-= Installed DirectX 8.1 & Lost 3DMark 2K1?=-

[Doctor]

Any ideas why I would loose 3Dmark after installing DirectX 8.1? It worked perfectly before the upgrade. BTW, running Win2K SP2.

Here's what I get:

"3DMark2001 requires a DirectX 8 compatible 3D accelerator. We recomend you upgrade your computer or test your PC with an earlier versoin of 3DMark".

TIA,

Doctor

[oc jason]

i installed 8.1 also not hte beta but the final. happened to me too, not after the dx8 but i got that message after a driver change, try reinstalling, driver, 3dmark, or dx81 and see if that helps

[Monaco]

same problem here- I removed 3Dmark and reinstalled it, and all was well.

I believe that during install, while 3Dmark is creating it's textures, it makes them based on your DX version installed. Change the DX version, and it can't read it's textures anymore. well that could be wrong but it sounded good:D

[azhari]

I upgraded from DX8 to DX8.1 and ran 3DMark before and after the upgrade (to see if it made any difference). It ran fine without any problems, except I lost about 10 points. But i don't think that's a big deal.

In short, I didn't have any problems. I'm running WinMe, so maybe that's where the anomaly is.

[Doctor]

I have reinstalled the DX8.1, and 3Dmark 2K1, and iot still doesn't work :(

I will try the 22.80's again, and see what happens.

Thanks guyz!

Doctor