H hypojam New Member Oct 29, 2005 #1 Why does half life 2 say my card is only Direct X8.1? I have geforce FX5900
34erd New Member Oct 29, 2005 #5 Yeah the source engine does that to the whole FX series, and their DX 9.0 also looks alot like DX 8.1.
Yeah the source engine does that to the whole FX series, and their DX 9.0 also looks alot like DX 8.1.
mrjack VIP Member Oct 29, 2005 #6 The FX series ain't too good when it comes to DX9 so HL2 makes 'em run as DX8.1 cards.
Blue <b>VIP Member</b> Oct 29, 2005 #8 Why does it only recognise my Fx5900 as a direct x8.1 card Click to expand... As explained by mrjack. The game has issues with those cards. Problem is Nvidia dropped the ball with it's FX line of cards. They fought and struggled to catch up with ATi. Last edited: Nov 4, 2005
Why does it only recognise my Fx5900 as a direct x8.1 card Click to expand... As explained by mrjack. The game has issues with those cards. Problem is Nvidia dropped the ball with it's FX line of cards. They fought and struggled to catch up with ATi.