of
> bussiness. When I run DirectX 8 tests, I get an error,
> but DirectX 7 tests work fine. I ordered an ATI Radeon
> AGP 64MB graphics card, will installing this fix the
> problem?
> Thanks for your help.