Directx 9.0x upgrade problems

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Hey everyone.

I'm new to the forum and was wondering if anyone could help out.

My video display properties say I'm running Directx 8.1, but when I attempt to upgrade to 9.0x, the installation appears to have worked, but display properties still say 8.1

I tried updating my drivers to 77.77, but this did not help either. Far Cry is running all screwed up (not as a result of the driver upgrade) where textures appear as bright white and there are no signs of shaddows. Low quality mode is the only way it looks ok, but looks ****ty becasue it's low quality. I don't think it's a vcard problem because Doom3 runs great.

Any help would be appriciated.

 

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Nevermind, I upgraded to Far Cry 1.3 and that solved the problem. I don't know what's up with this DirectX nonsense, but the game is running great. I've got the resolution set to 1600 x 1200 and all the adv video settings as high as they can go (except AA and AF) and the game runs smooth as hell. I didn't realize what a bargan this video card is.