What version of DirectX for 98?

[ralph...@private.com]

A program on my XP computer was bitching about upgrading DirectX. I
went to the Microsoft site and found the newest was ver 9c. Actually I
thought there was a ver 10, but it was not on there. They did have a
ver 11, but that appears to be a beta and only for Windows7 and maybe 8.

Anyhow, I have not upgraded DirectX on my Win98se computer. The
download did not specify if it works for 98 or not. It's a large file
around 93 megs. The way I understand it, DirectX only installs and
upgrades the files that are needed. That makes me wonder if I can run
that same one for 98? The computer works fine, so I probably dont even
need it, but since I have the install file, I may as well upgrade 98 if
that one will work. Actually installing it on the XP machine didn't
change anything, at least not noticable. But I suppose it's best to
upgrade that stuff at least every couple years.

Anyone know if that will work, or what is the last version that works on
98 (With kernalex).

Thanks

[Auric__]

ralphdorman wrote:

> A program on my XP computer was bitching about upgrading DirectX. I
> went to the Microsoft site and found the newest was ver 9c. Actually I
> thought there was a ver 10, but it was not on there. They did have a
> ver 11, but that appears to be a beta and only for Windows7 and maybe 8.

10 and 11 are Vista+, and 11 is not a beta. Just fyi.

> Anyhow, I have not upgraded DirectX on my Win98se computer. The
> download did not specify if it works for 98 or not. It's a large file
> around 93 megs. The way I understand it, DirectX only installs and
> upgrades the files that are needed. That makes me wonder if I can run
> that same one for 98? The computer works fine, so I probably dont even
> need it, but since I have the install file, I may as well upgrade 98 if
> that one will work. Actually installing it on the XP machine didn't
> change anything, at least not noticable. But I suppose it's best to
> upgrade that stuff at least every couple years.

If it *works*, it doesn't need "fixing".

> Anyone know if that will work, or what is the last version that works on
> 98 (With kernalex).

AFAIK, 9c is the last one that officially supports 9x. I just tested an older
copy of 9c (dated June 2005, ~33mb) and it installed just fine on a clean
install of 98se *without* kernelex.

A bit of digging gets me this from Wikipedia:

The last build for Windows 98SE/Me is the redistributable from December 13,
2006.

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directx#Releases
(In the row labeled "DirectX - bimonthly updates".)

That version's download page:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=353

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