DX10.1.. installing without SP1

[RADEoN]

is there any way to install directx 10.1 without installing vista SP1? I can't play a few games i have when i install SP1 and I'd like to have 10.1 installed...

anything out there?

 

[NKDietrich]

Not that I'm aware of. But DirectX 10.1 isn't really beneficial for anything right now.

 

[Blackforge]

What games can't you play?

 

[RADEoN]

medal of honor airborne will not work under SP1, at least it won't install. ALOT of things won't install under SP1.

 

[IRML]

are there any graphics cards that support 10.1?

 

[Domini]

all of the 9 series^

 

[Uberbob102000]

I haven't had anything not install under SP1.. Strange.

 

[RADEoN]

are there any graphics cards that support 10.1?

ATI HD3800 series

 

[alg7_munif]

all of the 9 series^

I don't think the 9 series support 10.1

 

[RADEoN]

I haven't had anything not install under SP1.. Strange.

did you use windows update at all prior to the install?

 

[IRML]

no 9 series don't support it, maybe the 9900s will, I don't follow ATI cards so that's why I didn't know if any actually supported it or not

 

[Einhanderkiller]

medal of honor airborne will not work under SP1, at least it won't install. ALOT of things won't install under SP1.

If you have the Ageia PhysX driver, uninstall it before installing MoH:A.
Having a new version of PhysX will make the MoH:A installation not work.

 

[Brent_Justice]

I'm not sure what you are looking for by having DX 10.1 installed at this time.

 

[skizzled]

I thought DX10.1 didn't make the cut?

 

[jstutman]

Dunno, I dont think it did either but I had to uninstall SP1 cause almost all my games got really crappy lag and some didnt even play right so uninstall SP1. Everything is back to the way it was before

 

[Mr. Stryker]

There is a DirectX 10.2 Runtime End User installer (dxsetup.exe) from Microsoft's website. You need to go past the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation in order to get the update for DX10.1 to be upgraded to DX10.2. Does this answer the OP's question?

/sarcasm

To answer your question, DirectX 10.1 is not a software. It's a hardware feature on the current ATI HD3xxx series cards, and I don't know why it has that. Brent Justice might explain that a bit better than I can.