DX8a Released

[Taz4158]

Get them here:
Download

 

[Noriaki]

that didn't really take very long... thanks for the link though

 

[apoppin]

THIS is the one I have been waiting for.

Thanks.

Oops, download not working now.

 

[kami]

This safe to use on Win98 with detonator 6.31's? Who has tried it? I'm always weary when upgrading DirectX...

wow...24 megs...why so big?

 

[hungrypete]

lets see some benchmarks! Ive got it downloaded, but i have to wait till i get home to throw it on.....

 

[Shagga]

Why is it not on Microsoft's website?. Is it beta?

 

[igowerf]

The microsoft site seems to be down...

 

[kami]

Download is from Conxion...where MS hosts all of their official files.

 

[Anon19]

24 megs? is there a small patch where i can just update dx8 to dx8a?

 

Could it be?

MS screw up

 

[Davegod75]

link is down

 

[JellyBaby]

apoppin,

<< THIS is the one I have been waiting for. >>

Ditto. Now if only nvidia could be bothered to release an updated official detonator driver..

 

[blurredvision]

What's the difference between DX8 and DX8a?? You guys say it's the one you were waiting for, why?

 

[andylawcc]

interesting...
bump

 

[hungrypete]

NUMBERS!!!
Links were slow for me too, mirrored at fileplanet though.

 

[bacillus]

I'm staying with dx7a till I see any applications actually needing dx8!
there are too many horror stories with dx8 for my liking!

 

[fkloster]

Mech 4...

 

[Sharkmeat]

Horror stories are only from the ones that think they no what they doing.

 

[hungrypete]

so has anyone actually installed it yet?

 

[Budman]

Downloads are fast at 300kB/s .

 

[kami]

Yes and whats so good about this release? Why have you been &quot;waiting for it&quot;?

 

[Budman]

Releasing the A version is just like saying,

<< there were bugs in ver 8 here's a better ver called DX8a. >>



It's always better to wait for the A ver, DX7a was better than DX7 so the DX8a should be better than DX8.

 

[kami]

Latest on MS's site is 8.0

link

from file flash:


<< This download contains the DirectX 8.0a redist release. DirectX 8.0a contains updates for issues with international installs on Windows 2000 and issues where input devices could have buttons disabled that were enabled with previous DirectX releases. There are no other changes. >>


looks like a waste of time to me unless you have those problems. I just don't understand why it's 24megs if that's the only change?

 

[Compuguru]

It would appear to be a unified version for 9x, ME, and 2k. Look at the folder it is in.

http://msvaus.www.conxion.com/download/win2000pro/redist/8.0a/w9x2kme/en-us/dx8a_redist.exe

That could explain the hugeness of the file, though I am puzzled that it includes only 2 fixes.

Edit: After reading my post, i notice that it is in the win2000pro folder before it is in the w9x2kme directory, guess they didnt have a &quot;unified&quot; folder.

 

[hungrypete]

i've got it installed, no probs yet. gotta go to class, so no numbers from me, but it didnt hose my system anyways.