Hi, DX 9.0B is available as a Windows update - check it. As you said, there are multiple components of DX9, some may very well report as 8.0, I don't know. Andrew. > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Matthews > Sent: 19 June 2004 22:02 > To: Access UK=20 > Subject: [access-uk] DirectX confusion! >=20 > HI guys, >=20 > When using the dxdiag tool to find out my current version of=20 > DirectX, it > appears to me that its reporting V 8.1 or there abouts. I'm=20 > reading this > information in the 'General Tab, so either I'm reading it in=20 > correctly, > or its out of date. Reading an article on the Knowledge base, I > understood there are several different components of DirectX of > different versions? >=20 > I'm on XP home with all the latest updates applied, but this may not > include DirectX. Any thoughts on this one? >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Mark >=20 > Mark Matthews > E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx > MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx > Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk >=20 >=20 > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > ** unsubscribe > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > ** or digest mode, send a message, to=20 > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > ** faq > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. >=20 ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body.