I want to play Portal but it says that I need DirectX 8.0 to play, even after I downloaded DirectX 10. Help!?

Question

Basically, I downloaded Portal through Steam. I have Windows XP, and I was pretty sure that my computer had the requirements, but maybe not. So I try to play it and it's like "you need a minimum of DirectX 8.0" So I go to Microsoft and download DirectX 10, the latest version. It still says the same thing, even after I restart. I don't know what to do. Do I need to go out and get some hardware? How can I check whether the hardware I have is sufficient? Please help.

Answer 1

DirectX 10 doesn't work under XP, only Vista. I'm surprised it even installed.



On the other hand, here's the link to Microsoft for DirectX 9, which I happened to have just looked up for someone.



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en



Hope that helps.

Answer 2

If your graphics card doesn't support direct x 10 or above 8, you need a new one if you want to play portal, because you can have direct x installed but if it isn't supported by your graphics card it isn't going to do any good.

Answer 3

U can get it here for old 95.