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AMD dumps DirectX 9 card support under Windows 7
fudzilla.com - 10/28/2009
AMD dumps DirectX 9 card support under Windows 7
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Image Get a new one We were surprised to see that customer oriented AMD has decided to leave its all DirectX 9 supporters hanging. According to AMD's support site, its DirectX 9 cards won t be officially supported under Windows 7. AMD says: "Note: AMD s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics ...
support.amd.com - 10/28/2009
ATI Catalyst™ Legacy Display Driver
— support.amd.com — AMD has moved a number of DX9 ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators products to a legacy driver support... structure. This change impacts Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux distributions. AMD has moved to a legacy software support structure for these ... (more) ATI Catalyst™ Legacy Display Driver

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hardcoreware.net - 10/23/2009
The Definitive Windows 7 vs Vista Performance Comparison
— hardcoreware.net — Were you curious as to whether Windows 7 runs programs faster than Vista? We have over 100... charts for you to look at which tells the full story. (more) The Definitive Windows 7 vs Vista Performance Comparison

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techreviewsource.com - 10/24/2009
8 Things We Want to See in Windows 8
— techreviewsource.com — Windows 7 was just released this week and we are already starting to look ahead to Windows... 8, which Microsoft is already in the process of developing even before 7 was released earlier this week. So far the reception of Windows 7 has been mostly ... (more) 8 Things We Want to See in Windows 8

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DV Hardware:  ATI: DX9 cards not supported under Windows 7

AMDZone Frontpage:  AMD Sets DX9 Radeons Out To Pasture

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ATI: DX9 cards not supported under Windows 7
DV Hardware — ... FUD Zilla spotted that AMD is no longer offering official support for DirectX 9 graphics cards under Windows 7. Pretty poor service considering that some of these cards aren't even three years old. ...

AMD Sets DX9 Radeons Out To Pasture
AMDZone Frontpage — Fudo reports that AMD has set their DirectX 9 graphics chips out to pasture with a legacy drive Catalyst version 9.8. You can find it here. This means Windows 7 is not officially supported on these cards, but they will work with the Vista driver. Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7. If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7. Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows ...

Thursday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — ... 7 video guides Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition puts the user at the heart of its new design Phoronix on running Ubuntu 9.10 with older PC hardware Gizmodo reports Apple software update enables support for Magic Mouse AVG Free 9.0 released and all AVG 8.5 products will expire (thanks p645n) SeaMonkey 2.0 released Windows 7 dominoes (video) Gaming DirectX 11 released for Windows Vista Fudzilla reports AMD dumps DirectX 9 card support under Windows 7 NGOHQ on Unigine Heaven performance scaling ...

Related: windows 7 support directx 10 graphics card
ATI Limits Official Windows 7 Support to DirectX 10 Graphics Cards
xbitlabs.com 10/29/2009 — ATI Officially Does Not Support DirectX 9 Graphics Cards Under Windows 7
AMD dumps DirectX 9 card support under Windows 7 — Fudzilla
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