direct x question and oblivion question

[gazjones105]

hi. just got a new system, duel core q6600 with 8600gts 2gb ddr2

ive instaled the crysis demo and it runs well on 1440*900 with most things on high and a few on medium on direct x 10. my question is, can i play this game on dx9 or would i have to go on xp??

2nd question is that ive oblivion running on high settings at 1440*900. it runs really nice but if im in a cave for example, if i move the mouse to look around, the textures of the cave walls sort of go a green blocky colour. its not that bad but can annoy. is this to do with the memory bandwidth or processing speed of the geforce 8600gts???

cheers for any responses.

 

[Xperiment]

Hi gazjones105,

I dont think you can use DX9 whilst running Vista, I could be wrong though. As for the texture problems , possibly your drivers, are they up to date?

 

[gazjones105]

yep. drivers are 163.75.

ive got oblivion game of the year edition so as far as i know.... no patch for that yet.