Curse you Steam!

Alright... I preordered Half-Life 2 The Orange Box and I downloaded the TF2 beta when I try to play the game it says "In order for this game to run properly you must have directx 8.0 or higher." After seeing that I went to my system information which says I have Directx 9.0c... What the heck is wrong with steam? How do I fix this problem?

And BTW I can run half-life 2 and episode 1 perfectly fine.

Nope I can't play at all... I can play all of the games that must have directx 9.0c or higher to play(I.E, The Sims 2, RCT3)... it just makes no sense...

Specs:

Processor: p4 1.7 GHZ

RAM: 512 mb RAM

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

Lol yes I do notice that I have the exact minimum requirements in order to play the game...

As of right now i'm redownloading DX 9 off of microsoft's website.

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

scottahuch

No, it wasn't. It was only a DirectX 7 card. The first DX9 cards were the GeForce FX (5) cards. TF2 requires a DX8 card or better, as the error was telling you. Its time to upgrade.

[QUOTE="scottahuch"]

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

ProudLarry

No, it wasn't. It was only a DirectX 7 card. The first DX9 cards were the GeForce FX (5) cards. TF2 requires a DX8 card or better, as the error was telling you. Its time to upgrade.

I can run WoW, the Sims 2, and roller coaster tycoon 3. All three of these games require DX9.0c or higher to run. I'm pretty sure the geforce 2 supports DX9.0c

EDIT: Oh that's weird nevermind... The Sims 2 website says that even though the Geforce 2 doesn't support DX 9.0c it is capable of running some DX9 features required for playing the game... thanks for the help...

I am getting a new PC within the next few months...

Yeah I know... I'm getting a new PC in a month or two, for now I am going to buy a $10 graphics card off of Ebay in order to run this game...scottahuch

:lol: nice, oh and i need to upgrade as well... windows 1995... doesn't work that well anymore :P

[QUOTE="ProudLarry"][QUOTE="scottahuch"]

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

scottahuch

No, it wasn't. It was only a DirectX 7 card. The first DX9 cards were the GeForce FX (5) cards. TF2 requires a DX8 card or better, as the error was telling you. Its time to upgrade.

I can run WoW, the Sims 2, and roller coaster tycoon 3. All three of these games require DX9.0c or higher to run. I'm pretty sure the geforce 2 supports DX9.0c

EDIT: Oh that's weird nevermind... The Sims 2 website says that even though the Geforce 2 doesn't support DX 9.0c it is capable of running some DX9 features required for playing the game... thanks for the help...

I am getting a new PC within the next few months...

Nope I can't play at all... I can play all of the games that must have directx 9.0c or higher to play(I.E, The Sims 2, RCT3)... it just makes no sense...

Specs:

Processor: p4 1.7 GHZ

RAM: 512 mb RAM

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

Lol yes I do notice that I have the exact minimum requirements in order to play the game...

As of right now i'm redownloading DX 9 off of microsoft's website.

scottahuch

[QUOTE="scottahuch"]

Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 2 (which I think is one of the first Directx 9.0 cards)

ProudLarry

No, it wasn't. It was only a DirectX 7 card. The first DX9 cards were the GeForce FX (5) cards. TF2 requires a DX8 card or better, as the error was telling you. Its time to upgrade.