Soundblaster Live! player DirectX 9 compatible?

[Chogaire]

When a game says on the box 'DirectX 9 compatible sound card required', well
does this mean you have to have a very recent SoundBlaster card? Mine is
just a standard 'SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1', is this DirectX 9
compatible?

(I do have DirectX 9 installed, but because of backward compatibility this
means nothing!)

Many thanks for any input! :-)

[Michael Hawes]

"Chogaire" <spam@mybitchup.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c0le7b$amn$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... When a game says on the box 'DirectX 9 compatible sound card required',
well does this mean you have to have a very recent SoundBlaster card? Mine is just a standard 'SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1', is this DirectX 9 compatible? (I do have DirectX 9 installed, but because of backward compatibility
this means nothing!) Many thanks for any input! :-)

Start-Run "dxdiag" and see what it says about your sound system.
Mike.


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[Chogaire]

"Michael Hawes" <michael.hawes1remove@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40312eb0$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... "Chogaire" <spam@mybitchup.co.uk> wrote in message news:c0le7b$amn$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... When a game says on the box 'DirectX 9 compatible sound card required', well does this mean you have to have a very recent SoundBlaster card? Mine is just a standard 'SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1', is this DirectX 9 compatible? (I do have DirectX 9 installed, but because of backward compatibility this means nothing!) Many thanks for any input! :-) Start-Run "dxdiag" and see what it says about your sound system. Mike.

I have run dxdiag.exe and passed all tests, but as I'm sure you know, with
backward compatibility being an issue, this doesn't necessarily tell me if
it's a 'directX 9 sound card'. Nowhere in direct X diagnostics does it say
'this card is directX 9.0 compatible'. It's just that I've seen it on a few
game boxes recently and wondered if it meant modern games need an audigy
class card or such like. It's been a while since I bought PC games as I play
mostly on my home consoles, so I'm out of touch with it all really. I'm
pretty sure it will be fine though, I can't see developers alienating all
those with bog standard SoundBlaster's, as a lot of PC builders still put
these cards in their machines. Oh well, I've ordered Prince Of Persia today,
so I'll soon know. Thanks.

[Michael Hawes]

"Chogaire" <spam@mybitchup.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c0ru2g$r5l$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... "Michael Hawes" <michael.hawes1remove@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:40312eb0$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... "Chogaire" <spam@mybitchup.co.uk> wrote in message news:c0le7b$amn$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... When a game says on the box 'DirectX 9 compatible sound card
required', well does this mean you have to have a very recent SoundBlaster card? Mine
is just a standard 'SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1', is this DirectX 9 compatible? (I do have DirectX 9 installed, but because of backward compatibility this means nothing!) Many thanks for any input! :-) Start-Run "dxdiag" and see what it says about your sound system. Mike. I have run dxdiag.exe and passed all tests, but as I'm sure you know, with backward compatibility being an issue, this doesn't necessarily tell me if it's a 'directX 9 sound card'. Nowhere in direct X diagnostics does it say 'this card is directX 9.0 compatible'. It's just that I've seen it on a
few game boxes recently and wondered if it meant modern games need an audigy class card or such like. It's been a while since I bought PC games as I
play mostly on my home consoles, so I'm out of touch with it all really. I'm pretty sure it will be fine though, I can't see developers alienating all those with bog standard SoundBlaster's, as a lot of PC builders still put these cards in their machines. Oh well, I've ordered Prince Of Persia
today, so I'll soon know. Thanks.
If you are running directX 9 and it passes do you not think it might
just be compatible?

Mike.


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